name: TD Ameritrade
description: 'TD Ameritrade was a US retail brokerage that provided REST APIs for
  trading equities and options, accessing streaming market data, managing brokerage
  accounts, and retrieving historical and real-time market data. Following the Charles
  Schwab acquisition, the TD Ameritrade API was shut down on May 10, 2024. Schwab
  has ported much of the original functionality into the Schwab Trader API.

  '
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/td-ameritrade/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Brokerage
- Trading
- Finance
- Equities
- Options
- Market Data
- Streaming
apis:
- name: TD Ameritrade Accounts and Trading API
  description: 'Provides REST endpoints for managing TD Ameritrade brokerage accounts,
    including retrieving account balances, positions, and transaction history. Supports
    placing, modifying, replacing, and canceling orders for equities and options.
    Also includes saved orders, watchlists, and user preferences.

    '
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  humanURL: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/account-access/apis
  baseURL: https://api.tdameritrade.com/v1
  tags:
  - Accounts
  - Orders
  - Trading
  - Watchlists
  - Transactions
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/account-access/apis
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/account-access/apis
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/authentication/apis
  - url: graphql/td-ameritrade-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
  contact:
  - FN: TD Ameritrade Developer Support
    email: API@TDAmeritrade.com
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/
- name: TD Ameritrade Market Data API
  description: 'Provides REST endpoints for accessing real-time and historical market
    data. Includes current quotes for single and multiple symbols, historical price
    history for equities and ETFs, options chains with full contract details, top
    movers by index, and market hours for equities, options, futures, forex, and bond
    markets.

    '
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  humanURL: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/market-data/apis
  baseURL: https://api.tdameritrade.com/v1
  tags:
  - Market Data
  - Quotes
  - Options Chains
  - Price History
  - Movers
  - Market Hours
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/market-data/apis
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/authentication/apis
  contact:
  - FN: TD Ameritrade Developer Support
    email: API@TDAmeritrade.com
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/
- name: TD Ameritrade Instruments API
  description: 'Provides REST endpoints for searching and retrieving instrument details
    by symbol or CUSIP. Supports searching by symbol or description and retrieving
    fundamental data including financial ratios, earnings, and dividend information
    for equities.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/instruments/apis
  baseURL: https://api.tdameritrade.com/v1
  tags:
  - Instruments
  - Equities
  - Fundamentals
  - Securities
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/instruments/apis
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/authentication/apis
  contact:
  - FN: TD Ameritrade Developer Support
    email: API@TDAmeritrade.com
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/
- name: TD Ameritrade Authentication API
  description: 'Implements OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication as described in RFC6749
    section 1.3.1. Applications registered on the TD Ameritrade Developer Portal receive
    a Consumer Key (client_id). Access tokens are valid for 30 minutes; refresh tokens
    are valid for 90 days and may be used to generate new access and refresh tokens.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/authentication/apis
  baseURL: https://api.tdameritrade.com/v1
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - OAuth 2.0
  - Access Tokens
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/authentication/apis
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/content/getting-started
  - type: AuthenticationFAQ
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/content/authentication-faq
  contact:
  - FN: TD Ameritrade Developer Support
    email: API@TDAmeritrade.com
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/
- name: TD Ameritrade Streaming Market Data API
  description: 'Provides a WebSocket-based streaming API that delivers up-to-the-second
    market data including real-time Level 1 and Level 2 quotes, time and sales data
    for equities, options, and futures, as well as order book depth data. Streaming
    sessions are initiated using credentials obtained from the User Principals endpoint.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/content/streaming-data
  baseURL: wss://streamer-ws.tdameritrade.com/ws
  tags:
  - Streaming
  - WebSocket
  - Real-Time
  - Level 2
  - Market Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/content/streaming-data
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/authentication/apis
  contact:
  - FN: TD Ameritrade Developer Support
    email: API@TDAmeritrade.com
    url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/content/getting-started
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/apis
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/authentication/apis
- type: AuthenticationFAQ
  url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/content/authentication-faq
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/td-ameritrade/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/td-ameritrade/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/td-ameritrade/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/content/td-ameritrade-api-terms-use
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://developer.tdameritrade.com/content/getting-started
- type: DeprecationNotice
  url: https://blog.pickmytrade.trade/td-ameritrade-have-api-2025/
- type: MigrationGuide
  url: https://developer.schwab.com/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://www.apievangelist.com