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says qty is required when submitting an order with a notional value

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order = api.submit_order(symbol=stock.upper(), notional=5000, side='buy', type='market', time_in_force='day')
  File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\alpaca_trade_api\rest.py", line 347, in submit_order
    resp = self.post('/orders', params)
  File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\alpaca_trade_api\rest.py", line 179, in post
    return self._request('POST', path, data)
  File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\alpaca_trade_api\rest.py", line 139, in _request
    return self._one_request(method, url, opts, retry)
  File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\alpaca_trade_api\rest.py", line 168, in _one_request
    raise APIError(error, http_error)
alpaca_trade_api.rest.APIError: qty is required

says qty is required when submitting an order with a notional value and then when I try to submit an order with both it says I shouldn’t have qty, which is true, but why isn’t notional working by itself?

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Created 2 years ago
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tifolsoncommented, Jan 5, 2022

I’m not from Alpaca, but I was able to resolve this by resetting my paper account. I did this after another user on Alpaca’s Community Forum reset his account and cited this article: https://alpaca.markets/docs/trading-on-alpaca/fractional-trading/

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tifolsoncommented, Nov 13, 2021

I’m having a similar issue.

When I use notional: alpaca.submit_order(symbol=‘SPY’, notional=600, side=‘buy’, type=‘market’, time_in_force=‘day’) alpaca_trade_api.rest.APIError: qty is required

When I use qty with a fractional amount: alpaca.submit_order(symbol=‘SPY’, qty=1.5, side=‘buy’, type=‘market’, time_in_force=‘day’) alpaca_trade_api.rest.APIError: qty must be integer