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DXtrade API PUT /accounts/{accountCode}/orders

PUT/accounts/{accountCode}/ordersTrading

Change an order that is not yet final by sending the whole order request again with the changed fields.

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Read on 12 Oct 2026 in the DXtrade REST API specification on DXtrade's developer portal. The portal draws its pages in the browser from Markdown files it also serves directly, and the Markdown file of this page (DXtrade-REST-API.md) is what was read, with the model files it includes. The portal writes each address after a base address it fills in from its own settings, which on this portal is https://demo.dx.trade/dxsca-web. A broker or firm that offers DXtrade hosts its own, so the path here is what follows that base. The page writes the placeholder in the address as {account code} and names the parameter accountCode or account code. This record uses accountCode. The specification says every request needs authentication unless it says otherwise, and this section says the Authorization header should be included, which is why it is recorded as required. The body fields are those of the Single Order Request model, with the model's own required and optional marks. The page also accepts an Order Group Request, which is not recorded here. The page says the whole order request must be sent, that some fields cannot change after issue (409), and that an order already in a final status is refused with 409 and error code 1005. The model says the order type is left out of a request that replaces a single order. Here orderCode may be the client's code or the platform's own. The reply is the updated Order Response with an ETag header.

Parameters

NameInTypeDescription
accountCoderequiredpathstringThe account code, two strings joined by a colon in the form clearing:account, assigned by the platform. URL-encode it.
If-MatchrequiredheaderstringThe ETag last received for the resource. The specification says every PUT and DELETE must carry it: without it the reply is 403, and with a stale value it is 412.
orderCoderequiredbodystringAn identifier for the order, unique among the orders on the account. For a new order the client assigns it.
typerequiredbodystringOne of: MARKET, LIMIT, STOP. It cannot be changed once the order is issued.
instrumentrequiredbodystringThe symbol of the instrument. It cannot be changed once the order is issued.
siderequiredbodystringOne of: BUY, SELL.
quantitybodynumberMarked optional. The size in units, not lots. Left out or zero for a closing order tied to a position, which takes the position's size.
positionEffectbodystringMarked optional. One of: OPEN, CLOSE. The model says it is required for position based trading.
positionCodebodystringMarked optional. The position the order changes. Present when positionEffect is CLOSE and left out otherwise.
limitPricebodynumberMarked optional. The price of a limit order. Absent for market and stop orders.
stopPricebodynumberMarked optional. The price of a stop order. Absent for market and limit orders.
priceOffsetbodynumberMarked optional. A price offset for a protection order, taken from the fill price of the order that triggers it. Needs priceLink.
priceLinkbodystringMarked optional. One of: TRIGGERED_STOP, TRIGGERED_LIMIT.
tifbodystringMarked optional. Time in force. One of: GTC, DAY, GTD. The default depends on how the platform is set up.
expireDatebodystringMarked optional. Expiry in UTC. Present when tif is GTD and left out otherwise.
metadatabodyobjectMarked optional. Up to 32 key and value pairs of the client's own, stored and returned with the order.

Authentication headers

NameTypeDescription
AuthorizationrequiredstringWith token authentication, send DXAPI followed by the sessionToken from POST /login. With HMAC authentication the same header carries DXAPI with a principal, a timestamp and a hash, signed for each request as the specification describes. Placeholder only: never paste a real token into this site.

Request

Written from the method, path and parameters recorded on this page. No demo host is recorded as a plain address for this API, so the samples read the base address from an environment variable. Not executed against a live or demo account. Credentials are read from environment variables on your own machine and are never entered on this site. The request builder writes these same snippets, from the same record.

This call takes a request body. The samples send it as JSON with a Content-Type of application/json (in Python, passing json= sets that header) and a placeholder for each of the 4 body fields the record marks as required. Each placeholder has to be replaced with a real value before the request can succeed.

Python
# Set DXTRADE_BASE_URL, DXTRADE_SESSION_TOKEN as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
# DXTRADE_SESSION_TOKEN holds the Authorization header that POST /login returns.
# No demo host is recorded as a plain address for this API, so the base address is read from DXTRADE_BASE_URL.
# Replace each {placeholder}, "..." and 0 with a real value before running.
# Optional and not shown: body fields quantity, positionEffect, positionCode, limitPrice, stopPrice, priceOffset, priceLink, tif, expireDate, metadata.
import os
import requests

BASE_URL = os.environ["DXTRADE_BASE_URL"]
headers = {
    "Authorization": "DXAPI " + os.environ["DXTRADE_SESSION_TOKEN"],
    "If-Match": "...",
}
body = {"orderCode": "...", "type": "...", "instrument": "...", "side": "..."}
resp = requests.put(BASE_URL + "/accounts/{accountCode}/orders", headers=headers, json=body, timeout=10)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json())
JavaScript
// Set DXTRADE_BASE_URL, DXTRADE_SESSION_TOKEN as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
// DXTRADE_SESSION_TOKEN holds the Authorization header that POST /login returns.
// No demo host is recorded as a plain address for this API, so the base address is read from DXTRADE_BASE_URL.
// Replace each {placeholder}, "..." and 0 with a real value before running.
// Optional and not shown: body fields quantity, positionEffect, positionCode, limitPrice, stopPrice, priceOffset, priceLink, tif, expireDate, metadata.
// Run as a module, for example a .mjs file, on a Node version that has fetch built in.
const BASE_URL = process.env.DXTRADE_BASE_URL;
const res = await fetch(BASE_URL + "/accounts/{accountCode}/orders", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "DXAPI " + process.env.DXTRADE_SESSION_TOKEN,
    "If-Match": "...",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"orderCode": "...", "type": "...", "instrument": "...", "side": "..."}),
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
console.log(await res.json());
curl
# Set DXTRADE_BASE_URL, DXTRADE_SESSION_TOKEN as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
# DXTRADE_SESSION_TOKEN holds the Authorization header that POST /login returns.
# No demo host is recorded as a plain address for this API, so the base address is read from DXTRADE_BASE_URL.
# Replace each {placeholder}, "..." and 0 with a real value before running.
# Optional and not shown: body fields quantity, positionEffect, positionCode, limitPrice, stopPrice, priceOffset, priceLink, tif, expireDate, metadata.
curl -X PUT "$DXTRADE_BASE_URL/accounts/{accountCode}/orders" \
  -H "Authorization: DXAPI $DXTRADE_SESSION_TOKEN" \
  -H "If-Match: ..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"orderCode": "...", "type": "...", "instrument": "...", "side": "..."}'

Response

No mock response is recorded for this endpoint. Where the record says why, or names the fields of the reply, it does so in the note at the top of this page. That is a statement about this record, not about what the API returns: read the shape of the reply in the official reference.

DXtrade API errors you may meet

All DXtrade API error codes, including 73 more not listed here.