Ally Invest

Ally Invest is an online brokerage platform offering commission-free self-directed trading of US stocks, ETFs, and options with no account minimums. The platform provides REST APIs (originally developed from the TradeKing acquisition) for managing self-directed investment accounts, placing trades, accessing streaming real-time market data, retrieving account balances and holdings, managing watchlists, and querying market quotes and news. Authentication uses OAuth 1.0 with consumer and token credentials. Responses are available in JSON and XML formats.

Ally Invest publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Orders API, Market Data API, Watchlists API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Brokerage, Investing, Trading, Finance, and Stocks.

The Ally Invest catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Ally Invest’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, support, pricing, and 16 more developer resources.

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54.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 34/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessPaidOpen
11 APIs 7 Features 5 Use Cases
BrokerageInvestingTradingFinanceStocksOptionsMarket DataSelf-Directed

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 54.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 11

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Ally Invest Orders API

The Ally Invest Orders API enables programmatic placement and management of equity and options orders for self-directed brokerage accounts. Orders are submitted using a FIXML-va...

Ally Invest Market Data API

The Ally Invest Market Data API provides access to real-time and delayed market data including equity and options quotes, option chains, option strikes and expirations, market n...

Ally Invest Streaming Market Data API

The Ally Invest Streaming API delivers real-time market quotes via a persistent HTTP streaming connection. Clients subscribe to one or more ticker symbols and receive continuous...

Ally Invest Watchlists API

The Ally Invest Watchlists API allows programmatic creation and management of symbol watchlists associated with a member account. Supports listing all watchlists, creating new w...

Ally Invest Member API

The Ally Invest Member API provides access to the authenticated member's profile information including account identifiers and user details associated with the OAuth credentials.

Ally Invest Accounts API

Account balances, holdings, history, and portfolio data

Ally Invest Market Data API

Quotes, options, news, time-and-sales, and top lists

Ally Invest Member API

Member profile and identity

Ally Invest Orders API

Order placement, preview, retrieval, and cancellation

Ally Invest Utilities API

API status and version utilities

Ally Invest Watchlists API

Watchlist creation and symbol management

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Ally Invest Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Ally Invest Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Ally Invest Finops

FINOPS

Features 7

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Commission-Free Trading

No commissions on US stocks and ETFs; $0.50 per options contract

No Account Minimum

Self-directed cash accounts require no minimum deposit to open

OAuth 1.0 Authentication

API access secured via OAuth 1.0 with consumer key/secret and OAuth token/secret pairs

JSON and XML Responses

All REST API endpoints return responses in both JSON and XML formats

Streaming Market Data

Real-time quote streaming via persistent HTTP connections for subscribed symbols

FIXML Order Format

Orders submitted in FIXML-variant XML format supporting equities and options

Order Preview

Preview orders before execution to validate parameters and estimated costs

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Ally Invest Context

5 classes · 46 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Ally Invest API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

AllyInvestAccountBalance

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AllyInvestOrder

15 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AllyInvestQuote

95 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Get Accounts Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Get Market Clock Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Get Quotes Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Get Watchlists Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Ally Invest Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Ally Invest Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Ally Invest Agentic Access

28 operations · 7 acting

28 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 5

What developers build with this provider.

Algorithmic Trading

Build automated trading systems that place and manage orders based on market signals

Portfolio Monitoring

Track account balances, holdings, and performance in real time via API

Market Data Aggregation

Retrieve real-time and delayed quotes, options chains, and news for analysis

Watchlist Management

Maintain dynamic symbol watchlists and retrieve quote updates for tracked securities

Trade Journaling

Pull account history and order records programmatically for trade journaling tools

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

OpenAPI
OpenAPI
 Documentation
Documentation
 AttributionGuidelines
AttributionGuidelines

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

AllyInvestPy Python SDK (Community)
SDKs
 PyAlly Python3 SDK (Community)
SDKs
 ally-api Go Bindings (Community)
SDKs
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimiting
RateLimiting
 Support
Support
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

