Modify Order Price
Change the price of an order you already placed, from any client language.
https://apix.stocksdeveloper.in/trading/modifyOrderPrice The Modify Order Price call changes the price of an order you already placed. You pass the account, the order id returned by placeOrder, and the new price. It works the same way across the AmiBroker, Excel and MetaTrader APIs and returns true on successful submission.
This call modifies the price of an open order. It is available in AmiBroker, Excel, and MetaTrader. To change more than just the price, see Modify Order.
Code samples
Excel
Signature
Public Function ModifyOrderPrice(PseudoAccount As String, _
OrderId As String, _
Price As Double) As BooleanExample
orderId = PlaceOrder("ACC_NAME",
"<exchange>", "SBIN", "BUY",
"LIMIT", "INTRADAY", 10,
100.5, 0, True)
' Somewhere later in your code,
' when you want to modify this order
' Modify the order
Call ModifyOrderPrice("ACC_NAME", orderId, 101.6)AmiBroker
Signature
function modifyOrderPrice(account, orderId, price)Example
orderId = placeOrder(AT_ACCOUNT,
AT_EXCHANGE, AT_SYMBOL, "BUY",
"LIMIT", AT_PRODUCT_TYPE, 10,
100.5, defaultTriggerPrice(), True);
// You can save this orderId in a static variable
saveStaticVariableText(AT_ACCOUNT, "ORDER_ID", orderId);
// Somewhere later in your code,
// when you want to modify this order
// Read orderId from static variable
orderId = readStaticVariableText(AT_ACCOUNT, "ORDER_ID");
// Modify the order
modifyOrderPrice(AT_ACCOUNT, orderId, 101.6);MetaTrader
Signature
bool modifyOrderPrice(string account,
string orderId, double price)Example
string orderId = placeOrder(AT_ACCOUNT,
AT_EXCHANGE, AT_SYMBOL, BUY,
LIMIT, INTRADAY, 10,
100.5, defaultTriggerPrice(), true);
// You can save this orderId in a static variable
// Somewhere later in your code,
// when you want to modify this order
// Modify the order
modifyOrderPrice(AT_ACCOUNT, orderId, 101.6);In each example above, the price is changed from 100.5 to 101.6.
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| account | nickname of the broker account (also known as pseudo account) |
| orderId | publisherId — the orderId returned by the placeOrder*() function |
| price | order price (pass zero if you don’t want to change it) |
Return value
The call returns the order id given by your trading platform.
The call returns the library order id. The Desktop Client passes the request on to your broker.
Notes
This call sends the modify order price request to the AutoTrader Desktop Client. It returns true on successful submission, otherwise false.
See also Modify Order Quantity, Modify Order, and Cancel Order.
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Last updated 21 June 2026