positions and orders by lot number about alpaca-trade-api-python HOT 4 CLOSED

Hi, could you please clarify what you're looking for in a lot number? Our API doesn't really have a concept of that; the positions we return are aggregated.

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say you bought 1 msft@41, then bought another 1@39, when reporting position, we see 1@41 and 1@39, instead of 2@40.
even better, you can create sell orders by lot number, when stock price hits 40 you can sell the 39 one instead of the 41 one. this is more like a tax issue.

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I have this same question. It's very important for tax purposes. How am I supposed to report my trading activity otherwise?

Perhaps you could develop the capability using the 'client_order_id'?
https://www.tdameritrade.com/education/taxes/what-is-a-tax-lot.page

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The desire for this is on our radar, but it's currently not feasible with our backend. If you have questions about particular positions or need help managing the tax information, please contact our brokerage staff here: https://support.alpaca.markets/hc/en-us/requests/new

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