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POST/v1/accounts

Open a sandbox account⁠.

Read and tradeIdempotency-KeySandbox only

Reserves a new sandbox account; it opens within moments (status pending, then active). Every account you open counts toward your sandbox accounts for life, see GET /v1/limits.

Headers#

  • Idempotency-Keystringrequired

    A unique value per action: a retry with the same value never does it twice.

Responses#

202Accepted
  • idstringrequired

    The account number.

  • environmentstringrequired

    The environment the account lives in.

    One oflivesandbox

  • stagestringrequired

    Where the account is in the programme.

    One ofevaluationfundedsandbox

  • statusstringrequired

    pending: being opened; active: trading.

    One ofpendingactivepassedfailedclosedsuspended

  • productstring or nullrequired

    The product it was bought as.

  • tierstring or nullrequired

    Its size as sold.

  • start_balancedecimal string or nullrequired

    The balance it started with.

  • balancedecimal string or nullrequired

    The balance: closed trades and fees only.

  • ruleRule or nullrequired

    The account's rule, as the trading engine enforces it.

    Show 11 fields
    • start_balancedecimal stringrequired

      The balance the account started with.

    • daily_lossobject or nullrequired
      Show 4 fields
      • amountdecimal string or nullrequired

        The most the account may lose in a trading day, in USD.

      • pctdecimal string or nullrequired

        The same limit in percent of its basis.

      • basisstringrequired

        What the day's loss is measured from.

        One ofpeak_balancestart_balancepeak_equityday_start_balanceday_start_equity

      • on_breachstringrequired

        What happens when it is reached.

        One offail_accountflattenflatten_and_pause

    • max_drawdownobject or nullrequired
      Show 3 fields
      • amountdecimal string or nullrequired

        The most the account may fall from its reference, in USD.

      • pctdecimal string or nullrequired

        The same limit in percent.

      • modestringrequired

        How the reference moves: end_of_day and end_of_trade follow the highest balance, static stays at the start, intraday_equity follows the highest equity.

        One ofend_of_dayend_of_tradestaticintraday_equity

    • weekly_lossobject or nullrequired
      Show 2 fields
      • amountdecimal string or nullrequired

        The most the account may lose in a week, in USD.

      • pctdecimal string or nullrequired

        The same limit in percent.

    • profit_targetobject or nullrequired
      Show 3 fields
      • amountdecimal string or nullrequired

        The profit to reach, in USD.

      • pctdecimal string or nullrequired

        The same target in percent.

      • requires_flatbooleanrequired

        Positions must be closed when it is reached.

    • min_trading_daysinteger or nullrequired

      Days with a trade the account needs.

    • min_calendar_daysinteger or nullrequired

      Calendar days the account needs.

    • consistencyobject or nullrequired
      Show 2 fields
      • amountdecimal string or nullrequired

        The most one day may bring, in USD.

      • pctdecimal string or nullrequired

        The most one day may bring, in percent of the total.

    • overnight_holdingbooleanrequired

      Positions may stay open overnight.

    • weekend_holdingbooleanrequired

      Positions may stay open over the weekend.

    • inactivity_daysinteger or nullrequired

      Days without a trade after which the account fails.

  • payout_eligiblebooleanrequired

    A payout may be requested now.

  • parkedboolean

    Sandbox only: parked after a while unused; it wakes the moment you use it.

  • created_atinteger, Unix ms or nullrequired

    When the account was made.

400Calls that create something need a key that makes a retry safe.
{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "idempotency_key_required",
    "message": "This call needs an Idempotency-Key header.",
    "request_id": "req_0f9c2a7d8e1b4c6a9f3e5d7b1a2c4e6f",
    "retryable": false,
    "doc_url": "https://docs.phoenixperpsfunding.com/reference/errors#idempotency_key_required"
  }
}
401The request has no Authorization header.
{
  "error": {
    "type": "authentication",
    "code": "missing_api_key",
    "message": "No API key: send it as Authorization: Bearer <key>.",
    "request_id": "req_0f9c2a7d8e1b4c6a9f3e5d7b1a2c4e6f",
    "retryable": false,
    "doc_url": "https://docs.phoenixperpsfunding.com/reference/errors#missing_api_key"
  }
}
403The key only works from the addresses you listed.
{
  "error": {
    "type": "permission",
    "code": "ip_not_allowed",
    "message": "This address is not on the key's allowlist.",
    "request_id": "req_0f9c2a7d8e1b4c6a9f3e5d7b1a2c4e6f",
    "retryable": false,
    "doc_url": "https://docs.phoenixperpsfunding.com/reference/errors#ip_not_allowed"
  }
}
409Each customer may open a fixed number of sandbox accounts, ever.
{
  "error": {
    "type": "conflict",
    "code": "sandbox_limit_reached",
    "message": "You have opened every sandbox account you may.",
    "request_id": "req_0f9c2a7d8e1b4c6a9f3e5d7b1a2c4e6f",
    "retryable": false,
    "doc_url": "https://docs.phoenixperpsfunding.com/reference/errors#sandbox_limit_reached"
  }
}
429A request budget is used up (details.scope says which).
{
  "error": {
    "type": "rate_limit",
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Too many requests: slow down.",
    "request_id": "req_0f9c2a7d8e1b4c6a9f3e5d7b1a2c4e6f",
    "retryable": true,
    "doc_url": "https://docs.phoenixperpsfunding.com/reference/errors#rate_limited"
  }
}
500An error we did not expect.
{
  "error": {
    "type": "server",
    "code": "internal_error",
    "message": "Something went wrong on our side.",
    "request_id": "req_0f9c2a7d8e1b4c6a9f3e5d7b1a2c4e6f",
    "retryable": true,
    "doc_url": "https://docs.phoenixperpsfunding.com/reference/errors#internal_error"
  }
}
503Sandbox accounts are not being opened.
{
  "error": {
    "type": "engine",
    "code": "sandbox_disabled",
    "message": "The sandbox is closed for now.",
    "request_id": "req_0f9c2a7d8e1b4c6a9f3e5d7b1a2c4e6f",
    "retryable": false,
    "doc_url": "https://docs.phoenixperpsfunding.com/reference/errors#sandbox_disabled"
  }
}

Errors#

Codes this endpoint can return. Match on the code, never on the message.

Guides, endpoints, fields and error codes.