---
title: "Create Securities Account"
method: POST
path: "/accounts/{account_id}/securities_accounts"
tags: ["Securities Accounts"]
---

# Create Securities Account

`POST /accounts/{account_id}/securities_accounts`

## Path parameters

- `account_id` string, required

## Headers

- `LMG-Data-Privacy-Access-Principal` string, required
- `LMG-Data-Privacy-Access-Justification` string, required

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- BrokerAppsApiEndpointsSecuritiesAccountsSecuritiesAccountResponse
  - `id` string, required — A value identifiying a securities account. Use this as a technical identifier for the securities account.
  - `account_number` string, required — A string representing the account number for the securities account. Use this is a user-visible identifier for the securities account.
  - `history` StatusChangeCustomerAccountStatus[], required — A history of the status changes for the security account.
    - `status` 'closed' | 'created' | 'opened' | 'rejected', required — A category representing the status of a user's account. <ul> <li><code>closed</code> <li><code>created</code> <li><code>opened</code> <li><code>rejected</code> </ul> <strong>NOTE:</strong> This list is not final yet, there will be more values added later.
    - `timestamp` string, date-time, required — The timestamp of the event. It represents the point in time at which the account was updated.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Not Found
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity
- `5XX` — Server Error

---

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