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open-trading-api: Automate Trading

Name: open-trading-api: Automate Trading
Author: koreainvestment

Get a Python API for stock trading with 1.5k+ GitHub stars, ideal for startup founders in finance and investment.

1,506 stars803 forksPythonQuality 8/10Updated 7/8/2026100% free · open source

What it does

The open-trading-api provides a Python interface to interact with the Korea Investment & Securities Open API, allowing startup founders to automate stock trading operations.

Install / run

pip install open-trading-api

When to use it

•Building a trading bot that needs to execute trades on the Korean stock market
•Developing a financial application that requires real-time stock quotes and trading functionality
•Creating a data analysis tool that needs to retrieve historical trading data from the Korean stock market

Quick start

1Import the library by adding `import kiwoom` to your Python script
2Create a Kiwoom Open API instance using `kiwoom = Kiwoom()`
3Login to the API using `kiwoom.CommConnect()` and providing your account credentials
4Retrieve a list of available stock codes using `kiwoom.GetCodeListByMarket()`
5Use the `kiwoom.SendOrder()` function to execute a trade, referencing the example usage in the `example.py` file

Ready-to-paste prompt

kiwoom.SendOrder('buy', 'KR0100000000', 10, 10000, '00')

Heads up: You need to have a Korea Investment & Securities account and obtain an API key to use the open-trading-api, which requires registering on the Korea Investment & Securities website and downloading the Kiwoom Open API installer to obtain the necessary credentials

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