# Paper trading - account is not authorized to trade

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-account-is-not-authorized-to-trade/5135>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [March 25, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-account-is-not-authorized-to-trade/5135 "2021-03-25T15:44:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![abdelali\_nouina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@abdelali\_nouina](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/abdelali_nouina)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-account-is-not-authorized-to-trade/5135/1 "2021-03-25T15:44:24Z")

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Hello, there.

I am getting this error message when I try the make orders API calls with my paper account.

“account is not authorized to trade”

Does anyone know what is causing this issue?

Thank you,

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**Author:** ![jesse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jesse](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/jesse)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-account-is-not-authorized-to-trade/5135/2 "2021-03-25T15:55:48Z")

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I am getting the same error message as of this morning and won’t clear. I have been successfully using the paper account for the last 2 weeks so I am not sure what changed. Please help!

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**Author:** ![Jochem\_De\_Houwer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/jochem_de_houwer/32/2394_2.png) [@Jochem\_De\_Houwer](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Jochem_De_Houwer)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-account-is-not-authorized-to-trade/5135/3 "2021-03-25T16:01:05Z")

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Same here. No idea why.

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**Author:** ![abdelali\_nouina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@abdelali\_nouina](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/abdelali_nouina)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-account-is-not-authorized-to-trade/5135/4 "2021-03-25T16:15:11Z")

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I just got a response from Alpaca and indeed they are facing some issues.

Here is the link they sent me: [https://status.alpaca.markets/](https://status.alpaca.markets/)

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**Author:** ![Kristopher\_Meyers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/kristopher_meyers/32/2087_2.png) [@Kristopher\_Meyers](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Kristopher_Meyers)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-account-is-not-authorized-to-trade/5135/5 "2021-03-25T19:50:43Z")

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Having the same issue, has been working fine for 2 months.