We are exci​ted to an​noun​ce the re​lea​se of cT​ra​der Open API v2.0! Open API ena​bles thi​rd-pa​r​ty servi​ce provi​ders to deve​lop appli​ca​tions using the exi​sting cT​ra​der tra​ding in​f​ra​st​ru​ctu​re and offer them to the la​r​ge pool of cT​ra​der tra​ders th​rou​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 cT​ra​der pla​tfo​rm, allo​wing tra​ders to have acce​ss to a la​r​ger va​rie​ty of servi​ces. cT​ra​der Open API v2.0 is the su​cce​ssor of cT​ra​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​p​re​cia​ted. The new ver​sion has a nu​mber of imp​rove​men​ts from its pre​de​ce​ssor, ove​ra​ll ena​bling fa​ster per​fo​r​man​ce of apps and provi​ding them with more fun​ctio​na​li​ty.

<u>cT​ra​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

cT​ra​der Open API v2.0 will not fea​tu​re any REST web servi​ces for account in​fo​r​ma​tion re​t​rieval. 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 serve much more re​sou​r​ce in​ten​sive appli​ca​tions than v1.0.

Re​que​st Li​mi​ts Si​g​ni​fi​can​tly In​c​rea​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​c​rea​sed ena​bling much fa​ster per​fo​r​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 serve a hi​g​her nu​mber of in​co​ming re​que​sts in a given ti​me​f​ra​me, imp​roving the per​fo​r​man​ce of the Open API appli​ca​tion.

Ma​r​gin Ca​lcu​la​tion Added

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

<u>How to Take Advan​ta​ge of cT​ra​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​ppo​r​ts cT​ra​der Open API. By de​fau​lt, it is avai​la​ble to all bro​kers offe​ring cT​ra​der pla​tfo​rm. 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 fi​r​st.

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

You can ea​si​ly sta​rt 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 cT​ra​der Open API site and apply for an Open API. Once your re​que​st is app​roved, you can sta​rt crea​ting your app.

If You Are a Bro​ker

You can lea​rn more about cT​ra​der Open API and con​ta​ct us to be​co​me cT​ra​der Bro​ker in or​der to be able to use cT​ra​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.