Brokers with an API
14 of the 21 broker records here are recorded as having an API of the broker's own, on a statement verified at its source. 1 more is recorded the same way on an unverified statement, and is listed apart. This is how each record says you get access. The Own API table gives the same answers with the rule behind them.
Risk warning: CFDs and spread bets are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You can lose money on these products, and each provider publishes its own loss figure under FCA rules. You should consider whether you understand how they work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Automated and API trading can amplify losses through bugs, connectivity failures and runaway orders.
Brokers recorded as having their own API
In order of name. The order is not a ranking and nothing here recommends a broker. Each entry is the record's own wording, with the page it was read on.
- Bitget
Log in to the Bitget website and create an API key under API Key Management. Each key set is an API key, a secret key and a passphrase you choose, with read or read and write permissions, and one UID can hold up to 50 key sets. Bitget recommends binding the key to an IP address.
Bitget API quick startchecked
- Capital.com
Enable 2FA, then Settings > API integrations > Generate new key, with a custom key password.
Capital.com Public APIchecked
- Deriv
Two kinds of app. With an OAuth 2.0 app the user signs in and consents at Deriv, and the app exchanges the code it gets back for an access token. With a Personal Access Token app the user generates a token in Deriv and enters it into the app. An earlier wording here (register an app_id in Manage Applications, or try the test app_id 1089) is legacy: it is not on Deriv's authentication page as read on 12 Oct 2026.
Deriv API: authenticationchecked
- Dukascopy
Two routes of Dukascopy's own. The JForex API is a Java client library, shipped as the JForex SDK, that connects straight to Dukascopy's trade servers without the JForex platform running. The FIX API, on FIX 4.4, is described as for professional market participants: Dukascopy issues a TargetCompId, two SenderCompIds, a username and a password, and connections must come from IP addresses and ports agreed beforehand. The FIX page states no minimum deposit.
Dukascopy JForex APIchecked Dukascopy FIX APIchecked Dukascopy FIX API Programming Guide, revision 8.8.1checked
- eToro
Settings > Trading > API Key Management > Create New Key; choose Read or Write, optional IP whitelist and expiry.
- FOREX.com / StoneX Trading (City Index)
Open and fund a standard account, then request API access from support; an AppKey is emailed if accepted.
FOREX.com API Tradingchecked
- FXCM
Free SDKs from FXCM GitHub; sign the EULA and apply for a demo account. Support at api@fxcm.com.
GitHub fxcm/ForexConnectAPIchecked
- IG
API keys are only issued to existing live account holders: generate one in My IG > Settings > API keys.
How to use IG APIchecked
- Interactive Brokers
No key: run TWS or IB Gateway (TWS API) or the Client Portal Gateway and log in via browser (Web API).
IBKR TWS API documentation, the IB Gatewaychecked IBKR Web API documentation, Client Portal Gateway installation and authenticationchecked
- OANDA
Account Management Portal > My Services > Manage API Access, accept licence, generate personal access token.
OANDA v20 Introductionchecked
- Pepperstone
API by application. You need a live Pepperstone account, then you email support to request one of two routes. The Standard API: once approved you generate an API key to connect your software. The FIX API: for account holders with a minimum trading volume of 160 million euro a month, or the local currency equivalent. The page publishes no protocol, documentation or eligibility test for the Standard API.
Pepperstone API tradingchecked
- Saxo OpenAPI
Create a developer portal account for SIM (24 hour token or registered app); apply for live app credentials after testing.
Saxo OpenAPI Learnchecked
- Swissquote
Swissquote's APIs are presented on its institutional pages, which you reach by contacting a Swissquote office, not through a self service key. Three trading APIs are named there: a REST API on the OpenWealth standard for securities, cryptocurrencies and FX spot, a FIX API for securities and cryptocurrencies, and a dedicated FIX API for leveraged forex whose stated client types are corporates, banks and retail brokers. Separately, the platform comparison table on Swissquote's UK private client pages lists FIX API as a feature of the CFXD platform and not of MetaTrader 4 or MetaTrader 5, which carry Expert Advisors instead. That table does not say how a private client applies for FIX access.
Swissquote institutional, securities and cryptos via an APIchecked Swissquote institutional Forex APIschecked Swissquote UK, forex and CFD platformschecked
- Trading 212
On the web or in the app: menu, Settings, API (Beta), Generate API key. A risk warning must be accepted first. You then name the key, choose its permissions and choose whether to restrict it to given IP addresses. A key and a secret are issued, and the secret is shown once.
Recorded as having their own API: unverified
The record says the broker has an API of its own, but the statement it rests on could not be verified at its source. Read it as a lead and not as a fact. It is not counted with the brokers above.
- Exness
Unverified Not confirmed at its source, last read . The statement as the record words it.
UnverifiedExness API help article (did not open on 12 Oct 2026)checked
What else is recorded for each
| Broker | Endpoints documented here | Quickstart | Rate limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitget | Not recorded | Not recorded | Limits and pacing |
| Capital.com | 36 | Key to first call | Limits and pacing |
| Deriv | 5 | Key to first call | Limits and pacing |
| Dukascopy | Not recorded | Not recorded | Limits and pacing |
| eToro | 51 | Key to first call | Limits and pacing |
| FOREX.com / StoneX Trading (City Index) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Limits and pacing |
| FXCM | Not recorded | Not recorded | Limits and pacing |
| IG | 49 | Key to first call | Limits and pacing |
| Interactive Brokers | 23 | Key to first call | Limits and pacing |
| OANDA | 33 | Key to first call | Limits and pacing |
| Pepperstone | Not recorded | Not recorded | Limits and pacing |
| Saxo OpenAPI | 68 | Key to first call | Limits and pacing |
| Swissquote | Not recorded | Not recorded | Limits and pacing |
| Trading 212 | 16 | Key to first call | Limits and pacing |
| Exness Unverified | Not recorded | Not recorded | Limits and pacing |