Manage contracts and copy trading with trading APIs

Trading APIs focus on trading and managing contracts.

They include functionalities for buying, selling, and updating contracts, as well as managing copy trading activities. The APIs also allow users to retrieve important trading information such as profit tables, portfolio details, and contract durations.

These APIs are essential for users who actively trade on the platform and need to manage their trading accounts effectively.

#	API Name	Description	Send	Subscribe	Scope
1	Buy Contract: Trade	Buys a contract.	✔	✘	Trade
2	Buy Contract for Multiple Accounts	Buys a contract for multiple accounts specified by the `tokens` parameter. Note that although this is an authorized call, the contract is not purchased for the authorized account.	✔	✘	Trade
3	Cancel a Contract	Cancels a contract using its contract ID.	✔	✘	Trade
4	Update Contract	Updates the conditions of a contract.	✔	✘	Trade
5	Update Contract History	Retrieves the update history of a contract.	✔	✘	Read
6	Copy Trading: Start	Starts copy trader bets.	✔	✘	Trade
7	Copy Trading: Stop	Stops copy trader bets.	✔	✘	Trade
8	Copy Trading: List	Retrieves a list of active copiers and/or traders involved in copy trading.	✔	✘	Admin
9	Copy Trading: Statistics	Retrieves performance, trading, risk, and copiers statistics for a trader.	✔	✘	NA
10	Sell Contract	Sells a contract as identified from a previous `portfolio` call.	✔	✘	Trade
11	Sell Contracts: Multiple Accounts	Sells contracts for multiple accounts simultaneously. Uses the shortcode response from `buy_contract_for_multiple_accounts` to identify the contract and authorization tokens to select which accounts to sell.	✔	✘	Trade
12	Sell Expired Contracts	Attempts to sell any expired contracts and returns the number of sold contracts.	✔	✘	Trade
13	Set Account Currency	Sets the account's default currency for trading and deposits. The account currency can only be set once and cannot be changed.	✔	✘	Admin
14	Trading Durations	Retrieves a list of available underlying contract types and trading duration boundaries. If the user is logged in, assets available only for their landing company will be returned.	✔	✘	NA
15	Profit Table	Retrieves a summary of the account's profit table based on the specified search criteria.	✔	✘	Read, Trading Information
16	Portfolio	Provides information about your current portfolio of outstanding options.	✔	✘	Read, Trading Information