aid: firstrade
name: Firstrade
description: >-
  Firstrade Securities is a commission-free online brokerage offering trading
  in stocks, ETFs, options, mutual funds, and fixed income securities with no
  account minimums and no inactivity fees. Firstrade does not publish an
  official public REST API; programmatic account access is available through
  the Plaid financial data aggregator, which supports account balance retrieval,
  transaction history, investment holdings, and asset reports for Firstrade
  accounts. Community-developed unofficial Python SDKs also exist for session-
  based automation but are not affiliated with or endorsed by Firstrade.
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/firstrade/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
  - Brokerage
  - Commission-Free Trading
  - Stocks
  - ETFs
  - Options
  - Mutual Funds
  - Fixed Income
  - Retirement
  - IRA
  - Investing
  - Finance
  - Open Banking
apis:
  - name: Firstrade Account Data API (via Plaid)
    description: >-
      Access to Firstrade account data is available through the Plaid financial
      data aggregation platform. Plaid supports four product categories for
      Firstrade: Assets (consolidated balance summaries and asset reports),
      Balance (current and available account balances), Transactions (up to
      24 months of transaction history), and Investments (retirement, brokerage,
      and crypto holdings). Authentication is handled via Plaid Link — Firstrade
      customers connect their accounts through Plaid's consent-based flow. Data
      is returned in JSON format through Plaid's standard endpoints. Geographic
      coverage is United States only.
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    humanURL: https://plaid.com/institutions/firstrade/
    baseURL: https://production.plaid.com
    tags:
      - Account Data
      - Balance
      - Transactions
      - Investments
      - Assets
      - Open Banking
      - Plaid
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://plaid.com/institutions/firstrade/
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://plaid.com/docs/api/
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://plaid.com/docs/link/
      - type: TermsOfService
        url: https://www.firstrade.com/content/en-us/aboutus/privacypolicy
      - type: PrivacyPolicy
        url: https://www.firstrade.com/content/en-us/aboutus/privacypolicy
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/firstrade/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/firstrade/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
      - type: FinOps
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/firstrade/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
    contact:
      - FN: Firstrade Customer Support
        url: https://www.firstrade.com/support
        phone: 1-800-869-8800
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.firstrade.com/
  - type: Trading
    url: https://www.firstrade.com/trading
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.firstrade.com/trading/pricing
  - type: HelpCenter
    url: https://help.firstrade.com/
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://www.firstrade.com/content/en-us/aboutus/privacypolicy
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.firstrade.com/content/en-us/aboutus/termsofuse
  - type: PressCenter
    url: https://www.firstrade.com/press
  - type: MobileApp
    url: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/firstrade-invest-trade/id405325225
  - type: OpenBankingTracker
    url: https://www.openbankingtracker.com/provider/firstrade
  - type: PlaidIntegration
    url: https://plaid.com/institutions/firstrade/
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com