TradeStation Options API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: TradeStation Accounts Options 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: Options
  description: Retrieve options-related market data including expirations, strike prices, spread types, and risk/reward calculations.
paths:
  /v3/marketdata/options/expirations/{underlying}:
    get:
      operationId: getOptionExpirations
      summary: Get option expirations
      description: Retrieves available option expiration dates for a given underlying symbol. Returns expiration dates along with expiration type information such as monthly, weekly, or quarterly.
      tags:
      - Options
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Underlying'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved option expirations
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OptionExpirationsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid underlying symbol
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /v3/marketdata/options/strikes/{underlying}:
    get:
      operationId: getOptionStrikes
      summary: Get option strikes
      description: Retrieves available strike prices for options on a given underlying symbol. Returns the list of strike prices available for trading.
      tags:
      - Options
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Underlying'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved option strikes
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OptionStrikesResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid underlying symbol
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /v3/marketdata/options/spreadtypes:
    get:
      operationId: getOptionSpreadTypes
      summary: Get option spread types
      description: Retrieves the list of available option spread types supported by TradeStation. Returns spread type names and identifiers for use in multi-leg option order construction.
      tags:
      - Options
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved option spread types
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OptionSpreadTypesResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /v3/marketdata/options/riskreward:
    post:
      operationId: calculateOptionRiskReward
      summary: Calculate option risk/reward
      description: Calculates the risk and reward profile for one or more option positions. Returns theoretical profit/loss values at various price levels for the specified option strategy.
      tags:
      - Options
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RiskRewardRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully calculated risk/reward
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RiskRewardResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    OptionExpiration:
      type: object
      description: An option expiration date with its type classification.
      properties:
        Date:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: The expiration date.
        Type:
          type: string
          description: The expiration type classification.
          enum:
          - Monthly
          - Weekly
          - Quarterly
          - EOM
    OptionLeg:
      type: object
      description: A single leg of an option strategy.
      properties:
        Symbol:
          type: string
          description: The option symbol.
        Quantity:
          type: integer
          description: The number of contracts.
        TradeAction:
          type: string
          description: The trade action for this leg.
          enum:
          - BuyToOpen
          - BuyToClose
          - SellToOpen
          - SellToClose
    OptionExpirationsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing option expiration dates for an underlying symbol.
      properties:
        Expirations:
          type: array
          description: List of option expirations.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OptionExpiration'
    OptionStrikesResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing available strike prices for an underlying symbol.
      properties:
        Strikes:
          type: array
          description: List of available strike prices.
          items:
            type: number
            format: double
    RiskRewardRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request body for option risk/reward calculation.
      required:
      - SpreadPrice
      - Legs
      properties:
        SpreadPrice:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The net price of the option spread.
        Legs:
          type: array
          description: The option legs to include in the calculation.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OptionLeg'
    OptionSpreadTypesResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing available option spread types.
      properties:
        SpreadTypes:
          type: array
          description: List of available spread types.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              Name:
                type: string
                description: The name of the spread type.
              Id:
                type: string
                description: The unique identifier of the spread type.
    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.
    RiskRewardResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing the risk/reward analysis results.
      properties:
        MaxGain:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The maximum potential gain.
        MaxLoss:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: The maximum potential loss.
        BreakEvenPoints:
          type: array
          description: Break-even price points.
          items:
            type: number
            format: double
  parameters:
    Underlying:
      name: underlying
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The underlying symbol for options data retrieval.
      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/