API Trading

Lightspeed Connect

Lightspeed Connect is an API trading tool designed to allow traders of all levels to automate their trading strategies with easy-to-use API calls while limiting traditional infrastructure overhead.

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Benefits of Lightspeed Connect

Automate your trading with Lightspeed Connect


Ease of use

Lightspeed Connect simplifies the process of connecting automated traders to US exchanges with various routes through an easy to set-up API.

Trade execution

Lightspeed connect focuses on delivering trading technology to systematic traders whose expertise is designing trading models with their own unique trading strategies.

Back testing and paper trading

Improve your decision making and reduce stress by creating pre-determined and data driven algorithms while gaining confidence in your risk management.

Market data

Use your current market data source or connect to Lightspeed's partner, Polygon.io. Polygon offers accurate and up-to-date financial data to power your applications.

Cross-language compatibility

Our API trading solution supports a variety of popular development languages, ensuring flexibility and ease of integration for developers. Accelerate your program with our ready to use adaptor code samples.

Who is automated trading for?

Lightspeed Connect is an automated trading solution for all

Designed with versatility in mind for the individual trader, professionals and configurable for various trading platforms and software firms

Individual traders

Individual traders can leverage API trading to automate their trading strategies, saving time and enabling them to capitalize on market opportunities without constant monitoring. Many of these features have only been available to professional traders with high participation costs.

Low-cost structure: utilize smart routing to reduce execution costs

Coding friendly, minimal development background required

Dashboard for positions and order monitoring

Economical and flexible market data solutions

Paper trading and back testing

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Professional traders

Use API trading to execute large volumes of trades quickly and efficiently, ensuring a competitive advantage in the market.

Advanced order types

Flexible routing choices, exchange routing

Margin and Risk controls

Extended market hours

Back testing

Polygon market data

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Deliver Direct Trading Solutions to Your Users: Partner with Us Today.

Empower your users with a seamless integration to their Lightspeed brokerage account, onboarding, trading, cashiering and more.

Real-time Market Access: Enable clients to trade directly on US markets with up-to-the-minute data and execution capabilities.

Seamless Integration: Smooth integration into existing systems to minimize disruption and maximize efficiency.

Client Dashboard: Intuitive dashboard for clients to monitor portfolios, execute trades, and manage accounts seamlessly.

API Connectivity: API integration for customized solutions and connectivity with third-party applications.

Execution Speed and Reliability: High-speed execution and reliable infrastructure to ensure timely trade execution.

Compliance and Risk Management: Tools and features to manage compliance with regulatory requirements and mitigate trading risks.

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Options standard pricing

API trading pricing

Take advantage of some of the industry's lowest and most competitive trading rates. Active traders who meet monthly trading volume thresholds can qualify for deeply discounted commissions.

Equities

From as low as:

$0.001

Per share

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Options

From as low as:

$0.20

Per contract

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Equities, equities options, and commodity futures products and services are offered by Lightspeed Financial Services Group LLC (Member FINRA, NFA and SIPC). Lightspeed Financial Services Group LLC’s SIPC coverage is available only for securities, and for cash held in connection with the purchase or sale of securities, in equities and equities options accounts. You may check the background of Lightspeed Financial Services Group LLC on FINRA’s BrokerCheck.


Options trading entails significant risk and is not appropriate for all investors. Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Before trading options, please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options


ETFs are subject to market fluctuation and the risks of their underlying investments. ETFs are subject to management fees and other expenses.