From 025566e3ef590b987ffefb877de13b4a8b205d87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Kaul <4159106+dtslvr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 10:16:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve symbol validation

---
 libs/common/src/lib/dtos/create-order.dto.ts | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libs/common/src/lib/dtos/create-order.dto.ts b/libs/common/src/lib/dtos/create-order.dto.ts
index d473e8e7b6..d2374e9b1a 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/lib/dtos/create-order.dto.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/lib/dtos/create-order.dto.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   IsBoolean,
   IsEnum,
   IsISO8601,
+  IsNotEmpty,
   IsNumber,
   IsOptional,
   IsString,
@@ -71,8 +72,12 @@ export class CreateOrderDto {
   @Min(0)
   quantity: number;
 
+  @IsNotEmpty()
   @IsString()
   @MaxLength(SYMBOL_MAXIMUM_LENGTH)
+  @Transform(({ value }: TransformFnParams) =>
+    isString(value) ? value.trim() : value
+  )
   symbol: string;
 
   @ArrayUnique()