SelfDirectedTrading
SelfDirectedTrading

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ally-invest
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ally-invest/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Ally Invest
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: true
  label: Paid · Open access
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/ally-invest.png
tags:
- Brokerage
- Investing
- Trading
- Finance
- Stocks
- Options
- Market Data
- Self-Directed
description: Ally Invest is an online brokerage platform offering commission-free self-directed trading of US stocks, ETFs,
  and options with no account minimums. The platform provides REST APIs (originally developed from the TradeKing acquisition)
  for managing self-directed investment accounts, placing trades, accessing streaming real-time market data, retrieving account
  balances and holdings, managing watchlists, and querying market quotes and news. Authentication uses OAuth 1.0 with consumer
  and token credentials. Responses are available in JSON and XML formats.
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
openapi: openapi/ally-invest-openapi.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: ally-invest:ally-invest-orders-api
  name: Ally Invest Orders API
  tags:
  - Orders
  - Trades
  - FIXML
  - Preview
  - Execution
  humanURL: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://api.ally.com/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
    type: Documentation
  description: The Ally Invest Orders API enables programmatic placement and management of equity and options orders for self-directed
    brokerage accounts. Orders are submitted using a FIXML-variant format. Supports order preview before execution, retrieval
    of open orders, and cancellation of pending orders. Requires OAuth 1.0 authentication with account-level credentials.
- aid: ally-invest:ally-invest-market-data-api
  name: Ally Invest Market Data API
  tags:
  - Market Data
  - Quotes
  - Options
  - News
  - Time and Sales
  - Top Lists
  humanURL: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://api.ally.com/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
    type: Documentation
  description: The Ally Invest Market Data API provides access to real-time and delayed market data including equity and options
    quotes, option chains, option strikes and expirations, market news search, time-and-sales data, market clock status, and
    top security lists by various criteria. Option chains can be filtered by type, expiration date, and strike price range.
- aid: ally-invest:ally-invest-streaming-api
  name: Ally Invest Streaming Market Data API
  tags:
  - Streaming
  - Real-Time
  - Quotes
  - Market Data
  humanURL: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/streaming/
  baseURL: https://api.ally.com/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/streaming/
    type: Documentation
  description: The Ally Invest Streaming API delivers real-time market quotes via a persistent HTTP streaming connection.
    Clients subscribe to one or more ticker symbols and receive continuous quote updates as market prices change. Supports
    JSON and XML response formats. Requires OAuth 1.0 authentication.
- aid: ally-invest:ally-invest-watchlists-api
  name: Ally Invest Watchlists API
  tags:
  - Watchlists
  - Symbols
  - Portfolio Tracking
  humanURL: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://api.ally.com/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
    type: Documentation
  description: The Ally Invest Watchlists API allows programmatic creation and management of symbol watchlists associated
    with a member account. Supports listing all watchlists, creating new watchlists, retrieving watchlist details, deleting
    watchlists, and adding or removing ticker symbols from existing watchlists.
- aid: ally-invest:ally-invest-member-api
  name: Ally Invest Member API
  tags:
  - Member
  - Profile
  - Identity
  humanURL: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://api.ally.com/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
    type: Documentation
  description: The Ally Invest Member API provides access to the authenticated member's profile information including account
    identifiers and user details associated with the OAuth credentials.
- aid: ally-invest:ally-invest-accounts-api
  name: Ally Invest Accounts API
  description: Account balances, holdings, history, and portfolio data
  humanURL: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://api.ally.com/v1
  tags:
  - Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ally-invest-accounts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
- aid: ally-invest:ally-invest-market-data-api
  name: Ally Invest Market Data API
  description: Quotes, options, news, time-and-sales, and top lists
  humanURL: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://api.ally.com/v1
  tags:
  - Market Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ally-invest-market-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
- aid: ally-invest:ally-invest-member-api
  name: Ally Invest Member API
  description: Member profile and identity
  humanURL: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://api.ally.com/v1
  tags:
  - Member
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ally-invest-member-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
- aid: ally-invest:ally-invest-orders-api
  name: Ally Invest Orders API
  description: Order placement, preview, retrieval, and cancellation
  humanURL: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://api.ally.com/v1
  tags:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ally-invest-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
- aid: ally-invest:ally-invest-utilities-api
  name: Ally Invest Utilities API
  description: API status and version utilities
  humanURL: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://api.ally.com/v1
  tags:
  - Utilities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ally-invest-utilities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
- aid: ally-invest:ally-invest-watchlists-api
  name: Ally Invest Watchlists API
  description: Watchlist creation and symbol management
  humanURL: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://api.ally.com/v1
  tags:
  - Watchlists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ally-invest-watchlists-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/ally-invest-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ally-invest-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ally-invest-authentication.yml
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/ally-invest-openapi.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ally.com/invest/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/getting-started/
- type: RateLimiting
  url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/rate-limiting/
- type: AttributionGuidelines
  url: https://www.ally.com/api/invest/documentation/attribution-guidelines/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.ally.com/content/dam/pdf/invest/api-agreement.pdf
- type: Support
  url: mailto:InvestAPI@ally.com
- type: SDKs
  url: https://pypi.org/project/AllyInvestPy/
  title: AllyInvestPy Python SDK (Community)
- type: SDKs
  url: https://pypi.org/project/pyally/
  title: PyAlly Python3 SDK (Community)
- type: SDKs
  url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jmal1997/ally-api
  title: ally-api Go Bindings (Community)
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/anthonymorast/AllyInvest.py
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.ally.com/invest/commissions-and-fees/
- type: SelfDirectedTrading
  url: https://www.ally.com/invest/self-directed-trading/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/ally-invest-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/ally-invest-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/ally-invest-finops.yml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Commission-Free Trading
    description: No commissions on US stocks and ETFs; $0.50 per options contract
  - name: No Account Minimum
    description: Self-directed cash accounts require no minimum deposit to open
  - name: OAuth 1.0 Authentication
    description: API access secured via OAuth 1.0 with consumer key/secret and OAuth token/secret pairs
  - name: JSON and XML Responses
    description: All REST API endpoints return responses in both JSON and XML formats
  - name: Streaming Market Data
    description: Real-time quote streaming via persistent HTTP connections for subscribed symbols
  - name: FIXML Order Format
    description: Orders submitted in FIXML-variant XML format supporting equities and options
  - name: Order Preview
    description: Preview orders before execution to validate parameters and estimated costs
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Algorithmic Trading
    description: Build automated trading systems that place and manage orders based on market signals
  - name: Portfolio Monitoring
    description: Track account balances, holdings, and performance in real time via API
  - name: Market Data Aggregation
    description: Retrieve real-time and delayed quotes, options chains, and news for analysis
  - name: Watchlist Management
    description: Maintain dynamic symbol watchlists and retrieve quote updates for tracked securities
  - name: Trade Journaling
    description: Pull account history and order records programmatically for trade journaling tools
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com