API Trading: Connect Your Algorithm to Live
It's early morning. Your algorithm just captured a move on ES futures while you were still asleep. The market moved, your strategy executed, and the tra...
It's early morning. Your algorithm just captured a move on ES futures while you were still asleep. The market moved, your strategy executed, and the trade closed profitably—all without you touching a keyboard. This isn't magic; it's the power of API trading. API Trading is the method of connecting trading algorithms to broker platforms through Application Programming Interfaces. It enables automated execution of trades without manual intervention. This seamless connection transforms your trading strategy from a theoretical concept into a live, functioning system that trades while you sleep. API Keys are unique digital credentials that authorize software to access a trading account via an API. They come in pairs: a public key for identification and a secret key for authentication. This two-key system provides a secure way to grant limited access to your account. Broker API is a specialized interface provided by a brokerage firm that allows third-party software to interact with the trading platform for order execution, data retrieval, and account management. It serves as the secure bridge between your algorithm and the market.