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Build, backtest, and trade your strategy in live markets at zero cost with the most secure and simple to use API from ICICIdirect: Breeze. Create your own trading platforms, get access to historical data, and streaming OHLC to model your strategies accurately, or securely connect your favourite trading platforms! Breeze API has it all!

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Why Choose Breeze API

Free Of Charge

No charges at all to connect your systems, create apps, or access historical data.

Historical Data

Only Breeze gives 3 years of second level LTP data. This allows you to model your strategies more accurately, and hence backtest your strategy’s entries, exits, stoploss, and other triggers far more accurately.

Live Streaming OHLC

Breeze is the only API that gives streaming OHLC data so that strategies that are written around Historical OHLC can be simply taken live without the need to implement parallel processing data handling functions

Historical Derivatives Data

11 + (Eleven) years of Futures and Options historical data which is not provided by any other broker

Triple secure data

Breeze has SSL + (App Key, Secret Key) encryption + Checksum encryption of the whole data package so no amount of sniffing or hacking can reveal client data to the wannabe hacker. Breeze is the only retail API in India has this feature.

Lowest Brokerage Plans

No charges at all to connect your systems, creating apps or for access to the historical data.

Lowest Brokerage Plans

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ICICIdirect NEO brokerage plan allows you to trade in Futures at zero brokerage

₹0

for both buying and selling and has unlimited validity.

₹20

per order for all your Options trades

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Articles

22 Sep 2022 ICICI Securities ···

What are the different types of trading algorithms?

There are many ways to classify types of algorithms, and no matter which way you slice and dice them, there will always be a considerable overlap. Here we look at the types through an end-use based scenario, and not worry about overlaps, because even where they happen their implementation would be considerably different, and at the end of the day this blog is not so much about academic correctness as it is about showing what traders and investors can think of applying.  

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27 May 2022 ICICI Securities ···

Where to manually find list of stock codes for Breeze API

To start exploring the multiple features of Breeze API, one would need to enter certain parameters for a successful output. 

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27 May 2022 ICICI Securities ···

How to create charts using Breeze API data?

You might have seen a few articles from our side highlighting the many use-cases of Breeze API. In our relentless pursuit of making you aware of the multi-fold ways of using the data, let us focus on charts as well. If you’re a trader or even a beginner in the field of markets, you must have seen technical charts of markets. 

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06 May 2022 ICICI Securities ···

Introduction to Trading APIs and How to start using Breeze API

Suppose you have worked out a trading strategy which you believe should make good profits in the market. But before you run it in real time, wouldn’t you like to see all the unusual scenarios wherein your strategy might act up? This is typical of any critical product/process, which is tested under multiple scenarios to check the robustness of the system. Same applies to the universe of algorithmic trading.

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06 May 2022 ICICI Securities ···

What is a Session Key and how to generate it for using Breeze API?

A session key is a temporary key that is only used once, during one stretch of time, for encrypting and decrypting data. This is similar to One Time Passwords (OTP) that have to be generated once in the morning to login, and help in encrypting a communication session for each app separately. This key or token expires in 24 hours after generation or at midnight.

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06 May 2022 ICICI Securities ···

How to download historical data using Breeze API Python SDK

Of late, a plethora of trading APIs that facilitate automated trading have popped up in Indian market. One of the main benefits of using a Trading API to formulate your trading strategies is that it provides a way to test your strategy on historical data. Historical data helps traders do a scenario analysis for their strategies and backtest them, which is one of the most important steps in creating an automated trading system. Backtesting gives the traders a chance to optimise their portfolio and also indicate how their strategy might perform in the future, assuming market conditions do not change a lot.

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VIDEOs

31 Oct 2022 ICICI Securities

How to modify orders

31 Oct 2022 ICICI Securities

How to generate session key

31 Oct 2022 ICICI Securities

How to get Options chain details using Breeze API

31 Oct 2022 ICICI Securities

How to get live data using websockets using Breeze API

25 Oct 2022 ICICI Securities

How to fetch Historical data using Breeze API

25 Oct 2022 ICICI Securities

Placing an Order on Breeze API

25 Oct 2022 ICICI Securities

Getting started with Breeze API

25 Oct 2022 ICICI Securities

Webinar on top 10 FAQs on Breeze API

25 Oct 2022 ICICI Securities

Webinar on How to get started with Breeze API

FAQs

The rate limit is 100 calls per minute and 5,000 calls per day!

Yes, Breeze allows you to use Options Chain API, where in a single API call you can get entire chain with OHLC prices, Open Interest, Volume and much more and lets you filter the chain by expiry date, right or strike price

Breeze API is the next-gen Trading API from ICICIdirect with an array of unique features to provide you with a competitive advantage. With the help of Breeze API you can, but not restricted to:

- Connect your trading system to our secure and super fast platform

- Backtest your trades with our data rich APIs

- Create and execute your strategies seamlessly

- Utilize our Trading APIs to get live feed and historical data of any listed instrument

In order to connect to Breeze API, you need to have an account with ICICIdirect. Create your account here: https://isecuat1.icicidirect.com/open-account/mobile?id_source=ICICIdirect&id_medium=futures-and-options&id_campaign=OAO2.0&id_content=header
After this, visit https://api.icicidirect.com/apiuser/home and login with your ICICIdirect credentials. Now, you can create your Apps and use all the features of Breeze API

There is no cost or fees which customer needs to pay to access Breeze API or the data which we provide. All ICICIdirect customers can use Breeze API and create Apps free of all charges.

After successfully registering your App on Breeze login page, the API key and Secret Key should be available in the view Apps section in the homapage. Generate a session token for the respective App. Plug all 3 App credentials (API key, Secret Key and Session Token) in the Breeze API endpoint and start using the API. Please refer to our articles to see the step wise process

1. https://www.icicidirect.com/futures-and-options/api/breeze/article/introduction-to-trading-apis-and-how-to-start-using-breezeapi

2. https://www.icicidirect.com/futures-and-options/api/breeze/article/what-is-a-session-key-and-how-to-generate-it-for-using-breezeapi

At present, we have made available Stocks and Derivatives (F&O) trading through Breeze API. All the order types for the two segments are allowed except for Margin Plus.

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