# Interactive Brokers

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/interactive-brokers/  
**Website:** https://www.interactivebrokers.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

Interactive Brokers is an online brokerage firm providing trading access to stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds across 150+ markets worldwide. IBKR offers comprehensive REST APIs that enable developers and traders to programmatically access trading, portfolio management, market data, and account management capabilities through the IBKR Web API and Client Portal API.

## Kin Score — 36.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 55.9 |
| Governance | 13.6 |
| Contract Governance | 13.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 13.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 31.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 22.4 |
| Access Clarity | 22.4 |

Regulatory layer — **Securities & Market Data**: 46.7 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 30.3 (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 | derived |
| 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 (7)

- **Interactive Brokers Client Portal API** — The Interactive Brokers Client Portal API is a REST API accessed through a locally running Java gateway that routes authenticated requests to IBKR systems. It provides a lightwe...
- **Interactive Brokers Accounts API** — Account information and management
- **Interactive Brokers Contracts API** — Contract and instrument search
- **Interactive Brokers Market Data API** — Real-time and historical market data
- **Interactive Brokers Orders API** — Order placement and management
- **Interactive Brokers Portfolio API** — Portfolio positions and account summaries
- **Interactive Brokers Sessions API** — Authentication and session management

## Agentic access (1)

- **Interactive Brokers Agentic Access** — 9 operations · 3 acting

## Security (2)

- **Interactive Brokers Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Interactive Brokers Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Interactive Brokers Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Brokerage, Market Data, Order, Portfolio, Trading

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