List Futures

getInstrumentsFutures

get/instruments/futures

Base URL: https://api.cert.tastyworks.com (Sandbox) · https://api.tastyworks.com (Production)

Returns active outright futures contracts, optionally filtered by symbol or product code. Each future includes its associated product metadata nested under `future-product`. Futures symbols begin with a forward slash (e.g. `/ESU3`); URL-encode the slash (e.g. `%2FESU3`).

Code samples

curl -X GET 'https://api.cert.tastyworks.com/instruments/futures?exchange=%7Bexchange%7D&only-active-futures=true&product-code=%7Bproduct-code%7D&security-id=%7Bsecurity-id%7D&symbol[]=%2FESU3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  -H 'User-Agent: tastytrade-docs-example/1.0'

import requests

url = "https://api.cert.tastyworks.com/instruments/futures?exchange=%7Bexchange%7D&only-active-futures=true&product-code=%7Bproduct-code%7D&security-id=%7Bsecurity-id%7D&symbol[]=%2FESU3"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "User-Agent": "tastytrade-docs-example/1.0",
}
resp = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(resp.status_code, resp.json())

const resp = await fetch("https://api.cert.tastyworks.com/instruments/futures?exchange=%7Bexchange%7D&only-active-futures=true&product-code=%7Bproduct-code%7D&security-id=%7Bsecurity-id%7D&symbol[]=%2FESU3", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "User-Agent": "tastytrade-docs-example/1.0",
  },
})
const data = await resp.json()
console.log(resp.status, data)

package main

import (
	"net/http"
	"io"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.cert.tastyworks.com/instruments/futures?exchange=%7Bexchange%7D&only-active-futures=true&product-code=%7Bproduct-code%7D&security-id=%7Bsecurity-id%7D&symbol[]=%2FESU3", nil)
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN")
	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "tastytrade-docs-example/1.0")
	resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	out, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(resp.Status, string(out))
}

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;

HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest req = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.cert.tastyworks.com/instruments/futures?exchange=%7Bexchange%7D&only-active-futures=true&product-code=%7Bproduct-code%7D&security-id=%7Bsecurity-id%7D&symbol[]=%2FESU3"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN")
    .header("User-Agent", "tastytrade-docs-example/1.0")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> resp = client.send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(resp.statusCode() + " " + resp.body());

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
exchange	query	string	Name of the exchange for the product. Only used to avoid security id collisions if that is also given.
only-active-futures	query	boolean	If true (defaults to true), only active futures are returned. e.g. true
product-code	query	array	The product code of the future(s), i.e. `product-code[]=ES&product-code[]=6A`. \ Ignored if `symbol` parameter is given. (example: product-code[]={value1}&product-code[]={value2})
security-id	query	array	Exchange-specific ID used for order routing (example: security-id[]={value1}&security-id[]={value2})
symbol	query	array	The symbol of the future(s), i.e. `symbol[]=ESZ9`. Leading forward slash is not required. (example: symbol[]={value1}&symbol[]={value2}) e.g. ["/ESU3"]

Responses

200Outright futures matching the requested symbols, product codes, or security ids.application/json

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "active": true,
        "active-month": true,
        "back-month-first-calendar-symbol": true,
        "closing-only-date": "2024-01-15",
        "contract-size": "50.0",
        "display-factor": "0.01",
        "exchange": "CME",
        "exchange-data": {},
        "expiration-date": "2023-09-15",
        "expires-at": "2023-09-15T13:30:00.000+00:00",
        "first-notice-date": "2024-01-15",
        "product-group": "CME_ES",
        "is-closing-only": false,
        "last-trade-date": "2023-09-15",
        "main-fraction": "string",
        "next-active-month": false,
        "notional-multiplier": "50.0",
        "product-code": "ES",
        "roll-target-symbol": "/ESZ3",
        "security-id": "abc123",
        "stops-trading-at": "2023-09-15T13:30:00.000+00:00",
        "streamer-exchange-code": "XCME",
        "streamer-symbol": "/ESU23:XCME",
        "sub-fraction": "string",
        "symbol": "/ESU3",
        "tick-size": "0.25",
        "is-tradeable": true,
        "true-underlying-symbol": "AAPL",
        "future-etf-equivalent": {
          "share-quantity": 100,
          "symbol": "AAPL"
        },
        "future-product": {
          "active-months": "string",
          "back-month-first-calendar-symbol": true,
          "base-tick": 0,
          "cash-settled": true,
          "code": "string",
          "contract-limit": 0,
          "description": "string",
          "display-factor": "string",
          "exchange": "string",
          "first-notice": true,
          "listed-months": "string",
          "market-sector": "string",
          "notional-multiplier": "string",
          "price-format": "100.00",
          "product-subtype": "string",
          "product-type": "string",
          "security-group": "string",
          "small-notional": true,
          "streamer-exchange-code": "string",
          "sub-tick": 0,
          "supported": true,
          "root-symbol": "AAPL",
          "tick-size": "string",
          "true-underlying-code": "string",
          "underlying-description": "string",
          "underlying-identifier": "string"
        },
        "option-tick-sizes": [
          {
            "value": "0.05",
            "threshold": "5.0"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.25"
          }
        ],
        "spread-tick-sizes": [
          {
            "value": "0.05",
            "symbol": "/ESH4"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.05",
            "symbol": "/ESZ3"
          }
        ],
        "tick-sizes": [
          {
            "value": "0.25"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "context": "/instruments/futures",
  "pagination": {
    "per-page": 0,
    "page-offset": 0,
    "item-offset": 0,
    "total-items": 0,
    "total-pages": 0,
    "current-item-count": 0
  }
}

Schema

datarequiredobject
- itemsrequiredarray<object>{33 fields}
contextrequiredstring
example: "/instruments/futures"
paginationobject
Paging metadata, present on paginated list responses.
- per-pageinteger
- page-offsetinteger
- item-offsetinteger
- total-itemsinteger
- total-pagesinteger
- current-item-countinteger

401Missing or expired access token, or a missing/malformed `User-Agent` header.application/json

Example response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "No valid access token was provided; access tokens expire after 15 minutes."
  }
}

Schema

errorrequiredobject
- coderequiredstring
  Machine-readable error code (see the Error reference).
- messagerequiredstring
  Human-readable explanation.
- errorsarray<object>{3 fields}
  Present for multi-error / validation failures; one entry per problem.

429Request rate exceeded. Back off exponentially and reduce request frequency.application/json

Example response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "string",
        "domain": "string"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Schema

errorrequiredobject
- coderequiredstring
  Machine-readable error code (see the Error reference).
- messagerequiredstring
  Human-readable explanation.
- errorsarray<object>{3 fields}
  Present for multi-error / validation failures; one entry per problem.

Rate-limit class: read · idempotent — Rate limits & backoff
Error reference — codes, causes, and fixes

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