API Trading

Lightspeed Connect API @ Interactive Brokers (IBKR)


Built in partnership with IBKR, Lightspeed Connect is a modern, standalone API designed to streamline automated trading.

 

The API operates independently of TWS and IB Gateway, providing direct integration capabilities tailored for serious quants and systematic traders.

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Get the best of both worlds:

IBKR customers can now use our Lightspeed Connect API


Comprehensive IBKR Integration

The API integrates seamlessly with your IBKR account, providing full access to IBKR's complete suite of offerings.

Modern and Scalable Architecture

Built for performance, Lightspeed Connect employs WebSockets for efficient, lightweight data transport and JSON messaging for clarity and simplicity in development.


Direct API Access

Lightspeed Connect operates independently of IBKR’s TWS or IB Gateway, allowing clients to execute and manage trades separately while establishing real-time synchronization with updates.

Paper Trading and Back Testing

A certification environment that allows simulated trading to validate API integration. Additionally, we offer guidance on back testing solutions.

Flexible Market Data Solutions

Customize a market data solution tailored to your needs, or leverage our market data integration.

Streamlined Onboarding and Use

Designed for ease of setup and use, minimizing time spent on integration and ongoing maintenance.

Who is automated trading for?

Lightspeed Connect API @IBKR 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

Individuals and professionals

Algo and quant 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.

Advanced Order Types

Real-time dashboard for positions and orders

Multi-Asset Trading: Stocks, Futures, and Options

Custom web portal

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Developer-friendly API

Flexible routing options

Integrated margin and risk controls

Extended market hours

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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

Options

From as low as:

$0.20

Per contract

API set-up tutorial

Getting started with Lightspeed Connect

Enhance your API trading experience and request a demo today.

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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.