Place Stock Order

This endpoint submits a stock buy or sell order. Buy orders are quoted in USDC, while sell orders are quoted in the number of underlying shares.

info

• This endpoint is only available for Market Maker.
• Supported order type: MARKET, LIMIT, STOP, STOP_LIMIT

HTTP Request

POST/v5/rwa/stocks/order

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Comments
symbol	true	string	Stock symbol, e.g. TSLA-US, AAPL-US
quoteToken	true	string	Quote asset. Currently only USDC is supported
side	true	string	BUY, SELL
type	true	string	Order type. MARKET, LIMIT, STOP, STOP_LIMIT
qty	false	string	Order quantity. Required for SELL; required for BUY with type=LIMIT/STOP/STOP_LIMIT. Mutually exclusive with notional
notional	false	string	Notional amount (USDC). Only valid when side=BUY and type=MARKET. Mutually exclusive with qty
limitPrice	false	string	Limit price. Required when type=LIMIT or STOP_LIMIT
stopPrice	false	string	Trigger price. Required when type=STOP or STOP_LIMIT
timeInForce	true	string	Time in force: DAY / GTC / IOC. SELL only supports DAY / GTC; IOC requires type=LIMIT + whole-share qty + tradingSession=RTH
tradingSession	false	string	Trading session. RTH (default), 24H. Non-RTH sessions accept LIMIT orders only
tokenize	false	boolean	Whether to auto tokenize after the order is filled. Default: false. Only valid for BUY
orderTime	true	integer	Client order timestamp in milliseconds
requestId	true	string	Idempotency key. Length ≤ 36. Alphanumeric plus - _. Must be unique within 24 hours for the same MM account

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Comments
orderNo	string	System order number
orderStatus	string	Initial order status
acceptedTime	integer	Server accepted timestamp in milliseconds
requestId	string	Echo of the client idempotency key

info

The acknowledgement of a place order request indicates that the request was successfully accepted. Please poll the Get Stock Order Detail endpoint to confirm the final order status.

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Request Example

HTTP

POST /v5/rwa/stocks/order HTTP/1.1
Host: api-testnet.bybit.com
X-BAPI-API-KEY: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP: 1787656687706
X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW: 5000
X-BAPI-SIGN: XXXXX
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "symbol": "TSLA-US",
    "quoteToken": "USDC",
    "side": "BUY",
    "type": "LIMIT",
    "qty": "2",
    "limitPrice": "300.00",
    "timeInForce": "DAY",
    "tradingSession": "RTH",
    "orderTime": 1787656687706,
    "requestId": "mm-ord-20260819-0007"
}

Response Example

{
    "retCode": 0,
    "retMsg": "ok",
    "result": {
        "orderNo": "SB227696733955111526412",
        "orderStatus": "PENDING",
        "acceptedTime": 1787657753833,
        "requestId": "mm-ord-20260819-0007"
    },
    "retExtInfo": {},
    "time": 1755590400200
}