Documentation
The Questrade API allows developers to create their own fully featured trading and analytical applications through their brokerage account.
GET markets/quotes/:id
Retrieves a single Level 1 market data quote for one or more symbols.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Questrade user needs to be subscribed to a real-time data package, to receive market quotes in real-time, otherwise call to get quote is considered snap quote and limit per market can be quickly reached. Without real-time
data package, once limit is reached, the response will return delayed data.
(Please check "delay" parameter in response always)
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
id | Integer | Internal symbol identifier. Can occur in the ‘location’ header only. Mutually exclusive with ‘ids’ parameter. |
ids | Complex | Comma-separated list of symbol ids. |
id | String | Internal symbol identifier. |
Response properties
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
quotes | Complex | List of Quote records. |
Quote | Complex | |
symbol | String | Symbol name following Questrade’s symbology. |
symbolId | Integer | Internal symbol identifier. |
tier | Enumeration | Market tier. |
bidPrice | Double | Bid price. |
bidSize | Integer | Bid quantity. |
askPrice | Double | Ask price. |
askSize | Integer | Ask quantity. |
astTradeTrHrs | Double | Price of the last trade during regular trade hours. |
lastTradePrice | Double | Price of the last trade. |
lastTradeSize | Integer | Quantity of the last trade. |
lastTradeTick | Enumeration | Trade direction. See Tick Type section for all allowed values. |
volume | Integer | Volume. |
openPrice | Double | Opening trade price. |
highPrice | Double | Daily high price. |
lowPrice | Double | Daily low price. |
delay | Boolean | Whether a quote is delayed (true) or real-time. Please refer to IMPORTANT NOTE section for correct handling |
isHalted | Boolean | Whether trading in the symbol is currently halted. |
Sample request
GET https://api01.iq.questrade.com/v1/markets/quotes/3873
Sample request
GET https://api01.iq.questrade.com/v1/markets/quotes?ids=38738,...
Sample JSON response
{ "quotes": [ { "symbol": "THI.TO", "symbolId": 38738, "tier": " ", "bidPrice": 83.65, "bidSize":6500, "askPrice": 83.67, "askSize": 9100, "lastTradePriceTrHrs": 83.66, "lastTradePrice": 83.66, "lastTradeSize": 3100, "lastTradeTick": "Equal", "lastTradeTime": "2014-10-24T20:06:40.131000-04:00", "volume": 80483500, "openPrice": 83.66, "highPrice": 83.86, "lowPrice": 83.66, "delay": 0, "isHalted": false }, ... ] }