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Place a crypto currency buy or sell order against your RobinHood account

Source: R/place_order_crypto.R
place_order_crypto.Rd

**Note**: Price and Quantity can both extend beyone 2 decimals **Note**: Price * Quantity > $0.01

Usage

place_order_crypto(RH, symbol, type, time_in_force, price, quantity, side)

Arguments

RH

object of class RobinHood

symbol

(string) Ticket symbol you are attempting to buy or sell

type

(string) "market" or "limit"

time_in_force

(string) Good Till Canceled ("gtc"), Immediate or Cancel ("ioc"), or Opening ("opg")

price

(number) the price you are willing to sell or buy at

quantity

(number) number of shares you wish to transact

side

(string) "buy" or "sell"

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Login in to your RobinHood account
RH <- RobinHood("username", "password")

# Place an order, should generate an email confirmation
x <- place_order_crypto(RH = RH,
                       symbol = "DOGE",        # Ticker symbol
                       type = "market",        # Type of market order (market, limit)
                       time_in_force = "gtc",  # Time period (gfd: good for day)
                       price = .003,           # The highest price you are willing to pay
                       quantity = 500,         # Number of shares you want
                       side = "buy")           # buy or sell
}