Kraken

API Trading

Kraken API Trading

Reliable and low latency trading backed by award-winning security

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Crypto spot trading

Analyze data, trade on spot markets and manage your accounts

crypto api spot trading

Open, modify and cancel crypto orders — individually or in batches.
 

Receive immediate order fill notifications via WebSockets


Stake and unstake assets depending on usage and funding needs


Get status updates on deposits and withdrawals

Crypto futures trading

Fully automate your futures trading accounts

Open, modify and cancel crypto futures orders 


Set leverage and PnL asset preferences


Withdraw crypto profits to a spot wallet


Access historical futures data

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Crypto data feeds

Create custom futures and spot market data feeds

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OHLC (candle/Kline) data


Order book spread, volume and depth


Asset, pair and top-level ticker information


Historical funding rates

Kraken API Trading Features

api onboarding

Easy onboarding

Quickly build and automate API based crypto trading strategies.

deep liquidity

Deep Liquidity

Improve trade execution with our deep liquidity in tight spreads.

crypto api uptime

>99% uptime

Reliable, low-latency endpoints for 24/7/365 crypto trading and data.

api arbitrage

Capture arbitrage

Capitalize on trading opportunities across multiple markets.

crypto staking api

Integrated staking

Programmatically stake and unstake multiple cryptoassets.

api data

Tap into data

Subscribe to our WebSockets API for continuous, real-time data.

How to start API trading on Kraken

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Fill out the contact form below to get in touch with a Kraken representative. Our attentive  Account Management staff are available 24/7/365, and will help you every step of the way. 

 

Professional and institutional clients gain access to our Account Management service. 

 

Our award-winning Account Management team is renowned for being best in class — not just across all crypto exchanges, but all financial services companies.

Fill out the contact form below to get in touch with a Kraken representative. Our attentive  Account Management staff are available 24/7/365, and will help you every step of the way. 

 

Professional and institutional clients gain access to our Account Management service. 

 

Our award-winning Account Management team is renowned for being best in class — not just across all crypto exchanges, but all financial services companies.

Contact Us

Contact for

API Trading

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Business information

API documentation

Our spot and futures markets both feature public and private REST API and WebSockets API data.

Spot API

Sub-account availability

Rest

Public and private spot markets REST documentation

Sub-account availability

WebSockets

Public and private spot markets WebSockets documentation

Futures API

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Rest

Public and private futures markets REST documentation

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WebSockets

Public and private futures markets WebSockets documentation

API Trading FAQs

  1. What is API trading?

  2. How does crypto API trading work?

  3. Who benefits from crypto API trading?

  4. What is algorithmic trading?

  5. Does Kraken allow trading bots?

  6. What countries can use Kraken’s API?