We are exci​ted to an​noun​ce the re​lea​se of cTra​der Open API v2.0! Open API ena​bles third-par​ty se​rvi​ce provi​ders to deve​lop appli​ca​tions using the exi​sting cTra​der tra​ding in​fra​stru​ctu​re and offer them to the lar​ge pool of cTra​der tra​ders throu​gh a free, se​cu​re, and pu​bli​cly acce​ssi​ble API. The​se new too​ls and fea​tu​res offer added va​lue to cTra​der pla​tform, allo​wing tra​ders to have acce​ss to a lar​ger va​rie​ty of se​rvi​ces. cTra​der Open API v2.0 is the su​cce​ssor of cTra​der Con​ne​ct API v1.0 and will run in pa​ra​llel with the previous ver​sion un​til v1.0 be​co​mes de​pre​cia​ted. The new ver​sion has a nu​mber of improve​men​ts from its pre​de​ce​ssor, ove​ra​ll ena​bling fa​ster per​for​man​ce of apps and provi​ding them with more fun​ctio​na​li​ty.

<u>cTra​der Open API v2.0 Be​ne​fi​ts Over v1.0</u>

Αccoun​ts API REST re​que​sts have been re​pla​ced with Pro​to​col Bu​ffers

cTra​der Open API v2.0 will not fea​tu​re any REST web se​rvi​ces for account in​for​ma​tion re​trieval. Pro​to​col Bu​ffers are used in​stead, uni​fying both sco​pes, Accoun​ts API and Tra​ding API un​der a sing​le te​ch​no​lo​gy. This chan​ge allo​ws Open API v2.0 to se​rve much more re​sour​ce in​ten​sive appli​ca​tions than v1.0.

Re​que​st Li​mi​ts Si​g​ni​fi​can​tly In​crea​sed

As a re​su​lt of swi​tching to Pro​to​col Bu​ffers, re​que​st li​mi​ts have been si​g​ni​fi​can​tly in​crea​sed ena​bling much fa​ster per​for​man​ce for appli​ca​tions using the API.

De​di​ca​ted Per Appli​ca​tion Pro​xies

De​di​ca​ted pro​xies are now avai​la​ble at the re​que​st of an appli​ca​tion deve​lo​per. De​di​ca​ted pro​xies can se​rve a hi​g​her nu​mber of in​co​ming re​que​sts in a given ti​me​fra​me, improving the per​for​man​ce of the Open API appli​ca​tion.

Mar​gin Ca​lcu​la​tion Added

Expe​cted mar​gin ca​lcu​la​tion whi​ch was mi​ssing from Spo​twa​re Con​ne​ct API v1.0, has been added to cTra​der Open API v2.0 throu​gh new me​ssa​ges. Now, appli​ca​tions using Open API will be able to esti​ma​te mar​gin re​qui​re​men​ts for new or​ders.

<u>How to Take Advan​ta​ge of cTra​der Open API?</u>

If You Are a Tra​der

You can acce​ss apps deve​lo​ped using Open API if your bro​ker su​ppor​ts cTra​der Open API. By de​fau​lt, it is avai​la​ble to all bro​kers offe​ring cTra​der pla​tform. Ho​wever, bro​kers have an option to di​sa​ble it. The​re​fo​re, it is best to con​su​lt with your bro​ker fir​st.

If You Are a Deve​lo​per or a Te​ch​no​lo​gy Provi​der

You can ea​si​ly start crea​ting your app using our free, se​cu​re and pu​bli​cly acce​ssi​ble Open API.

Just sign up or log into cTra​der Open API site and apply for an Open API. Once your re​que​st is approved, you can start crea​ting your app.

If You Are a Bro​ker

You can learn more about cTra​der Open API and con​ta​ct us to be​co​me cTra​der Bro​ker in or​der to be able to use cTra​der Open API to deve​lop your own tra​ding in​ter​fa​ces for a more cu​sto​mi​zed tra​ding expe​rien​ce adju​sted to the nee​ds of your clien​ts.