# Paper Trading down? alpaca\_trade\_api.rest.APIError('account is not authorized to trade')

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-down-alpaca-trade-api-rest-apierror-account-is-not-authorized-to-trade/7467>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [November 17, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-down-alpaca-trade-api-rest-apierror-account-is-not-authorized-to-trade/7467 "2021-11-17T21:06:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rushabh\_Varia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/rushabh_varia/32/3240_2.png) [@Rushabh\_Varia](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Rushabh_Varia)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/paper-trading-down-alpaca-trade-api-rest-apierror-account-is-not-authorized-to-trade/7467/1 "2021-11-17T21:06:08Z")

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I have 3 alpaca paper accounts and none of them are allowing me to make trades on the web application or via my APIs. I tried deleting the cache, resetting the account, and generating new keys. Nothing works! My account number also says NULL. What do I do?