Fees&Quote Permissions
No Additional Fee For Trading
There is no additional fees to trade with OpenAPI. The fee stucture is identical to that of our APP. Please refer to our official website for a detailed break down of our fee structure. Fee Description.
OpenAPI Market Data Fee
The market data access rights of OpenAPI are independent of the PC and APP platforms and need to be purchased separately.To get market data through OpenAPI, you will have to subscibe to API market data, even if you have an active market data subscription for your mobile or desktop APP. And as a result, you can get market data simutanously with both Open API and our mobile/desktop APP. It is also worth mentioning that market data obtained with Open API has a much lower latency, and a higher refresh rate.
How to subscribe to API market data
For individuals：There are two ways to purchase market data access rights: one is to purchase on the Developer Information Page, and the other is to purchase in the Tiger Trade APP -> Profile -> Market Data Store -> API on the mobile APP. For institutions：Go to Tiger Brokers Institutional Account Center - Market Data to purchase
Currently available market data subscriptions are listed as follows：
Stocks(include ETF)
| Name | Description | Name appears in API |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. L1 | Real-time U.S. stock market quotes and Level 1 quotes | Please refer to the purchase page for details |
| U.S. L2 | Real-time U.S. stock market quotes and depth-of-market data | Please refer to the purchase page for details |
| HK L2 Depth Data | Hongkong L2 depth quote, includes ten levels of market depth quote. Automatically granted to users located in Mainland China IP | hkStockQuoteLv2 |
Options
Please refer to the purchase page for details
Futures
| Name | Description | Name appears in API |
|---|---|---|
| CME ALL Level 2 | Includes market data from CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX | CMEFuturesQuoteLv2 + CBOTFuturesQuoteLv2 + COMEXFuturesQuoteLv2 + NYMEXFuturesQuoteLv2 |
| CME Level 2 | CME，includes NASDAQ,S&P500, Forex futures | CMEFuturesQuoteLv2 |
| CBOT Level 2 | CBOT，includes Dow Jones futures, agriculture and interest rate futures | CBOTFuturesQuoteLv2 |
| NYMEX Level 2 | NYMEX，includes U.S. oil, natural gas and other energy products | NYMEXFuturesQuoteLv2 |
| COMEX Level 2 | COMEX, includes gold, siver and other metal futures | COMEXFuturesQuoteLv2 |
| HKEX Level 2 | L2 data for futures and options traded in HKEX | HKEXFuturesQuoteLv2 |
| SGX Level 2 | Market Data for futures traded in Singapore Exchange | SGXFuturesQuoteLv2 |
| OSE Level 2 | Market Data for futures traded in Osaka Exchange | OSEFuturesQuoteLv2 |
| CBOE Level 2 | CBOE | CBOEFuturesQuoteLv2 |
After purchasing API market data, you can use the quotation preemption interface to check if the permission is effective and the expiry time.
Check market data permission (MethodName.GET_QUOTE_PERMISSION)