Yes. You need either an OANDA Live or Demo trading account to generate a personal access token and use the API. To generate a personal access token, log into the Access Management page of your OANDA fxTrade account. On the page, there is a link titled “Manage API Access” (My Account -> My Services -> Manage API Access). From there, you can generate a personal access token to use with the OANDA API, as well as revoke a token you may currently have.
GETTING SET UP
Get set up with OANDA APIs in three steps:
Open a live trading or demo account
Select your API
Request your API token
ALGORITHMIC TRADING
Stream real-time rates, execute trading actions such as market or limit orders, and access your OANDA account and price history.
INTEGRATE WITH EASE
Easy to use and integrate with, build customized user interfaces or develop proprietary trading models.
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPER RESOURCES
Our developer portal will help you get started. Extensive resources, code samples, and documentation are available at your fingertips.
Go to developer portal
GET STARTED
Open a demo account to fine tune your trade strategies
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TRADE INFORMATION EXCHANGE FIX
Financial institutions can use an encrypted Financial Information eXchange (FIX) channel to access the OANDA Trade platform. OANDA supports FIX 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4.
To get access, contact us at api@oanda.com
HTTP-BASED REST API
OANDA's REST APIs are language-agnostic, allowing traders to pick their preferred programming languages to integrate directly to OANDA’s legacy and v20 trading engines. These APIs are ideal for individual traders who like to automate their trading strategies.
Discover the REST APIFrequently Asked Questions
You will have to revoke and regenerate a new personal access token. Log onto the Access Management page of your OANDA fxTrade account. On the page, there is a link titled “Manage API Access” (My Account -> My Services -> Manage API Access). From there, you can revoke and regenerate a new personal access token to use with the OANDA API.
The OANDA Developer Portal includes extensive resources, code samples, and documentation. Also, check our API developer community.
The REST APIs is programming language agnostic. You can use any one of your favourite programming languages to interface with our systems. Also, to make things easier, we have a number of programming language wrappers available on our OANDA Developer Portal.
You can use the REST-v20 API with your v20 account.
Yes, all communication through the API is SSL protected.
API access is free with a sufficiently funded OANDA online trading account.
The APIs do not require an OANDA trading platform to be running, although you can use it to monitor the real-time actions taken by the APIs.
You will need to revoke and regenerate a new person access token. Log onto the Access Management page of your OANDA fxTrade account. On the page, there is a link titled “Manage API Access” (My Account -> My Services -> Manage API Access). From there, you can revoke and regenerate a new personal access token to use with the OANDA API. Use this new token to make API requests.
If you have a v20 account (an account with “dashes” within the account Id, ie 101-23423-105), you will have to use the v3 (v20-REST) API.
If you have legacy account (an account without “dashes” within the account Id, ie. 252345), you will have to use the v1 API.
OANDA’s registration forms, legal and trading documentation vary based on the OANDA division with which you hold your account. Please check the relevant Legal & Regulatory Documentation section for more details.
The OANDA API Partner Program
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† Disclaimer:
Execution speed numbers are based on the median round trip latency measurements from receipt to response for all Market Order and Trade Close requests executed between August 1st and November 30th 2017 on the OANDA V20 execution platform, excepting MT4 initiated orders.
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) or Precious Metals are NOT available to residents of the United States.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) limits leverage available to retail forex traders in the United States to 50:1 on major currency pairs and 20:1 for all others. OANDA Asia Pacific offers maximum leverage of 50:1 on FX products and limits to leverage offered on CFDs apply. Maximum leverage for OANDA Canada clients is determined by IIROC and is subject to change. For more information refer to our regulatory and financial compliance section.
OANDA’s APIs allow your applications to communicate directly with OANDA’s Trade servers over secure and authenticated Internet sessions with fully encrypted communication channels.
The APIs do not require the OANDA Trade user interface to be up and running, although you can use it to monitor the real-time actions taken by the APIs.