API Endpoint

Stock Profit/Loss

Calculate profit or loss on stock sale including purchase price, sale price, and fees.

Endpoint

POST https://likeoptions.com/api/v1/calculate/stockprofit

Also supports GET with query parameters.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`shares`	number	—	Number of shares
`buyPrice`	number	—	Average purchase price per share ($)
`sellPrice`	number	—	Sale price per share ($)
`fees`	number	0	Trading fees/commissions ($)

Request Examples

POST (JSON body)

curl -X POST https://likeoptions.com/api/v1/calculate/stockprofit \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"shares": 100000, "buyPrice": 50000, "sellPrice": 6}'

GET (query parameters)

curl "https://likeoptions.com/api/v1/calculate/stockprofit?shares=100000&buyPrice=50000&sellPrice=6"

Response

{
  "kind": "stockprofit",
  "result": {
    "primary": 1234.56,
    "secondary": [
      { "label": "Example metric", "value": 100, "format": "money" },
      { "label": "Example percent", "value": 5.5, "format": "percent" }
    ]
  }
}

When to Use

Calculate capital gains/loss
Plan tax strategy
Evaluate trade profitability

Error Handling

400 Bad Request — Invalid input parameters or missing required fields
404 Not Found — Unknown calculator kind
429 Too Many Requests — Rate limit exceeded (120 req/hour per IP)
413 Payload Too Large — Request body exceeds 16 KB

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