# Etrade

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/etrade/  
**Website:** https://us.etrade.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

E*TRADE is an online brokerage firm that provides a platform for investors to trade stocks, options, futures, and bonds. The E*TRADE Developer Platform offers REST APIs for account management, real-time quotes, option chains, and order placement, secured by OAuth 1.0a. The APIs are available to E*TRADE customers who register through the developer portal and provide both a sandbox and production environment.

## Kin Score — 38.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 50.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 31.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Securities & Market Data**: 43.3 (matched via weak_tags).

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (3)

- **Etrade Accounts API** — Customer account list, balances, portfolio, and transactions
- **Etrade Market API** — Quotes, option chains, option expirations, and product lookup
- **Etrade Order API** — Preview, place, change, and cancel equity and option orders

## Agentic access (1)

- **Etrade Agentic Access** — 8 operations · 2 acting

## Security (2)

- **Etrade Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Etrade Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Etrade Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Bonds, Brokerage, Financial, Futures, Options, Stocks, Trading

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/etrade/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.