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Introduction Authentication Account Management Trading API Reference Web API v1.0 Documentation Flex Web Service Changelog

- Introduction
Requirements & Limitations
Endpoints
Websockets

Introduction
Introduction
Supported Two Factor Authentication (2FA)
Canadian Residents Restricted From Programmatically Trading Canadian Products
WebAPI Basics Tutorial
Pacing Limitations
Regular Server Maintenance
Introduction
Introduction
Get a list of available alerts
Get details of a specific alert
Get MTA Alert
Activate or deactivate an alert
Delete an alert
Account Profit and Loss
Search Dynamic Account
Set Dynamic Account
Signatures and Owners
Switch Account
Receive Brokerage Accounts
Search the security definition by Contract ID
All Conids by Exchange
Contract information by Contract ID
Currency Pairs
Currency Exchange Rate
Find all Info and Rules for a given contract
Search Algo Params by Contract ID
Search Bond Filter Information
Search Contract by Symbol
Search Contract Rules
Search SecDef information by conid
Search Strikes by Underlying Contract ID
Security Future by Symbol
Security Stocks by Symbol
Trading Schedule by Symbol
Trading Schedule (NEW)
Introduction
Categorization
Markets and Strikes
Contract Rules
Trading schedule
Contract details
Order Submission
Executions and Netting
Allocatable Sub-Accounts
List All Allocation Groups
Retrieve Single Allocation Group
Add Allocation Group
Modify Allocation Group
Delete Allocation Group
Retrieve Allocation Presets
Set Allocation Presets
Allocation Method Codes
Allocation Preset Combinations
Unread Bulletins
Get a List of Subscriptions
Enable/Disable Specified Subscription
FYI Typecodes
Get disclaimer for a certain kind of fyi
Mark Disclaimer Read
Get Delivery Options
Enable/Disable Device Option
Delete a Device
Enable/Disable Email Option
Get a list of notifications
Mark Notification Read
Live Market Data Snapshot
Market Data Update Frequency
Regulatory Snapshot
Market Data Availability
Market Data Fields
Unavailable Historical Data
Historical Market Data
HMDS Period & Bar Size
Unsubscribe (Single)
Unsubscribe (All)
Introduction
Step One: Instantiate the Option Chain
Step Two: Find Potential Strikes
Step Three: Validate The Contract
Final Steps
Live Orders
Order Status
Order Status Value
Trades
Place Order
Cash Quantity Orders in the Web API
Place Order Reply Confirmation
Respond to a Server Prompt
Order Error Details
Preview Order / WhatIf Order
Overnight Order Submission
Bracket Orders & OCA Groups
Combo / Spread Orders
Cancel Order
Modify Order
Suppress Messages
Suppressible MessageIds
Reset Suppressed Messages
Portfolio Accounts
Portfolio Subaccounts
Portfolio Subaccounts (Large Account Structures)
Specific Account's Portfolio Information
Portfolio Allocation (Single)
Combination Positions
Portfolio Allocation (All)
Positions
Positions (NEW)
Positions by Conid
Invalidate Backend Portfolio Cache
Portfolio Summary
Portfolio Ledger
Position & Contract Info
All Periods
Account Performance
Transaction History
Iserver Scanner Parameters
Iserver Market Scanner
Introduction
Authentication Status
Initialize Brokerage Session
Logout of the current session
Ping the server
Re-authenticate the Brokerage Session (Deprecated)
Validate SSO
Introduction
Create a Watchlist
Get All Watchlists
Get Watchlist Information
Delete a Watchlist
Introduction
Introduction
Request Session Information
Retrieve the Session Token
Establishing the Websocket with Client Portal Gateway
Establishing the Websocket with OAuth
Send a Websocket Topic
Solicited and Unsolicited Messages
Subscribing to Websocket Topics
Subscribe Account Summary
Unsubscribe Account Summary
Subscribe Account Ledger
Unsubscribe Account Ledger
Market Data Request
Cancel Market Data
Historical Market Data Request
Cancel Historical Market Data
Subscribe to BookTrader Price Ladder
Cancel Price Ladder Subscription
Exercise Options
Request Live Order Updates
Cancel Live Order Updates
Request Profit & Loss
Cancel Profit & Loss
Request Trades data
Cancel Trades data
Introduction
Maintain Session (Ping)
Introduction
Account Updates
Authentication Status
Bulletins
System Connection Messages
Notifications

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