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Application Programming Interface (API)

An application programming interface, or API, is a set of programming code that queries data, parses responses, and sends instructions between one software platform and another. In the context of trading, a trader will often use an API to establish a connection between a set of automated trading algorithms and the trader’s preferred trading broker platform for the purpose of obtaining real-time pricing data and place trades.

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