# Placing a unit sell order

To place a unit sell order send

**POST** [`orders`](/api/orders/place_order)

**Example**

Example request

```json
{
  "user_id": "2dedfeb0-58cd-44f2-ae08-0e41fe0413d9",
  "account_id": "debf2026-f2da-4ff0-bb84-92e45babb1e3",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "side": "SELL",
  "instrument_id": "US0378331005",
  "instrument_id_type": "ISIN",
  "order_type": "MARKET",
  "quantity": "10",
  "user_instrument_fit_acknowledgement": true,
  "limit_price": "",
  "stop_price": "",
  "fee_configuration": [
    {
      "cash_amount": "0.90",
      "currency": "EUR",
      "type": "TRANSACTION_FEE_SELL",
      "charge_method": "CHARGED_BY_CLIENT",
      "value_type": "ABSOLUTE"
    }
  ]
}
```

Example response

```json
{
  "id": "eb5ba93f-5dfe-4bf1-8571-4da0caacc80c",
  "created_at": "2021-07-21T14:10:00.00Z",
  "updated_at": "2021-07-21T14:10:00.00Z",
  "user_id": "2dedfeb0-58cd-44f2-ae08-0e41fe0413d9",
  "account_id": "debf2026-f2da-4ff0-bb84-92e45babb1e3",
  "cash_amount": "0",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "side": "SELL",
  "instrument_id": "US0378331005",
  "instrument_id_type": "ISIN",
  "order_type": "MARKET",
  "quantity": "10",
  "user_instrument_fit_acknowledgement": true,
  "limit_price": "",
  "stop_price": "",
  "status": "NEW",
  "fee": "0.0",
  "executions": [],
  "client_reference": "",
  "initiation_flow": "API",
  "fee_configuration": [
    {
      "cash_amount": "0.90",
      "charge_method": "CHARGED_BY_CLIENT",
      "currency": "EUR",
      "type": "TRANSACTION_FEE_SELL",
      "value_type": "ABSOLUTE"
    }
  ]
}
```

Unlike the nominal buy order explained above, you must now specify the share quantity (and omitting the cash amount) as well as the `SELL` side.

## Webhook

Analogous to the nominal buy order, you will receive an order `PROCESSING` webhook, followed by an order execution `FILLED` webhook for each execution, and an order `FILLED` webhook once the order is completely filled, including the amount of fees charged (if applicable), and the taxes incurred:

**Example webhook**


```json
{
  "id": "eb5ba93f-5dfe-4bf1-8571-4da0caacc80c",
  "created_at": "2021-07-21T14:10:00.00Z",
  "updated_at": "2021-07-21T14:10:00.00Z",
  "user_id": "2dedfeb0-58cd-44f2-ae08-0e41fe0413d9",
  "account_id": "debf2026-f2da-4ff0-bb84-92e45babb1e3",
  "cash_amount": "0",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "side": "SELL",
  "instrument_id": "US0378331005",
  "instrument_id_type": "ISIN",
  "order_type": "MARKET",
  "quantity": "10",
  "user_instrument_fit_acknowledgement": true,
  "limit_price": "",
  "stop_price": "",
  "status": "FILLED",
  "fee": "0.0",
  "executions": [
    {
      "id": "b9dc0676-8a7d-412d-802a-3b325eefd15e",
      "side": "SELL",
      "currency": "EUR",
      "status": "FILLED",
      "order_id":  "eb5ba93f-5dfe-4bf1-8571-4da0caacc80c",
      "cash_amount":"852.20",
      "share_quantity":"10",
      "price":"85.22",
      "transaction_time":"2021-07-21T14:10:00.020Z",
      "taxes": [
        {
          "type": "TOTAL", 
          "amount": "23.45"
        }
      ],
      "venue_id": "20d6024b-2df4-41ae-8d42-62e4744e455b"
    }
  ],
  "client_reference": "",
  "initiation_flow": "API"
}
```

The cash amount is the total amount realised by the user with the sales order, **before** taxes.

Similar to the nominal buy order, you will also receive a positions and cash balance updates respectively, which you can also find in the API References for [cash balance events](/api/cash-balances/cash_balance_event) and [positions events](/api/positions/position_event).