Create Order

POST https://api.sfox.com/v1/orders/:side

Create an order

Create order requests are rate limited to 60 requests per second per account.

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
side required	string	Possible values: buy (buy order), sell (sell order)

Body Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
currency_pair required	string	Pair or product to trade in the format basequote . e.g. btcusd, ethbtc, ethusdc
algorithm_id required	int	Order type / algorithm. For more info, see Order Types & Algorithms Default: Limit (200)
price required	number	Order limit price. Precision: 8 decimal places for crypto, 2 decimal places for fiat NOT required for Market (100) orders Order fill price will always be better than or equal to this price. If market conditions do not allow it, the order will not execute.
quantity required	number	Order size in base currency quantity. NOT required for Market (100) orders Minimum quantity: Crypto Quote Pairs:0.001 USD Quote Pairs: price*quantity must be >= $5
amount	number	The amount (quote currency) to spend when buying. Required when placing BUY orders using: Market (100), Stop (304) or Trailing Stop (308) order types.
client_order_id	string	Optional field for a user-specified ID. client_order_id serves as an idempotency key. Orders will be rejected if the client_order_id has been specified in a previous order placed in the last 24 hours.
quote_id	string	For executing on an RFQ, the quote_id received in the RFQ request.
time_in_force	string	Time in force (TIF) specifies how the lifetime of your order will be handled. Possible values: GTC: Good 'til canceled orders remain open until canceled. This is the default TIF option. (Default) IOC: Immediate or cancel orders instantly cancel the remaining unfilled size of an order leaving it open. Smart (200) and Limit (201) orders only. FOK: Fill or kill orders are either instantly filled for the full order size or instantly rejected if the entire size cannot be matched. Market (100) and Limit (201) orders only. GTD: Good 'til date orders are automatically canceled at your specified expires date time.
max_slippage	number	A risk management parameter that will limit the slippage of an order in basis points (e.g. setting max_slippage to 5 = 0.05%). Market (100), Stop (304), Trailing Stop (308) only.
expires	date-time	Specify the expiration date time of your order (UNIX timestamp in ms). Required for orders with time_in_force = GTD
destination	string	Route the order to a specific destination. Possible values: ox for the sFOX Ox order book darkpool for the sFOX Dark Pool
total_time	int	The time, in seconds, that a TWAP (307) order will stay active from the time the TWAP order is placed.
interval	int	The frequency, in seconds, that slices of a TWAP (307) order will be executed. Default: 900
continuous	boolean	TWAP (307) orders will execute slices as small as possible and frequently as possible over the total_time. interval will be ignored If continuous = true.
post_only	boolean	TWAP (307) orders will execute in "post-only" mode. The order will not take and will only execute slices as make orders.post_only means it is possible the TWAP order will not fill completely by the end of the total_time
stop_amount	number	Set the amount (quote currency) that the trigger price of a trailing stop order will trail the price of an asset. Trailing Stop (308) only.
stop_percent	number	Percentage that the trigger price of a trailing stop order will trail the price of an asset (e.g. 0.1 = 10%). Trailing Stop (308) only.
stop_any_id	int	Turn your order into an STO (Stop-Triggers-Other) or TSTO (Trailing-Stop-Triggers-Other) order: Trigger placement of an order type of your choosing at a certain price or based on a trailing amount/percent. e.g. when price reaches $100 trigger a 1-hour TWAP. Possible values: 310 : STO (Stop-Triggers-Other) 311 : TSTO (Trailing-Stop-Triggers-Other)
stop_any_price	number	Trigger price of an STO (Stop-Triggers-Other) order. Required if stop_any_id = 310.
stop_any_trail_amount	number	Trailing amount (quote currency) of a TSTO (Trailing-Stop-Triggers-Other) order. Required if stop_any_id = 311 and stop_any_trail_percent is not used.
stop_any_trail_percent	number	Specify the trailing percent of a TSTO (Trailing-Stop-Triggers-Other) order (e.g. 0.1 = 10%). Required if stop_any_id = 311 and stop_any_trail_amount is not used.
routing_option	string	Specify how sFOX will trade your order. Routing Options: BestPrice: Prioritize price improvement. Hare (303) and Gorilla (301) only. Fast: Prioritize speed of execution. Hare (303) and Gorilla (301) only. WeightedExchange: Prioritize routing based on the best combination of price and speed of execution. Smart (200), Limit (201) and Hare (303) only.

Responses

201 Accepted & Created

{
    "id": 2010135,
    "side_id": 500,
    "action": "Buy",
    "algorithm_id": 201,
    "algorithm": "Limit",
    "type": "Limit",
    "pair": "btcusd",
    "quantity": 0.1,
    "price": 36431,
    "amount": 0,
    "net_market_amount": 0,
    "filled": 0,
    "vwap": 0,
    "filled_amount": 0,
    "fees": 0,
    "net_proceeds": 0,
    "status": "Started",
    "status_code": 100,
    "routing_option": "WeightedExchange",
    "routing_type": "NetPrice",
    "time_in_force": "GTC",
    "expires": null,
    "dateupdated": "2023-11-17T20:52:40.000Z",
    "date_added": "2023-11-17T20:52:40.000Z",
    "client_order_id": "ea5c8afc-419a-447d-8188-659dce1a782a",
    "user_tx_id": "ea5c8afc-419a-447d-8188-659dce1a782a",
    "o_action": "Buy",
    "algo_id": 201,
    "algorithm_options": null,
    "destination": ""
}

422 Rejected

// currency_pair not specified
{
    "error": "invalid currency_pair: undefined"
}

// currency_pair speficied but not supported or does not exist
{
    "error": "invalid currency_pair: btcusda"
}

Example Requests

Shell

curl -X POST \
  -H 'Content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
  --data '{ "quantity": 1,
            "currency_pair": "btcusd",
            "algorithm_id": 200,
            "price": 20000 }'  \
  'https://api.sfox.com/v1/orders/buy'

NodeJS

const axios = require('axios');

axios({
  method: 'post',
  url: 'https://api.sfox.com/v1/orders/buy',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer <API_KEY>'
  },
  data: {
   quantity: 1,
   currency_pair: 'btcusd',
   algorithm_id: 200,
   price: 20000
  }
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response)
}).catch(err => {
  console.error(err)
});

Python

import requests

data = requests.post(
  "https://api.sfox.com/v1/orders/buy",
  headers={
    "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>",
  },
  data={
    "quantity": 1,
    "currency_pair":"btcusd",
    "algorithm_id": 200,
    "price": 20000
  }
)
print(data)