OANDA

OANDA is a forex and CFD trading broker offering REST APIs for live and practice trading. The v20 REST API provides access to real-time forex rates, order management, trade lifecycle, position tracking, and historical OHLC candle data dating back to 2005. A separate Exchange Rates Data API delivers institutional-grade FX rates across 200+ currencies for data services use cases.

OANDA publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Pricing API, Accounts API, Instruments API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Forex, FX Trading, CFD Trading, Financial Services, and Trading APIs.

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

OANDA’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, getting-started guide, API reference, authentication, pricing, signup flow, and 11 more developer resources.

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47.8/100 developing ▼ -5.7 Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumFree trial

11 APIs 16 Features

ForexFX TradingCFD TradingFinancial ServicesTrading APIs

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Composite quality — 47.8/100 · developing

Contract Quality 11.3 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 9.1 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · 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 0 / 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.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Oanda Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Oanda Finops

FINOPS

Features 16

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

REST v20 API with JSON over HTTP; stateless and language-agnostic

Bearer token (Personal Access Token) authentication via fxTrade AMP

Live and practice (demo) trading environments

Real-time forex rates for all tradeable pairs 24 hours a day

Historical candlestick data from 2005 onward (S5 to Monthly granularity)

Streaming pricing endpoint at up to 4 price updates per second

Full order lifecycle — market, limit, stop, OCO (TP/SL pair), trailing stop

Trade management including partial close and dependent order updates

Position closeout by instrument

Unlimited recent transaction history with streaming endpoint

Rate limit of 30 requests per user; aggregate of 20 streaming connections

New connection limit of 2 per second; persistent connections up to 100 per second

Exchange Rates Data API covering 200+ currencies and 38,000+ currency pairs

Exchange Rates free 7-day trial with unlimited quotes

FIX API for institutional customers

MT4 integration for backtesting support

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JSON Schema 156

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

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Examples 39

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Signup

Signup

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

OpenAPISource

OpenAPISource

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PythonSDK

CodeSamples

JavaScriptSDK

JavaSDK

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

BestPractices

BestPractices

APIComparison

APIComparison

Source (apis.yml)

