TradeStation Market Data API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: TradeStation Accounts Market Data API
  description: The TradeStation API is a collection of RESTful brokerage and market data services used to build trading applications for stocks, options, futures, and cryptocurrency. The API provides endpoints for account management, order placement and execution, real-time and historical market data, option chains, and symbol information. TradeStation supports advanced order types including bracket, OCO, OSO, and multi-leg options orders, with both intelligent and direct order routing. The API uses OAuth2 authentication and version 3 is the recommended version for new integrations.
  version: '3.0'
  contact:
    name: TradeStation API Support
    url: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  termsOfService: https://www.tradestation.com/important-information/
servers:
- url: https://api.tradestation.com
  description: Production Server
- url: https://sim-api.tradestation.com
  description: Simulator Server (Paper Trading)
security:
- oauth2AuthCode: []
tags:
- name: Market Data
  description: Access real-time and historical market data including quotes, bar charts, symbol information, symbol lists, and cryptocurrency pairs.
paths:
  /v3/marketdata/quotes/{symbols}:
    get:
      operationId: getQuotes
      summary: Get quotes
      description: Retrieves real-time quote snapshots for one or more symbols. Returns current bid, ask, last price, volume, and other quote data fields. Supports stocks, options, futures, and cryptocurrency symbols.
      tags:
      - Market Data
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Symbols'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved quotes
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuotesResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid symbol format
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /v3/marketdata/barcharts/{symbol}:
    get:
      operationId: getBars
      summary: Get bar chart data
      description: Retrieves historical bar chart data (OHLC) for a given symbol. Supports multiple intervals and units including minute, daily, weekly, and monthly bars. Returns open, high, low, close prices along with volume and timestamp information.
      tags:
      - Market Data
      parameters:
      - name: symbol
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The symbol to retrieve bar chart data for.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: interval
        in: query
        description: The interval for each bar. For minute bars, valid values are 1-1440. For daily, weekly, and monthly bars, use 1.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 1440
      - name: unit
        in: query
        description: The unit of time for the bar interval.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Minute
          - Daily
          - Weekly
          - Monthly
      - name: barsBack
        in: query
        description: Number of bars to retrieve going back from the last date.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 57600
      - name: firstDate
        in: query
        description: The start date for bar data retrieval.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: lastDate
        in: query
        description: The end date for bar data retrieval.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: sessionTemplate
        in: query
        description: The session template to use for filtering bar data. Controls which trading session data to include.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - USEQPre
          - USEQPost
          - USEQPreAndPost
          - Default
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved bar chart data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BarsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid parameters
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Symbol not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /v3/marketdata/symbols/{symbols}:
    get:
      operationId: getSymbols
      summary: Get symbol details
      description: Retrieves detailed symbol information for one or more symbols. Returns symbol metadata including description, exchange, category, currency, point value, and contract specifications.
      tags:
      - Market Data
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Symbols'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved symbol details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SymbolsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid symbol format
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /v3/marketdata/symbollists/cryptopairs/symbolnames:
    get:
      operationId: getCryptoPairs
      summary: Get cryptocurrency pairs
      description: Retrieves the list of available cryptocurrency trading pairs. Returns symbol names for all supported crypto pairs on the TradeStation platform.
      tags:
      - Market Data
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved cryptocurrency pairs
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CryptoPairsResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Symbol:
      type: object
      description: Detailed symbol information and metadata.
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
          description: The symbol name or ticker.
        Description:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable description of the symbol.
        Exchange:
          type: string
          description: The exchange where the symbol is listed.
        ExchangeID:
          type: integer
          description: The numeric exchange identifier.
        Category:
          type: string
          description: The category of the symbol such as Stock, Option, Future, or Forex.
        Currency:
          type: string
          description: The currency the symbol is denominated in.
          enum:
          - USD
          - EUR
          - CAD
          - GBP
          - JPY
        Country:
          type: string
          description: The country where the symbol is listed.
        PointValue:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The dollar value of a single point move.
        MinMove:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The minimum price movement.
        Root:
          type: string
          description: The root symbol for options and futures.
        Underlying:
          type: string
          description: The underlying symbol for options.
        StrikePrice:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The strike price for option symbols.
        ExpirationDate:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: The expiration date for option and futures symbols.
        OptionType:
          type: string
          description: The option type for option symbols.
          enum:
          - Call
          - Put
        FutureType:
          type: string
          description: The futures type classification.
    BarsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing bar chart data for a symbol.
      properties:
        Bars:
          type: array
          description: List of OHLC bars.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bar'
    Bar:
      type: object
      description: A single OHLC bar representing price activity over a time interval.
      properties:
        High:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The highest price during the bar interval.
        Low:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The lowest price during the bar interval.
        Open:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The opening price of the bar interval.
        Close:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The closing price of the bar interval.
        Volume:
          type: integer
          description: The total volume during the bar interval.
        TimeStamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The timestamp for the start of the bar interval.
        TotalTicks:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of ticks during the bar interval.
        UpTicks:
          type: integer
          description: The number of up ticks during the bar interval.
        DownTicks:
          type: integer
          description: The number of down ticks during the bar interval.
    QuotesResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing quote data for one or more symbols.
      properties:
        Quotes:
          type: array
          description: List of quote snapshots.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Quote'
    SymbolsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing detailed symbol information.
      properties:
        Symbols:
          type: array
          description: List of symbol details.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Symbol'
    CryptoPairsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing available cryptocurrency trading pairs.
      properties:
        SymbolNames:
          type: array
          description: List of cryptocurrency pair symbol names.
          items:
            type: string
    Quote:
      type: object
      description: Real-time quote data for a single symbol.
      properties:
        Symbol:
          type: string
          description: The symbol identifier.
        Last:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The last traded price.
        Bid:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The current bid price.
        Ask:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The current ask price.
        BidSize:
          type: integer
          description: The size of the bid in shares or contracts.
        AskSize:
          type: integer
          description: The size of the ask in shares or contracts.
        Volume:
          type: integer
          description: The total volume traded today.
        Open:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The opening price for the current session.
        High:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The highest price for the current session.
        Low:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The lowest price for the current session.
        Close:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The previous session closing price.
        NetChange:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Net change from previous close.
        NetChangePct:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Net change as a percentage.
        TradeTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The timestamp of the last trade.
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Standard error response returned by the TradeStation API.
      properties:
        StatusCode:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code of the error.
        Message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of the error.
        TraceId:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Unique trace identifier for debugging and support purposes.
  parameters:
    Symbols:
      name: symbols
      in: path
      required: true
      description: One or more symbol identifiers, comma-separated.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2AuthCode:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow for accessing TradeStation API resources. Requires user authorization and supports token refresh.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://signin.tradestation.com/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://signin.tradestation.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            marketdata: Access to market data endpoints
            readaccount: Read access to account information
            trade: Access to order placement and management
externalDocs:
  description: TradeStation API Documentation
  url: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/