# Can't leg into spreads in paper trading?

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/cant-leg-into-spreads-in-paper-trading/17312>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [July 10, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/cant-leg-into-spreads-in-paper-trading/17312 "2025-07-10T16:17:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![intx13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@intx13](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/intx13)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/cant-leg-into-spreads-in-paper-trading/17312/1 "2025-07-10T16:17:04Z")

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I bought a long option in paper trading and then submitted a market order to sell a short option, thus legging into a spread. The market order to sell is sitting in status “new” - not rejected, not canceled, and not filled. The market is open, the option is trading, etc. What gives? How can a market order not fill?

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**Author:** ![intx13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@intx13](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/intx13)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/cant-leg-into-spreads-in-paper-trading/17312/2 "2025-07-10T16:19:57Z")

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Here’s an example of unfilled market orders:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/alp/original/2X/4/4d3517ba4579e77691273878f33fbf6cd911accb.png)