Quickstart

This page takes you from a new account to a first order against paper money. The first four steps are done in the Anthid dashboard and take a few minutes. The last one is a single API call, and is the point where you would hand off to whoever is doing the integration. Paper trading is available on every plan, with no card required, and runs against the same API as live trading. Nothing about an integration changes when it later points at a live account.

Get started in four steps

Connect a trading account, copy its account ID, create an organization API key, and submit your first order.

Step 1: Create your Anthid account

Step 2: Link a broker account

Open Trading Accounts.
Click Link Broker Account.
Select the environment and broker, then enter the broker credentials.
Submit the form.

Step 3: Get your `account_id`

Find the account in Connected trading accounts.
Copy its Account ID.

Step 4: Create an API key

Open Organization.
Create an API key for the active organization.
Store the key securely. It is sent as the x-api-key header.

Submit your first order

Orders are submitted to Anthid as intents: the instruction as you sent it, which Anthid records before it contacts the broker. See Intents for why the two are kept apart. This buys 10 shares of AAPL at a $100 limit, good for the day:

curl https://api.anthid.com/v1/intents \
  -X POST \
  -H "x-api-key: <YOUR_API_KEY>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "trading_account_id": "<ACCOUNT_ID>",
    "command": {
      "type": "CREATE",
      "payload": {
        "symbol": "AAPL",
        "route_strategy": "SMART",
        "order_side": "BUY",
        "spec": {
          "Limit": {
            "price": "100.00",
            "quantity": "10",
            "time_in_force": "DAY"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }'

Anthid responds with the identifier of the accepted instruction:

{
  "intent_id": "019c0538-86f2-7c32-9c1e-6f79cbfdb7b4"
}

What happens next

Anthid checks the order against your organization, account, and symbol controls.
If it is allowed, the instruction is recorded and queued for the broker.
Order and position updates arrive as the broker reports them, and everything lands in the ledger.

A response here does not mean the order filled. It means Anthid accepted and recorded the instruction. Fill state comes from the resulting order.

Set up controls first

Configure limits before pointing anything at a live account.

API reference

Request and response shapes, amendments and cancellations, and the full endpoint list.

Introduction

Concepts

Broker Overview

Controls

Community

About

Get started in four steps

Step 1: Create your Anthid account

Step 2: Link a broker account

Step 3: Get your `account_id`

Step 4: Create an API key

Submit your first order

What happens next

Set up controls first

API reference

​Get started in four steps

​Step 1: Create your Anthid account

​Step 2: Link a broker account

​Step 3: Get your account_id

​Step 4: Create an API key

​Submit your first order

​What happens next

Set up controls first

API reference

Get started in four steps

Step 1: Create your Anthid account

Step 2: Link a broker account

Step 3: Get your `account_id`

Step 4: Create an API key

Submit your first order

What happens next