> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://api-portal.etoro.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a price alert > **Rate limit:** 60 requests per 60 seconds. This is the **default shared quota** — it is shared with every other endpoint that has no dedicated limit, so requests across those endpoints all draw from the same budget. --- Creates a new price alert for the authenticated user. The alert will fire when the market bid price reaches the target price. Provide a symbol to identify the instrument. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /api/v1/price-alerts openapi: 3.0.1 info: title: eToro Api version: v1.314.0 description: >- eToro’s public API provides access to real-time financial data, trading insights, and account management features, allowing developers to integrate eToro’s services into their applications. With access to market prices, historical data, and social trading information, the API empowers users to enhance their trading strategies. Designed for security and scalability, the eToro API ensures smooth and reliable integration for a variety of financial applications. For more details on integrating with eToro's public WebSocket service, please refer to the dedicated [WebSocket documentation](./websocket/websocket-doc.html). servers: - url: https://public-api.etoro.com description: eToro Public API security: [] tags: - name: Agent Portfolios - name: Social Feeds - name: Balances - name: Clubs - name: Watchlists - name: Top Assets - name: Market Data - name: Identity - name: Cash Accounts - name: Transfer - name: Notifications - name: PI Data - name: PortfolioSearch - name: Price Alerts - name: SSO - Applications - name: SSO - Scopes - name: Sub-Accounts - eToro Trading - name: Sub-Accounts - name: Trading - Demo - name: Trading - Real - name: Users Info - name: Rankings - name: User Stats - name: Deprecated paths: /api/v1/price-alerts: post: tags: - Price Alerts summary: Create a price alert description: >- **Rate limit:** 60 requests per 60 seconds. This is the **default shared quota** — it is shared with every other endpoint that has no dedicated limit, so requests across those endpoints all draw from the same budget. --- Creates a new price alert for the authenticated user. The alert will fire when the market bid price reaches the target price. Provide a symbol to identify the instrument. operationId: postPriceAlerts parameters: - name: x-request-id in: header required: true schema: type: string format: uuid example: 71dcefeb-baec-4bd8-9687-b2bf33f00ac8 description: A unique request identifier. - name: x-api-key in: header required: true schema: type: string format: password example: lhgfaslk21490FAScVPkdsb53F9dNkfHG4faZSG5vfjndfcfgdssdgsdHF4663 description: API key for authentication. - name: x-user-key in: header required: true schema: type: string format: password example: >- eyJlYW4iOiJVbnJlZ2lzdGVyZWRBcHBsaWNhdGlvbiIsImVrIjoiOE5sZ2cwcW5EUVdROUFNWGpXT2lmOWktZnpidG5KcUlqWGJ3WHJZZkpZcldrbG90ZEhvLVBjSWhQaU8xU1ZtMW84aU1WZGZqN2xWNzFjLXFxLmcybXE1dnh4Q1hUT25xaWRUaTFlcEhmVk1fIn0_ description: User-specific authentication key. requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreatePriceAlertRequest' example: symbol: AAPL targetPrice: 185.5 responses: '201': description: Price alert created successfully content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceAlertMutationResponse' example: success: true data: alertId: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890 instrumentId: 1001 symbol: AAPL targetPrice: 185.5 currentPrice: 182.3 createdAt: '2026-04-30T10:00:00Z' updatedAt: '2026-04-30T10:00:00Z' headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: >- Maximum number of requests allowed per window. This is the default shared pool used by every endpoint without a dedicated limit, so it is NOT per-endpoint — requests across those endpoints all draw from this one budget. schema: type: integer example: 60 RateLimit-Remaining: description: Requests remaining in the current window for this quota. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Reset: description: Seconds until the current window resets. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Policy: description: Quota policy in the form `;w=`. schema: type: string example: 60;w=60 '400': description: >- Invalid request parameters (e.g. missing symbol, invalid targetPrice) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceAlertErrorResponse' example: success: false error: code: INVALID_PARAMETER message: Invalid request parameters details: Field 'targetPrice' must be greater than 0 field: targetPrice '401': description: Unauthorized - missing or invalid authentication credentials content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceAlertsApi_PublicErrorResponse' example: errorCode: Unauthorized errorMessage: Unauthorized '403': description: Forbidden - insufficient permissions content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceAlertsApi_PublicErrorResponse' example: errorCode: InsufficientPermissions errorMessage: Insufficient permissions to access this resource '404': description: Instrument not found for the provided symbol content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceAlertErrorResponse' example: success: false error: code: INSTRUMENT_NOT_FOUND message: Instrument not found details: No instrument found for symbol 'INVALID' '422': description: Business rule violation (e.g. duplicate alert, max alerts exceeded) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceAlertErrorResponse' example: success: false error: code: MAX_ALERTS_EXCEEDED message: Maximum number of alerts reached details: You have reached the maximum number of active price alerts '429': description: Too many requests content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceAlertsApi_PublicErrorResponse' example: errorCode: TooManyRequests errorMessage: Too many requests headers: RateLimit-Limit: description: >- Maximum number of requests allowed per window. This is the default shared pool used by every endpoint without a dedicated limit, so it is NOT per-endpoint — requests across those endpoints all draw from this one budget. schema: type: integer example: 60 RateLimit-Remaining: description: Requests remaining in the current window for this quota. