Options Trading

You’re now able to trade options in your paper account!

Here’s what you can do today:

• Develop and test your trading algorithms so they’re ready for live.
• Trade Level 1 and Level 2 options with Level 3 coming soon for US-listed equities.

Documentation

• Introduce an Options Trading Guide.
• Add an Options section for Market Data pricing.
• Add a Real-time Option Data Guide for options WebSocket stream.

<> API Reference

TRADING API

• Introduce a new endpoint to list options contracts.
• Introduce a new endpoint to get an options contract by ID or symbol.
• Introduce a new endpoint to exercise an options position.
• Introduce new fields in the GET Account response object
  • options_buying_power
  • options_approved_level
  • options_trading_level
• Introduce a new field in GET Account Configurations and PATCH Account Configurations
  • max_options_trading_level
• Updated fields descriptions in Create Order Body to describe allowed values for an options order.

BROKER API

• Introduce a new endpoint to list options contracts.
• Introduce a new endpoint to get an options contract by ID or symbol.
• Introduce a new endpoint to exercise an options position.
• Introduce new fields in the GET Trading Account response object
  • options_buying_power
  • options_approved_level
  • options_trading_level
• Introduce a new field in the PATCH Account Configurations.
  • max_options_trading_level
• Updated fields descriptions in Create Order Body to describe allowed values for an options order.

MARKET DATA API

• Introduce a new endpoint to retrieve latest quotes.
• Introduce a new endpoint to retrieve latest trades.
• Introduce a new endpoint to retrieve latest snapshot.
• Introduce a new endpoint to retrieve historical bars.
• Introduce a new endpoint to retrieve historical trades.
• Introduce a new endpoint to retrieve an option chain.
• Introduce a new endpoint to retrieve the available exchange codes.