Tips on Charles Schwab Trader API

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

Charles Schwab Developer Portal

Charles Schwab is developing Trader APIs (for both commercial and individual). The scheduled release date is For more questions, you can contact the Trader Services team at 877-870-7271 (Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am - 7:00 pm; Friday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm EST) or at traderapi@schwab.com .

Language Wrappers¶

Schwab Trader API team will not support any language specific wrappers or libraries. However, there is an unofficial and pre-mature Python library https://github.com/tylerebowers/Schwab-API-Python .

Authentication¶

1. The login password for authentication is the password for schwab.com, not developer.schwab.com.

Trading Time¶

Extended trading time is support. What ever order that can make on ThinkOrSwim can be made via the Trader API.

Support Symbols¶

Stocks, Options, ETFs are support now. Cryptos are not supported at this time.

References¶

• Charles Schwab Developer Club @ Discord

• Schwab API Python

• The (Unofficial) Guide to Charles Schwab’s Trader APIs

• Schwab API Python Tutorial (Authentication and Requests)

• Schwab-API-Python