# place_equity_order

Place a real equity order with the user's funds in the Agentic account.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `place_equity_order`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/place-equity-order

## Facts

- Tool: `place_equity_order`
- Server: Robinhood Agentic Trading (`https://agent.robinhood.com/mcp/trading`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://agent.robinhood.com/mcp/trading
- Risk category: Financial (Critical risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity verified
- Server auth posture: gated
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 7 (3 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Approval-gated

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `side` | string | yes |  |
| `amount` | number | no |  |
| `symbol` | string | yes |  |
| `quantity` | number | no |  |
| `order_type` | string | yes |  |
| `limit_price` | number | no |  |
| `time_in_force` | string | no |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "place_equity_order",
    "arguments": {
      "side": "<side>",
      "symbol": "<symbol>",
      "order_type": "<order_type>"
    }
  }
}
```

## 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 own 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 signals: Moves 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

## Use case

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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Approval-gated**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Robinhood Agentic Trading:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "place_equity_order": {
      "deny_if": [
        {
          "conditions": [],
          "on_deny": "Requires human approval."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Robinhood Agentic Trading (11)

- `cancel_equity_order` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/cancel-equity-order.md
- `get_accounts` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/get-accounts.md
- `get_equity_orders` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/get-equity-orders.md
- `get_equity_positions` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/get-equity-positions.md
- `get_equity_quotes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/get-equity-quotes.md
- `get_portfolio` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/get-portfolio.md
- `get_watchlists` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/get-watchlists.md
- `review_equity_order` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/review-equity-order.md
- `search` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/search.md
- `add_to_watchlist` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/add-to-watchlist.md
- `update_watchlist` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/update-watchlist.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=robinhood-agentic-trading · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/robinhood-agentic-trading