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

Enumerations

Currency

The following table specifies all supported currency codes.

Type	Description
USD	US dollar.
CAD	Canadian dollar.

Listing Exchange

The following table specifies all supported listing exchanges.

Type	Description
TSX	Toronto Stock Exchange.
TSXV	Toronto Venture Exchange.
CNSX	Canadian National Stock Exchange.
MX	Montreal Exchange.
NASDAQ	NASDAQ.
NYSE	New York Stock Exchange.
NYSEAM	NYSE AMERICAN
ARCA	NYSE Arca.
OPRA	Option Reporting Authority.
PinkSheets	Pink Sheets.
OTCBB	OTC Bulletin Board.

Account Type

The following table specifies all supported user account types.

Type	Description
Cash	Cash account.
Margin	Margin account.
TFSA	Tax Free Savings Account.
RRSP	Registered Retirement Savings Plan.
FHSA	First Home Savings Account.
SRRSP	Spousal RRSP.
LRRSP	Locked-In RRSP.
LIRA	Locked-In Retirement Account.
LIF	Life Income Fund.
RIF	Retirement Income Fund.
SRIF	Spousal RIF.
LRIF	Locked-In RIF.
RRIF	Registered RIF.
PRIF	Prescribed RIF.
RESP	Individual Registered Education Savings Plan.
FRESP	Family RESP.

Client Account Type

The following table specifies all supported account client types.

Type	Description
Individual	Account held by an individual.
Joint	Account held jointly by several individuals (e.g., spouses).
Informal Trust	Non-individual account held by an informal trust.
Corporation	Non-individual account held by a corporation.
Investment Club	Non-individual account held by an investment club.
Formal Trust	Non-individual account held by a formal trust.
Partnership	Non-individual account held by a partnership.
Sole Proprietorship	Non-individual account held by a sole proprietorship.
Family	Account held by a family.
Joint and Informal Trust	Non-individual account held by a joint and informal trust.
Institution	Non-individual account held by an institution.

Account Status

The following table specifies all supported account status values.

Type

Active

Suspended (Closed)

Suspended (View Only)

Liquidate Only

Closed

Tick Type

The following table specifies all supported market data tick types.

Type	Description
Up	Designates an uptick.
Down	Designates a downtick.
Equal	Designates a tick that took place at the same price as a previous one.

Option Type

The following table specifies all supported option types.

Type	Description
Call	Call option.
Put	Put option.

Option Duration Type

The following table specifies all supported option duration types.

Type	Description
Weekly	Weekly expiry cycle.
Monthly	Monthly expiry cycle.
Quarterly	Quarterly expiry cycle.
LEAP	Long-term Equity Appreciation contracts.

Option Exercise Type

The following table specifies all supported option exercise types.

Type	Description
American	American option.
European	European option.

Security Type

The following table specifies all supported security types.

Type	Description
Stock	Common and preferred equities, ETFs, ETNs, units, ADRs, etc.
Option	Equity and index options.
Bond	Debentures, notes, bonds, both corporate and government.
Right	Equity or bond rights and warrants.
Gold	Physical gold (coins, wafers, bars).
MutualFund	Canadian or US mutual funds.
Index	Stock indices (e.g., Dow Jones).

Order State Filter Type

The following table specifies all supported order state filter types.

Type	Description
All	Includes all orders, regardless of their state.
Open	Includes only orders that are still open.
Closed	Includes only orders that are already closed.

Order Action

The following table specifies all supported order side values.

Type	Description
Buy	Designates an order to purchase a security.
Sell	Designates an order to dispose a security.

Order Side

The following table specifies all supported client order side values.

Type	Description
Buy	Buy
Sell	Sell
Short	Sell short.
Cov	Cover the short.
BTO	Buy-To-Open.
STC	Sell-To-Close.
STO	Sell-To-Open.
BTC	Buy-To-Close.

Order Type

The following table specifies all supported order types.

Type

Market

Limit

Stop

StopLimit

TrailStopInPercentage

TrailStopInDollar

TrailStopLimitInPercentage

TrailStopLimitInDollar

LimitOnOpen

LimitOnClose

Order Time-In-Force

The following table specifies all supported order Time-In-Force instructions.

Type

Day

GoodTillCanceled

GoodTillExtendedDay

GoodTillDate

ImmediateOrCancel

FillOrKill

Order State

The following table specifies all supported order states.

Type

Failed

Pending

Accepted

Rejected

CancelPending

Canceled

PartialCanceled

Partial

Executed

ReplacePending

Replaced

Stopped

Suspended

Expired

Queued

Triggered

Activated

PendingRiskReview

ContingentOrder

Historical Data Granularity

The following table specifies all supported order execution status values.

Type	Description
OneMinute	One candlestick per 1 minute.
TwoMinutes	One candlestick per 2 minutes.
ThreeMinutes	One candlestick per 3 minutes.
FourMinutes	One candlestick per 4 minutes.
FiveMinutes	One candlestick per 5 minutes.
TenMinutes	One candlestick per 10 minutes.
FifteenMinutes	One candlestick per 15 minutes.
TwentyMinutes	One candlestick per 20 minutes.
HalfHour	One candlestick per 30 minutes.
OneHour	One candlestick per 1 hour.
TwoHours	One candlestick per 2 hours.
FourHours	One candlestick per 4 hours.
OneDay	One candlestick per 1 day.
OneWeek	One candlestick per 1 week.
OneMonth	One candlestick per 1 month.
OneYear	One candlestick per 1 year.

Order Class

The following table specifies all supported bracket order components.

Type	Description
Primary	Primary order
Limit	Profit exit order
StopLoss	Loss exit order

Strategy Types

The following types of strategies are supported for multi-leg strategy orders

Type	Description
CoveredCall	Covered Call
MarriedPuts	Married Put
VerticalCallSpread	Vertical Call
VerticalPutSpread	Vertical Put
CalendarCallSpread	Calendar Call
CalendarPutSpread	Calendar Put
DiagonalCallSpread	Diagonal Call
DiagonalPutSpread	Diagonal Put
Collar	Collar
Straddle	Straddle
Strangle	Strangle
ButterflyCall	Butterfly Call
ButterflyPut	Butterfly Put
IronButterfly	Iron Butterfly
CondorCall	Condor
Custom	Custom, or user defined

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Currency

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Account Type

Client Account Type

Account Status

Tick Type

Option Type

Option Duration Type

Option Exercise Type

Security Type

Order State Filter Type

Order Action

Order Side

Order Type

Order Time-In-Force

Order State

Historical Data Granularity

Order Class

Strategy Types

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