Get Current Equities Session

getMarketTimeEquitiesSessionsCurrent

get/market-time/equities/sessions/current

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

Returns the current equities trading session along with its previous and next sessions. Optionally pass `current-time` to evaluate the session as of a specific instant instead of now; the response `state` field indicates the market's current state.

Code samples

curl -X GET 'https://api.cert.tastyworks.com/market-time/equities/sessions/current?current-time=2024-01-15T14%3A30%3A00.000Z' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  -H 'User-Agent: tastytrade-docs-example/1.0'

import requests

url = "https://api.cert.tastyworks.com/market-time/equities/sessions/current?current-time=2024-01-15T14%3A30%3A00.000Z"
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/market-time/equities/sessions/current?current-time=2024-01-15T14%3A30%3A00.000Z", {
  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/market-time/equities/sessions/current?current-time=2024-01-15T14%3A30%3A00.000Z", 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/market-time/equities/sessions/current?current-time=2024-01-15T14%3A30%3A00.000Z"))
    .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
current-time	query	string	The time the current session is based on e.g. "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z"

Responses

200The current equities session with its surrounding previous and next sessions.application/json

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "close-at": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z",
    "close-at-ext": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z",
    "instrument-collection": "Equity",
    "open-at": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z",
    "start-at": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z",
    "next-session": {
      "close-at": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z",
      "close-at-ext": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z",
      "instrument-collection": "string",
      "open-at": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z",
      "session-date": "2024-01-15",
      "start-at": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z"
    },
    "previous-session": {
      "close-at": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z",
      "close-at-ext": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z",
      "instrument-collection": "string",
      "open-at": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z",
      "session-date": "2024-01-15",
      "start-at": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z"
    },
    "state": "string"
  },
  "context": "/market-time/equities/sessions/current"
}

Schema

datarequiredobject (CurrentSession)
The current trading session for an instrument collection, including its state and the immediately previous and next sessions. Returned for equity and futures current-session endpoints.
- close-atstring <date-time>
  ISO-8601 date-time at which the session closes.
- close-at-extstring <date-time>
  ISO-8601 date-time of the session's extended close.
- instrument-collectionstring
  The instrument collection this session applies to, for example `Equity`, `CME`, or `CFE`.
  example: "Equity"
- open-atstring <date-time>
  ISO-8601 date-time at which the session opens.
- start-atstring <date-time>
  ISO-8601 date-time at which the session starts.
- next-sessionobject{6 fields}
  The next trading session that follows the current one.
- previous-sessionobject{6 fields}
  The previous trading session that preceded the current one.
- statestring
  The current state of the market for this session.
contextrequiredstring
example: "/market-time/equities/sessions/current"

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.

422The `current-time` value is not a valid ISO-8601 date-time.application/json

Example response

{
  "error": {
    "code": "preflight_check_failure",
    "message": "One or more preflight checks failed",
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": "preflight_check_failure",
        "message": "A specific validation failed for this order."
      }
    ]
  }
}

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.

429Too many requests. Back off and reduce your request rate.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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Get Current Equities Session

Code samples

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