TradeStation

TradeStation is a financial brokerage and trading platform offering a collection of RESTful brokerage and market data services for building 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, symbol information, and HTTP streaming for live market feeds. TradeStation supports advanced order types including bracket, OCO, OSO, and multi-leg options orders with OAuth2 authentication.

TradeStation publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Streaming API, Accounts API, Market Data API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Brokerage, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Futures, and Market Data.

The TradeStation catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 3 Spectral governance rulesets.

TradeStation’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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52.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 43/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
6 APIs
BrokerageCryptocurrencyFinanceFuturesMarket DataOptionsStocksTrading

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 52.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality 19.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 5.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 43/100 · agent ready
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 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 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 6

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

TradeStation Streaming API

The TradeStation Streaming API provides real-time HTTP streaming endpoints using chunked transfer encoding with newline-delimited JSON for market data and brokerage events. Stre...

TradeStation Accounts API

Retrieve account information including account details, balances, beginning-of-day balances, positions, orders, historical orders, and cryptocurrency wallets.

TradeStation Market Data API

Access real-time and historical market data including quotes, bar charts, symbol information, symbol lists, and cryptocurrency pairs.

TradeStation Options API

Retrieve options-related market data including expirations, strike prices, spread types, and risk/reward calculations.

TradeStation Order Execution API

Place, confirm, modify, and cancel orders for stocks, options, and futures. Includes support for group orders such as bracket and OCO orders.

TradeStation Reference Data API

Access reference data for order execution including activation triggers and available routing destinations.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

TradeStation API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Tradestation Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Tradestation Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Tradestation Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

TradeStation Streaming API

The TradeStation Streaming API provides real-time HTTP streaming endpoints for market data and brokerage events. Streams use HTTP chunked transfer encoding with newline-delimite...

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Tradestation Context

0 classes · 8 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 3

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

TradeStation API Rules

9 rules · 1 errors 8 warnings

SPECTRAL

TradeStation API Rules

6 rules · 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

TradeStation API Rules

11 rules · 6 errors 5 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

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

TradeStation Order

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Tradestation Order Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Tradestation Get Quotes Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Tradestation Place Order Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

Tradestation Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Tradestation Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Tradestation Scopes

3 scopes · authorizationCode

3 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Tradestation Agentic Access

23 operations · 7 acting

23 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimiting
RateLimiting

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Developer
Developer

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: tradestation
name: TradeStation
description: TradeStation is a financial brokerage and trading platform offering a collection of RESTful brokerage and market
  data services for building 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, symbol information,
  and HTTP streaming for live market feeds. TradeStation supports advanced order types including bracket, OCO, OSO, and multi-leg
  options orders with OAuth2 authentication.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/tradestation.png
tags:
- Brokerage
- Cryptocurrency
- Finance
- Futures
- Market Data
- Options
- Stocks
- Trading
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tradestation/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: tradestation:tradestation-streaming
  name: TradeStation Streaming API
  description: The TradeStation Streaming API provides real-time HTTP streaming endpoints using chunked transfer encoding
    with newline-delimited JSON for market data and brokerage events. Streams deliver live quote updates, bar chart data,
    and order status changes with minimal latency.
  humanURL: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.tradestation.com
  tags:
  - Bar Charts
  - Cryptocurrency
  - Market Data
  - Options
  - Order Status
  - Real-Time
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/tradestation-streaming-asyncapi.yml
- aid: tradestation:tradestation-accounts-api
  name: TradeStation Accounts API
  description: Retrieve account information including account details, balances, beginning-of-day balances, positions, orders,
    historical orders, and cryptocurrency wallets.
  humanURL: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.tradestation.com
  tags:
  - Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tradestation-accounts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/tradestation-streaming-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/tradestation-order-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/tradestation-order-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/tradestation-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/tradestation-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/tradestation-vocabulary.yml
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/tradestation
  - type: APISpecification
    url: https://tradestation.github.io/api-docs/
- aid: tradestation:tradestation-market-data-api
  name: TradeStation Market Data API
  description: Access real-time and historical market data including quotes, bar charts, symbol information, symbol lists,
    and cryptocurrency pairs.
  humanURL: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.tradestation.com
  tags:
  - Market Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tradestation-market-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/tradestation-streaming-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/tradestation-order-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/tradestation-order-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/tradestation-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/tradestation-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/tradestation-vocabulary.yml
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/tradestation
  - type: APISpecification
    url: https://tradestation.github.io/api-docs/
- aid: tradestation:tradestation-options-api
  name: TradeStation Options API
  description: Retrieve options-related market data including expirations, strike prices, spread types, and risk/reward calculations.
  humanURL: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.tradestation.com
  tags:
  - Options
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tradestation-options-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/tradestation-streaming-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/tradestation-order-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/tradestation-order-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/tradestation-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/tradestation-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/tradestation-vocabulary.yml
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/tradestation
  - type: APISpecification
    url: https://tradestation.github.io/api-docs/
- aid: tradestation:tradestation-order-execution-api
  name: TradeStation Order Execution API
  description: Place, confirm, modify, and cancel orders for stocks, options, and futures. Includes support for group orders
    such as bracket and OCO orders.
  humanURL: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.tradestation.com
  tags:
  - Order Execution
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tradestation-order-execution-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/tradestation-streaming-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/tradestation-order-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/tradestation-order-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/tradestation-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/tradestation-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/tradestation-vocabulary.yml
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/tradestation
  - type: APISpecification
    url: https://tradestation.github.io/api-docs/
- aid: tradestation:tradestation-reference-data-api
  name: TradeStation Reference Data API
  description: Access reference data for order execution including activation triggers and available routing destinations.
  humanURL: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.tradestation.com
  tags:
  - Reference Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tradestation-reference-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/tradestation-streaming-asyncapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/tradestation-order-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/tradestation-order-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/tradestation-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/tradestation-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/tradestation-vocabulary.yml
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/tradestation
  - type: APISpecification
    url: https://tradestation.github.io/api-docs/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/tradestation-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/tradestation-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/tradestation-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/tradestation-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tradestation
- type: Website
  url: https://www.tradestation.com
- type: Developer
  url: https://developer.tradestation.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/fundamentals/authentication/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/tradestation
- type: RateLimiting
  url: https://api.tradestation.com/docs/fundamentals/rate-limiting/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.tradestation.com/important-information/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developer.tradestation.com/llms.txt
- url: https://www.tradestation.com/insights/feed/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com