Market Data Requirements

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In order to receive market data through the API, there are a few minimum requirements before data can be received.

  1. Opened IB Account (Demo accounts cannot subscribe to data).
  2. Must use an IBKR PRO account type
  3. Clients should have $500 USD in their account in addition to the cost of all market data subscriptions.
  4. Please be sure to subscribe to the market data through the Client Portal Market Data Subscriptions Page before requesting market data through the API.
  5. Please be sure to enable Market Data API access through the Client Portal Market Data Subscriptions Page.

Client Portal market data subscriptions settings highlighting the location of the Market Data API Acknowledgement.