# Lack of AAPL liquidity?
**URL:** https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/lack-of-aapl-liquidity/13091
**Category:** Getting Started with Alpaca
**Created:** [November 3, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/lack-of-aapl-liquidity/13091 "2023-11-03T07:50:20Z")
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### Author:  [@bsneed](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/bsneed)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/lack-of-aapl-liquidity/13091/1 "2023-11-03T07:50:20Z")
I noticed someone else has had this error before but I couldn’t find any solutions: APIError: {“available”:“0”,“code”:40310000,“existing\_qty”:“1”,“held\_for\_orders”:“1”,“message”:“insufficient qty available for order (requested: 1, available: 0)”,“symbol”:“AAPL”}
anyone else come across anything similar?
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### Author:  [@Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Dan_Whitnable_Alpaca)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/lack-of-aapl-liquidity/13091/2 "2023-11-03T14:34:53Z")
@bsneed The error you are seeing doesn’t have to do with AAPL liquidity. Rather, it is saying you do not have enough shares in your account to sell. Specifically, the error says
> **existing\_qty: 1** _(the account holds 1 share long)_
> **held\_for\_orders: 1** _(there is an open order to sell 1 share)_
> **message: insufficient qty available for order (requested: 1, available: 0)** _(you are requesting to sell 1 share but there are 0 shares available to sell. The open order effectively ‘reserves’ the existing 1 share)_
The fix is to either cancel or replace the existing order. Or, simply leave the existing order in place.
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### Author:  [@bsneed](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/bsneed)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/lack-of-aapl-liquidity/13091/3 "2023-11-03T18:58:27Z")
Thank you Dan. I’ll try this.