place_order_options: Place a options buy or sell order against your RobinHood...

In RobinHood: Interface for the RobinHood.com No Commission Investing Platform

Place a options buy or sell order against your RobinHood account

Description

Place an order on an option contract. Currently only limit orders are supported so you must supply a price

Usage

place_order_options(
  RH,
  option_id,
  direction,
  side,
  quantity,
  stop_price = NULL,
  type = "limit",
  time_in_force
)

Arguments

RH	object of class RobinHood
option_id	(string) id returned from get_contracts()
direction	(string) one of "debit" or "credit"
side	(string) one of "buy" or "sell"
quantity	(integer) number of contracts to buy
stop_price	(numeric) stop price for a limit order
type	(string) "limit" or "market" (only limit is currently supported)
time_in_force	(string) Good Till Canceled ("gtc"), Immediate or Cancel ("ioc"), or Opening ("opg")

Examples

## Not run: 
# Login in to your RobinHood account
RH <- RobinHood("username", "password")

# Place an options order, should generate an email confirmation
x <- place_order_options(RH = RH,
                       option_id = "346e46af-380e-4052-a7c2-15748f0fc0ca",
                       direction = "debit",   # one of "debit" or "credit"
                       side = "buy",          # one of "buy" or "sell"
                       quantity = 1,          # number of contracts
                       stop_price = .01,      # Time period (gfd: good for day)
                       type = "limit",        # limit or market (only limit is currently supported)
                       time_in_force = "gtc") # "gfd", "gtc", "ioc", "opg"

## End(Not run)

RobinHood documentation built on Jan. 7, 2023, 1:11 a.m.