Contracts

The option contracts endpoints allow you to view the list of option contracts available on Alpaca for market data and trading.

Get Option Contracts

TradingClient.get_option_contracts(request: GetOptionContractsRequest) → Union[OptionContractsResponse, Dict[str, Any]]

The option contracts API serves as the master list of option contracts available for trade and data consumption from Alpaca.

Parameters:

request (GetOptionContractsRequest) – The parameters that option contracts can be queried by.

Returns:

The object includes list of option contracts.

Return type:

OptionContracts (Union[OptionContractsResponse, RawData])

Get Option Contract

TradingClient.get_option_contract(symbol_or_id: Union[UUID, str]) → Union[OptionContract, Dict[str, Any]]

The option contracts API serves as the master list of option contracts available for trade and data consumption from Alpaca.

Parameters:

symbol_or_id (Union[UUID, str]) – The symbol or id of the option contract to retrieve.

Returns:

The list of option contracts.

Return type:

OptionContracts (Union[OptionContracts, RawData])