aid: oanda
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/oanda/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: oanda:oanda-account-api
  name: OANDA Account API
  tags:
  - Accounts
  - Forex
  - Trading
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/account-ep/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/account-ep/
    type: APIReference
  description: Manage and retrieve OANDA trading account details, summaries, tradeable instruments, and configuration settings.
    Supports polling for account state changes since a specified transaction ID.
- aid: oanda:oanda-order-api
  name: OANDA Order API
  tags:
  - Orders
  - Forex
  - Trading
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/order-ep/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/order-ep/
    type: APIReference
  description: Create, list, modify, and cancel orders in an OANDA trading account. Supports market, limit, stop, take profit,
    stop loss, and trailing stop order types with FOK, IOC, DAY, GTD, and GTC durations.
- aid: oanda:oanda-trade-api
  name: OANDA Trade API
  tags:
  - Trades
  - Forex
  - Trading
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/trade-ep/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/trade-ep/
    type: APIReference
  description: List, retrieve, partially or fully close open trades, and manage dependent orders (take profit, stop loss,
    trailing stop loss) for trades in an OANDA account.
- aid: oanda:oanda-position-api
  name: OANDA Position API
  tags:
  - Positions
  - Forex
  - Trading
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/position-ep/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/position-ep/
    type: APIReference
  description: List all positions (historical and open) and close out open positions for a specific instrument in an OANDA
    trading account.
- aid: oanda:oanda-transaction-api
  name: OANDA Transaction API
  tags:
  - Transactions
  - Forex
  - Trading
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/transaction-ep/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/transaction-ep/
    type: APIReference
  description: Access full transaction history for an OANDA trading account with time-based and ID-range queries. Includes
    a streaming endpoint for real-time transaction notifications from the moment the request is made.
- aid: oanda:oanda-pricing-api
  name: OANDA Pricing API
  tags:
  - Pricing
  - Forex
  - Real-Time Rates
  - Historical Data
  - Candles
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/pricing-ep/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/pricing-ep/
    type: APIReference
  description: Retrieve real-time bid/ask pricing, stream live price updates at up to 4 per second, and access historical
    OHLC candlestick data for any tradeable instrument. Historical data is available from 2005 onward with up to 5,000 records
    per page.
- aid: oanda:oanda-exchange-rates-api
  name: OANDA Exchange Rates API
  tags:
  - Exchange Rates
  - Forex
  - FX Data
  - Currencies
  properties:
  - url: https://www.oanda.com/foreign-exchange-data-services/en/exchange-rates-api/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.oanda.com/foreign-exchange-data-services/en/exchange-rates-api/api-plans/
    type: Pricing
  description: Institutional-grade foreign exchange data service covering 200+ currencies and 38,000+ currency pairs. Provides
    daily average rates, period averages, ECB and national bank rates, forward rates, streaming spot rates updated every five
    seconds, and cryptocurrency rates. Available via annual subscription plans starting at $4,850/year.
- aid: oanda:oanda-accounts-api
  name: OANDA Accounts API
  description: The Accounts API from OANDA — 29 operation(s) for accounts.
  tags:
  - Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/oanda-accounts-api-openapi.yml
- aid: oanda:oanda-instruments-api
  name: OANDA Instruments API
  description: The Instruments API from OANDA — 5 operation(s) for instruments.
  tags:
  - Instruments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/oanda-instruments-api-openapi.yml
- aid: oanda:oanda-pricing-api
  name: OANDA Pricing API
  description: The Pricing API from OANDA — 2 operation(s) for pricing.
  tags:
  - Pricing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/oanda-pricing-api-openapi.yml
- aid: oanda:oanda-users-api
  name: OANDA Users API
  description: The Users API from OANDA — 2 operation(s) for users.
  tags:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/oanda-users-api-openapi.yml
name: OANDA
tags:
- Forex
- FX Trading
- CFD Trading
- Financial Services
- Trading APIs
kind: contract
access: 3rd-Party
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/oanda-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/oanda-domain-security.yml
- url: https://developer.oanda.com/
  type: Portal
- url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/introduction/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/introduction/
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/account-ep/
  type: APIReference
- url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/authentication/
  type: Authentication
- url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/best-practices/
  type: BestPractices
- url: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/api-comparison/
  type: APIComparison
- url: https://github.com/oanda/v20-openapi
  type: OpenAPISource
- url: https://github.com/oanda/v20-python
  type: PythonSDK
- url: https://github.com/oanda/v20-python-samples
  type: CodeSamples
- url: https://github.com/oanda/v20-javascript
  type: JavaScriptSDK
- url: https://github.com/oanda/v20-java
  type: JavaSDK
- url: https://github.com/oanda
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://www.oanda.com/foreign-exchange-data-services/en/exchange-rates-api/api-plans/
  type: Pricing
- url: https://www.oanda.com/
  type: Website
- url: https://www.oanda.com/us-en/trading/demo-account/
  type: Signup
- type: Features
  data:
  - REST v20 API with JSON over HTTP; stateless and language-agnostic
  - Bearer token (Personal Access Token) authentication via fxTrade AMP
  - Live and practice (demo) trading environments
  - Real-time forex rates for all tradeable pairs 24 hours a day
  - Historical candlestick data from 2005 onward (S5 to Monthly granularity)
  - Streaming pricing endpoint at up to 4 price updates per second
  - Full order lifecycle — market, limit, stop, OCO (TP/SL pair), trailing stop
  - Trade management including partial close and dependent order updates
  - Position closeout by instrument
  - Unlimited recent transaction history with streaming endpoint
  - Rate limit of 30 requests per user; aggregate of 20 streaming connections
  - New connection limit of 2 per second; persistent connections up to 100 per second
  - Exchange Rates Data API covering 200+ currencies and 38,000+ currency pairs
  - Exchange Rates free 7-day trial with unlimited quotes
  - FIX API for institutional customers
  - MT4 integration for backtesting support
  sources:
  - https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/introduction/
  - https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/best-practices/
  - https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/api-comparison/
  updated: '2026-06-13'
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: true
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium (free trial)
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
position: Consuming
description: OANDA is a forex and CFD trading broker offering REST APIs for live and practice trading. The v20 REST API provides
  access to real-time forex rates, order management, trade lifecycle, position tracking, and historical OHLC candle data dating
  back to 2005. A separate Exchange Rates Data API delivers institutional-grade FX rates across 200+ currencies for data services
  use cases.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
- name: OANDA
  url: https://www.oanda.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'
image: https://www.oanda.com/img/oanda-logo.png

OANDA

APIs 11

Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

FinOps 1

Features 16

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Spectral Rules 1

JSON Schema 156