# Why account\_updates channel did not trigger?

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/why-account-updates-channel-did-not-trigger/96>\
**Category:** Alpaca Account Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [July 30, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/why-account-updates-channel-did-not-trigger/96 "2019-07-30T18:25:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![gamesover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@gamesover](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/gamesover)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/why-account-updates-channel-did-not-trigger/96/1 "2019-07-30T18:25:35Z")

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Hello, I write below codes to submit order to buy or sell stocks. I am paper trading only.

> ```
> def subscribe_updates(self):
> self.conn.register(r'account_updates', self.on_account_updates)
> self.conn.register(r'trade_updates', self.on_trade_updates)
> 
> self.conn.run(['account_updates', 'trade_updates'])
> 
> async def on_account_updates(self, conn, channel, data):
> print('account updates: ', channel, data)
> self.cash = data['cash']
> 
> async def on_trade_updates(self, conn, channel, data):
> print('order: ', data.order)
> 
> ```

However, I found 2 issues with the above code:

1. the feedback from server have a delay, I don’t think it is in realtime
2. sell or buy stock only trigger **trade\_updates** channel. In my opinion, buy stock will reduce money and sell stock will add money, why **account\_updates** does not get triggered? Or any bugs in my code?

Thanks for your help

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**Author:** ![mrea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@mrea](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/mrea)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/why-account-updates-channel-did-not-trigger/96/2 "2019-07-30T23:19:50Z")

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#2 makes sense to me. I thought it would be updated also, though haven’t checked on my side.

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**Author:** ![gamesover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@gamesover](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/gamesover)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/why-account-updates-channel-did-not-trigger/96/3 "2019-07-31T01:11:30Z")

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Thanks @mrea. Yes, that’s why I feel a bit surprised. Also, It is likely due to some bugs in my codes. Can you see obvious errors 🙂 ?

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**Author:** ![hitoshi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/hitoshi/32/69_2.png) [@hitoshi](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/hitoshi)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/why-account-updates-channel-did-not-trigger/96/4 "2019-07-31T04:19:58Z")

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currently account\_updates doesn’t trigger for order executions (yet).

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**Author:** ![gamesover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@gamesover](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/gamesover)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/why-account-updates-channel-did-not-trigger/96/5 "2019-07-31T04:37:34Z")

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Got it, @hitoshi. Thanks for your confirmation.