# Support more order types for after hour trading

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/support-more-order-types-for-after-hour-trading/16065>\
**Category:** Alpaca Products Discussion\
**Created:** [February 6, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/support-more-order-types-for-after-hour-trading/16065 "2025-02-06T21:53:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![WinJ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/winj/32/998_2.png) [@WinJ](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/WinJ)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/support-more-order-types-for-after-hour-trading/16065/1 "2025-02-06T21:53:55Z")

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Currently only limit order is supported in after hour trading. Can we support more order types such as stop limit order and trailing stop limit order (or combo orders)? With only limit order type, we are not able to set stop limit. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![PythonUserX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@PythonUserX](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/PythonUserX)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/support-more-order-types-for-after-hour-trading/16065/2 "2025-02-11T05:34:02Z")

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Why not manage your stop losses in your trading algorithm instead of relying on the brokerage? As long as the API is monitoring price action in real time, it should be able to function exactly the same as the brokerage would. From the server-side, it’ll be treated like any other sale, but the client-side parameters to trigger the sale order can mimic a stop order. I have not implemented the code yet, but that is my plan for premarket trading.