place_equity_order
Place a real equity order with the user's funds in the Agentic account.
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What place_equity_order does on Robinhood Agentic Trading
AI agents use place_equity_order to commit financial operations through Robinhood Agentic Trading, usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
side | string | Yes | |
amount | number | — | |
symbol | string | Yes | |
quantity | number | — | |
order_type | string | Yes | |
limit_price | number | — | |
time_in_force | string | — |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why place_equity_order is rated Critical
This tool directly moves or commits the user's money by placing real equity orders. Financial transactions represent the most severe risk category per the classification hierarchy. The critical severity reflects the unlimited blast radius: an AI agent with access could place arbitrary equity orders, potentially causing substantial financial losses.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'place_equity_order' combined with description 'Place a real equity order with the user's funds in the Agentic account.' The phrase 'real equity order' and 'user's funds' explicitly indicate execution of financial transactions that commit monetary…
Risk signalsMoves real money. Irreversible once filled. No broker-side cap on order size or frequency — the only limit is the balance the user funded the Agentic account with. Prime target for prompt-injected ticker/quantity tampering
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs place_equity_order safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Robinhood Agentic Trading, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For place_equity_order, this is the rule to start with:
Any call to place_equity_order is blocked until a human approves it. The rest of the server keeps working.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Robinhood Agentic Trading, apply this rule, and every place_equity_order call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about place_equity_order
Place a real equity order with the user's funds in the Agentic account. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Robinhood Agentic Trading MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.
place_equity_order accepts 7 parameters: side, amount, symbol, quantity, order_type, limit_price, time_in_force. Required: side, symbol, order_type. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Robinhood Agentic Trading MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for place_equity_order: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Robinhood Agentic Trading. Nothing to install.
place_equity_order is a Financial tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the place_equity_order rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for place_equity_order. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
place_equity_order is provided by the Robinhood Agentic Trading MCP server (https://agent.robinhood.com/mcp/trading). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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