Use Restrictions

In order to avoid affecting other users' connections, please follow the following usage rules.

Traffic

  • Stock :

    Trading volume by API in the past 30 days Daily Traffic Limit
    0 500MB
    1 - 1E 2GB
    > 1E 10GB

  • Future :

    Trading volume by API in the past 30 days Daily Traffic Limit
    0 500MB
    1 - TXF 1000 contracts / MXF 4000 contracts 2GB
    > TXF 1000 contracts / MXF 4000 contracts 10GB

Traffic query

api.usage()

Out

UsageStatus(connections=1, bytes=41343260, limit_bytes=2147483648, remaining_bytes=2106140388)

connection: connection count.
bytes: traffic.
limit_bytes: limit bytes of daily.
remaining_bytes: remaining bytes of daily.

Counts

  • Data :

    credit_enquire, short_stock_sources, snapshots, ticks, kbars

    • The total amount of inquiries above is limited to 50 times within 5 seconds.
    • During trading hours, it is prohibited to query ticks more than 10 times.
    • During trading hours, it is prohibited to query kbars more than 270 times.

  • Portfolio :

    list_profit_loss_detail,account_balance, list_settlements, list_profit_loss, list_positions, margin

    The total amount of inquiries above is limited to 25 times within 5 seconds.

  • Order :

    place_order, update_status, update_qty, update_price, cancel_order

    The total amount of inquiries above is limited to 500 times within 10 seconds.

  • Connect :

    The same SinoPac Securities person_id can only use up to 5 connections.

    note. api.login()create a connection.

  • Login :

    Up to 1000 times per day.

Warn

  • If the traffic exceeds the limit, query requests for market data such as ticks, snapshots, and kbars will return empty values, while other functionalities remain unaffected.
  • If the usage exceeds the limit, the service will be suspended for one minute.
  • If the limit is exceeded multiple times in a row on the same day, the company will suspend the right to use the IP and ID.
  • If the ID is suspended, please contact Shioaji management staff