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Trading Broker APIs

Comments primarily recommend and compare online brokers like Interactive Brokers, Alpaca, and Robinhood, focusing on their APIs, low fees, commissions, and suitability for programmatic trading.

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NavinF • Sep 3, 2020 • View on HN

I use Interactive Brokers for the same purpose. They're pretty much your only option :)

tehlike • Jul 23, 2019 • View on HN

Did you try interactive brokers?

drexlspivey • Dec 9, 2021 • View on HN

Trading 212 and Interactive Brokers have it

chanchar • Dec 13, 2017 • View on HN

Nice work! Any tradeoffs compared to Robinhood?

lordnacho • Jan 27, 2021 • View on HN

Interactive Brokers seem cheap and have APIs and apps for everything.

truthteller • Dec 14, 2013 • View on HN

how does interactivebrokers compare to this in terms of cost? are there any hidden costs retail investors should be aware of?

btian • Oct 3, 2013 • View on HN

Yes. Check out Interactive Brokers

SirLJ • Dec 7, 2017 • View on HN

in today's world most discount brokers offer API...

o0-0o • Mar 19, 2013 • View on HN

Cool! What broker/dealer are you partnered with?

wglb • Jul 15, 2010 • View on HN

Check out Interactive Brokers at http://www.interactivebrokers.com/. Their brokerage fees are substantially lower than that.