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Reset: description: Seconds until the current window resets. schema: type: integer RateLimit-Policy: description: Quota policy in the form `;w=`. schema: type: string example: 60;w=60 Retry-After: description: Seconds to wait before retrying. schema: type: integer example: 60 '500': description: Internal server error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceAlertsApi_PublicErrorResponse' example: errorCode: UnhandledException errorMessage: Global Error security: - oauth2: - etoro-public:price-alerts:write components: schemas: CreatePriceAlertRequest: type: object description: Request body for creating a new price alert required: - symbol - targetPrice properties: symbol: type: string description: Trading symbol to identify the instrument (e.g. AAPL, TSLA) example: AAPL targetPrice: type: number format: decimal description: >- Target price at which the alert should trigger. Must be greater than 0. exclusiveMinimum: true example: 185.5 minimum: 0 PriceAlertMutationResponse: type: object description: Response for price alert create and update operations properties: success: type: boolean description: Indicates the operation completed successfully example: true data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceAlert' PriceAlertErrorResponse: type: object description: Error response from the price alerts service required: - success - error properties: success: type: boolean description: Indicates the request failed example: false error: type: object required: - code - message properties: code: type: string description: Machine-readable error code for programmatic handling example: VALIDATION_ERROR message: type: string description: Human-readable error message example: Invalid request parameters details: type: string description: Additional context about the error example: Field 'targetPrice' must be greater than 0 field: type: string description: The specific field that caused the error (if applicable) example: targetPrice PriceAlertsApi_PublicErrorResponse: type: object description: Standard error response from the public API gateway required: - errorCode - errorMessage properties: errorCode: type: string description: Machine-readable error code example: UnhandledException errorMessage: type: string description: Human-readable error message example: Global Error PriceAlert: type: object description: A price alert set by the user on a financial instrument required: - alertId - instrumentId - symbol - targetPrice - currentPrice - createdAt - updatedAt properties: alertId: type: string format: uuid description: Unique identifier of the price alert example: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890 instrumentId: type: integer description: Unique instrument identifier used across all trading operations example: 1001 symbol: type: string description: Trading symbol displayed to users (e.g. AAPL, TSLA) example: AAPL targetPrice: type: number format: decimal description: Target price at which the alert will trigger example: 185.5 currentPrice: type: number format: decimal description: Market bid price at the time the alert was created or last updated example: 182.3 createdAt: type: string format: date-time description: Timestamp when the alert was created (ISO 8601 UTC) example: '2026-04-20T10:00:00Z' updatedAt: type: string format: date-time description: Timestamp when the alert was last updated (ISO 8601 UTC) example: '2026-04-25T14:30:00Z' securitySchemes: oauth2: type: oauth2 description: >- eToro OAuth2. Each operation lists the scopes that grant access as separate `security` requirements (OpenAPI OR semantics): the caller's token only needs ONE of them — you do NOT need all of them. The same scopes back the x-api-key/x-user-key credential pair. flows: authorizationCode: authorizationUrl: '' tokenUrl: '' scopes: etoro-public:agent-portfolio:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:agent-portfolio:read' scope. etoro-public:agent-portfolio:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:agent-portfolio:write' scope. etoro-public:club:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:club:read' scope. etoro-public:demo:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:demo:read' scope. etoro-public:demo:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:demo:write' scope. etoro-public:feed:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:feed:read' scope. etoro-public:feed:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:feed:write' scope. etoro-public:market-data:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:market-data:read' scope. etoro-public:money.balance:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:money.balance:read' scope. etoro-public:money.cash-transactions:read: >- Grants access to the 'etoro-public:money.cash-transactions:read' scope. etoro-public:money.transfer:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:money.transfer:read' scope. etoro-public:money.transfer:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:money.transfer:write' scope. etoro-public:money:transfer: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:money:transfer' scope. etoro-public:notifications:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:notifications:read' scope. etoro-public:notifications:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:notifications:write' scope. etoro-public:pi-data:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:pi-data:read' scope. etoro-public:price-alerts:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:price-alerts:read' scope. etoro-public:price-alerts:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:price-alerts:write' scope. etoro-public:real:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:real:read' scope. etoro-public:real:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:real:write' scope. etoro-public:sso-applications:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:sso-applications:read' scope. etoro-public:sso-applications:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:sso-applications:write' scope. etoro-public:sso-scopes:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:sso-scopes:read' scope. etoro-public:sso-scopes:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:sso-scopes:write' scope. etoro-public:sub-accounts:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:sub-accounts:read' scope. etoro-public:sub-accounts:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:sub-accounts:write' scope. etoro-public:trade.demo:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:trade.demo:read' scope. etoro-public:trade.demo:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:trade.demo:write' scope. etoro-public:trade.real:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:trade.real:read' scope. etoro-public:trade.real:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:trade.real:write' scope. etoro-public:user-info:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:user-info:read' scope. etoro-public:watchlist:read: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:watchlist:read' scope. etoro-public:watchlist:write: Grants access to the 'etoro-public:watchlist:write' scope. ````