Interactive Brokers Data Parser & API

Interactive Brokers (IBKR) is the largest US electronic broker by daily trade volume, offering access to stocks, options, futures, forex and bonds across 150+ markets worldwide, and StockAPIS extracts its global market data — real-time quotes, options chains, futures and forex pricing — through a single REST API. Interactive Brokers provides an official data API (TWS API and the Client Portal Web API), and StockAPIS normalizes it to the same schema you use for every other broker and exchange, so you query IBKR, Charles Schwab and E*TRADE the same way without maintaining separate integrations.

Platform Overview

Market Position

• The largest US electronic broker measured by daily average revenue trades (DARTs)
• Publicly traded as IBKR on NASDAQ, serving retail, professional and institutional clients
• Direct market access to 150+ markets across 30+ countries on six continents
• Official TWS API and Client Portal Web API, complemented by StockAPIS’s unified normalization

Data Coverage

StockAPIS exposes the full Interactive Brokers data surface:

• Global stock data — real-time prices, bid/ask, volume and market cap across US and international exchanges
• Options data — full options chains, Greeks and implied volatility
• Futures data — futures contracts and chains across CME, EUREX, ICE and other venues
• Forex data — currency pairs and exchange rates via IDEALPRO
• Bond data — government and corporate bond pricing
• Fundamentals — company financials, P/E ratios and key metrics for valuation

Quick Start

import stockapis
 
client = stockapis.Client(api_key="your-api-key")
 
# Real-time quote routed through IBKR's SMART exchange
quote = client.interactive_brokers.get_quote(symbol="AAPL", exchange="SMART")
print(f"Apple: ${quote['last']}  ·  vol {quote['volume']:,}")

const { StockAPIS } = require("stockapis");
const client = new StockAPIS({ apiKey: "your-api-key" });
 
// Options chain for a global symbol
const chain = await client.interactiveBrokers.getOptionsChain({
  symbol: "AAPL",
  exchange: "SMART",
});
console.log(chain.expirations[0], chain.strikes.length);

Sample API Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "symbol": "AAPL",
    "exchange": "SMART",
    "last": 185.14,
    "bid": 185.10,
    "ask": 185.15,
    "high": 187.05,
    "low": 184.93,
    "close": 182.69,
    "open": 185.59,
    "previousClose": 182.69,
    "volume": 48591690,
    "change": 2.45,
    "changePercent": 1.34,
    "marketCap": 2900000000000,
    "peRatio": 30.5,
    "currency": "USD",
    "timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"
  },
  "metadata": { "source": "interactive-brokers", "timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z" }
}

Use Cases

• Global multi-asset trading — feed quotes for stocks, options, futures, forex and bonds across 150+ markets into one workflow
• Quant research — historical bars and fundamentals for backtesting strategies on international instruments
• Portfolio & risk — real-time marks for valuation, P&L and cross-market exposure monitoring
• Cross-broker comparison — compare IBKR pricing against other brokers on a single normalized schema

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Interactive Brokers have an official API? Yes — IBKR offers an official TWS API and a Client Portal Web API for market data and account access. StockAPIS wraps these in a unified schema so IBKR data matches every other source you pull.

What data can I get from Interactive Brokers through StockAPIS? Global stock quotes, options chains with Greeks, futures and forex pricing, bond data and company fundamentals across 150+ markets in 30+ countries.

Which markets does Interactive Brokers cover? IBKR provides direct market access to 150+ exchanges and market centers across 30+ countries on six continents, spanning equities, derivatives, currencies and fixed income.

Related Resources

• API reference
• Brokers