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The Questrade API allows developers to create their own fully featured trading and analytical applications through their brokerage account.

GET accounts/:id/balances

Retrieves per-currency and combined balances for a specified account.

Request parameters

Request parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
Parameterid	TypeString	DescriptionAccount number. Can occur in the 'location' header only.

Response properties

Response properties
Property	Type	Description
PropertyperCurrencyBalances	TypeComplex	DescriptionList of account records.
PropertyNested property, level 2. Balance	TypeComplex	DescriptionSee below.
PropertycombinedBalances	TypeComplex	DescriptionList of Balance records.
PropertyNested property, level 2. Balance	TypeComplex	DescriptionSee below.
PropertyNested property, level 2. sodPerCurrencyBalances	TypeComplex	DescriptionList of Balance records.
PropertyNested property, level 2. Balance	TypeComplex	DescriptionSee below.
PropertysodCombinedBalances	TypeComplex	DescriptionList of Balance records.
PropertyNested property, level 2. Balance	TypeComplex	Description
PropertyNested property, level 3. currency	TypeEnumeration	DescriptionCurrency of the balance figure(e.g., "USD" or "CAD"). See Currency section for all allowed values.
PropertyNested property, level 3. cash	TypeDouble	DescriptionBalance amount.
PropertyNested property, level 3. marketValue	TypeDouble	DescriptionMarket value of all securities in the account in a given currency.
PropertyNested property, level 3. totalEquity	TypeDouble	DescriptionEquity as a difference between cash and marketValue properties.
PropertyNested property, level 3. buyingPower	TypeDouble	DescriptionBuying power for that particular currency side of the account.
PropertyNested property, level 3. maintenanceExcess	TypeDouble	DescriptionMaintenance excess for that particular side of the account.
PropertyNested property, level 3. isRealTime	TypeBoolean	DescriptionWhether real-time data was used to calculate the above values.

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://api01.iq.questrade.com/v1/accounts/26598145/balances

Sample JSON response

JSON

{
     "perCurrencyBalances": [
         {
              "currency": "CAD",
               "cash": 243971.7,
               "marketValue":  6017,
               "totalEquity":  249988.7,
               "buyingPower": 496367.2,
               "maintenanceExcess": 248183.6,
              "isRealTime": false
         },
         {
              "currency": "USD",
              "cash": 198259.05,
              "marketValue":  53745,
              "totalEquity":  252004.05,
              "buyingPower":  461013.3,
              "maintenanceExcess":  230506.65,
             "isRealTime": false
          }
     ],
         "combinedBalances": [
                 ...
     ],
         "sodPerCurrencyBalances": [
                 ...
     ],
        "sodCombinedBalances": [
                 ...
     ]
 }

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