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GET accounts/:id/balances

Retrieves per-currency and combined balances for a specified account.

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Account number. Can occur in the 'location' header only.

Response properties

Property	Type	Description
perCurrencyBalances	Complex	List of account records.
Balance	Complex	See below.
combinedBalances	Complex	List of Balance records.
Balance	Complex	See below.
sodPerCurrencyBalances	Complex	List of Balance records.
Balance	Complex	See below.
sodCombinedBalances	Complex	List of Balance records.
Balance	Complex
currency	Enumeration	Currency of the balance figure(e.g., "USD" or "CAD"). See Currency section for all allowed values.
cash	Double	Balance amount.
marketValue	Double	Market value of all securities in the account in a given currency.
totalEquity	Double	Equity as a difference between cash and marketValue properties.
buyingPower	Double	Buying power for that particular currency side of the account.
maintenanceExcess	Double	Maintenance excess for that particular side of the account.
isRealTime	Boolean	Whether real-time data was used to calculate the above values.

Sample request

 
GET https://api01.iq.questrade.com/v1/accounts/26598145/balances

Sample JSON response

 
 {
     "perCurrencyBalances": [
         {
              "currency": "CAD",
               "cash": 243971.7,
               "marketValue":  6017,
               "totalEquity":  249988.7,
               "buyingPower": 496367.2,
               "maintenanceExcess": 248183.6,
              "isRealTime": false
         },
         {
              "currency": "USD",
              "cash": 198259.05,
              "marketValue":  53745,
              "totalEquity":  252004.05,
              "buyingPower":  461013.3,
              "maintenanceExcess":  230506.65,
             "isRealTime": false
          }
     ],
         "combinedBalances": [
                 ...
     ],
         "sodPerCurrencyBalances": [
                 ...
     ],
        "sodCombinedBalances": [
                 ...
     ]
 }

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