Match-Trader vs TradeLocker API
The same fields from the Match-Trader Platform API record and the TradeLocker API record, side by side. No winner is picked: which one suits you depends on what you are building.
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What the two records show
Differences you can see in the records themselves. These are counts of what this site holds, not a verdict on either API.
- Match-Trader Platform API is a platform API, offered through the brokers that carry the platform. TradeLocker API is a platform API, offered through the brokers that carry the platform.
- This site documents 17 endpoints for Match-Trader Platform API and 23 endpoints for TradeLocker API. That counts what has been documented here, not what each API offers.
- This site has decoded 3 error codes for Match-Trader Platform API and 5 error codes for TradeLocker API.
- The limits register holds no limit records for Match-Trader Platform API and no limit records for TradeLocker API. Each limit record carries its own scope.
- The Match-Trader Platform API record holds a demo claim, marked unverified. The TradeLocker API record holds a demo claim, verified at its source. The wording of each is in the Demo row below.
- Claims marked unverified or as sources conflicting: 1 in the Match-Trader Platform API record and 1 in the TradeLocker API record. Each is labelled where it appears.
- A quickstart is built here for neither yet.
Match-Trader Platform API and TradeLocker API, field by field
| Field | Match-Trader Platform API | TradeLocker API |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform API, offered by many brokers | Platform API, offered by many brokers |
| API family | REST, WebSocket (STOMP) | REST, Streams API (Socket.IO WebSocket), Python package |
| How you get access | Log in with your Match-Trader credentials and broker ID; availability appears to be controlled by the broker.Platform APIchecked | Use your TradeLocker login (email, password, server) against the public REST API; no separate app registration found.TradeLocker API connectivitychecked |
| Who can use it | Traders with an account at a broker that runs Match-Trader. Match-Trade's Platform API page says the API is designed primarily for traders, and that a broker on a server licence can selectively disable its functionality, so whether it works for you is the broker's decision. The page also says Match-Trader is not provided to individuals directly.Match-Trader Platform APIchecked | TradeLocker users only, via a broker or prop firm that offers TradeLocker.Getting Started with TradeLocker Public APIchecked |
| Demo | Unverified. Match-Trade's Platform API page, re-read 12 Oct 2026, links a Try demo platform at demo.match-trader.com. That is a demo of the platform, and neither that page nor the documentation index says whether the API can be used against it or gives a demo API address.UnverifiedMatch-Trader Platform APIchecked | Yes: separate demo environment at demo.tradelocker.com.Getting Started with TradeLocker Public APIchecked |
| Authentication | POST email, password and brokerId to /manager/co-login, or manager/login/co/with-token for a one time token. The co-auth cookie has Max-Age 3600 seconds and the refresh cookie rt has Max-Age 31536000 seconds, Secure and HttpOnly; refresh at manager/refresh-token with no body. Trading calls need the Auth-trading-api header taken from tradingAccounts plus the co-auth cookie.Match-Trader Platform API PDF (2024)checked | POST email, password and server to /auth/jwt/token; send the JWT as Bearer token; refresh tokens issued. /trade/* routes also need the accNum header (not the accountId).Getting Started with TradeLocker Public APIchecked |
| Streaming | Yes: WebSocket with STOMP for real-time market data and account updates.Platform APIchecked | Unverified. TradeLocker's public API documentation, re-read 12 Oct 2026, describes a request and response REST API only, and its index of pages lists no streaming page. The record's API family names a Streams API from an earlier reading that could not be confirmed on a page that opens today.UnverifiedTradeLocker public API, getting startedchecked |
| History depth | Get candles and closed positions endpoints exist; no depth or per request limit found in public docs.Match-Trade Platform API docs (Theneo)checked | /trade/history by resolution (1m to 1M) and from/to; max rows per request and orders history rows come from /trade/config.TradeLocker Public API docschecked |
| Limits | None recorded | None recorded |
| Endpoints documented here | 17 | 23 |
| Error codes decoded here | 3 | 5 |
| Official documentation | docs.match-trade.com | public-api.tradelocker.com |
Go deeper on each side
Match-Trader Platform API
- Match-Trader API page, the full record
- No Match-Trader API quickstart is built here yet
- Match-Trader API limits, in the table above: none recorded
- Match-Trader API error codes, each with its fix
- Match-Trader API endpoints, each with its source
TradeLocker API
- TradeLocker API page, the full record
- No TradeLocker API quickstart is built here yet
- TradeLocker API limits, in the table above: none recorded
- TradeLocker API error codes, each with its fix
- TradeLocker API endpoints, each with its source
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