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# Syntax

## Get positions by symbol

```
GET /v{version}/accounts/{accountId}/positions/{symbol}
```

### Description

This API endpoint enables you to retrieve a trading account’s outstanding positions in a specific security.

### Parameters

| Type       | Name                           | Description                                                                                                                                                                | Schema          | Default |
| ---------- | ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ------- |
| **Header** | **Authorization**   *required* | This is the authorization token that you retrieved from the first endpoint (/token).                                                                                       | string          |         |
| **Header** | **Et-App-Key**   *required*    | This is your app’s unique key that can be retrieved from the BO Companies widget in Autoshares Trader.                                                                     | string          |         |
| **Path**   | **accountId**   *required*     | This is the unique identifier of the trading account whose outstanding positions in a security need to be retrieved.                                                       | integer (int32) |         |
| **Path**   | **symbol**   *required*        | This is the ticker symbol of the underlying security under which it is listed on the exchange.                                                                             | string          |         |
| **Path**   | **version**   *required*       | This is the version of the API. Unless you have multiple versions of Autoshares Trader’s API deployed in your environment, leave it at 1.0.                                | string          | `"1"`   |
| **Query**  | **currency**   *optional*      | This is the currency in which the underlying security is denominated (use it if you have two securities with the same ticker but denominated in two different currencies). | string          |         |
| **Query**  | **exchange**   *optional*      | This is the exchange on which the underlying security is listed (use it if you have two securities with the same ticker but listed on two different exchanges).            | string          |         |

### Responses

| HTTP Code | Description                                                                                           | Schema                                                                                                                                          |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **200**   | Successful request, JSON data containing outstanding positions in the specified security is returned. | < [PositionResource](/rest-api/trading-api/positions/get-users-positions-in-security/positions_getpositionbysymbol.md#positionresource) > array |
| **401**   | The access level of the provided authorization token is not sufficient to perform this operation.     | No Content                                                                                                                                      |
| **403**   | The provided Et-App-Key is incorrect.                                                                 | No Content                                                                                                                                      |
| **422**   | A validation error occurred while processing the request.                                             | No Content                                                                                                                                      |
| **500**   | Internal server error                                                                                 | No Content                                                                                                                                      |

### Produces

* `application/json`
* `text/json`