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Interactive Brokers MCP Server

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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
IB_USERNAMENoYour Interactive Brokers username (required when IB_HEADLESS_MODE is true)
IB_HEADLESS_MODENoEnable headless mode for automated environments or when you prefer not to use a browser for authenticationfalse
IB_PASSWORD_AUTHNoYour Interactive Brokers password (required when IB_HEADLESS_MODE is true)

Instructions

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": true
}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
authenticateA

Authenticate with Interactive Brokers. Usage: { "confirm": true }.

get_account_infoB

Get account information and balances. Usage: { "confirm": true }.

get_positionsC

Get current positions. Usage: {} or { "accountId": "<id>" }.

get_option_chainA

Get option expirations and strikes for an underlying symbol. Usage: { "symbol": "AAPL" } or { "symbol": "AAPL", "exchange": "SMART" }.

resolve_option_conidA

Resolve a specific option contract conid. Usage: { "symbol": "AAPL", "expiry": "JAN27", "strike": 200, "right": "C" } or add { "exchange": "SMART" }.

get_market_dataA

Get real-time market data. Usage: { "symbol": "AAPL" } or { "symbol": "AAPL", "exchange": "NASDAQ" }.

place_orderA

Place a trading order. Examples:

  • Market buy: { "accountId":"abc","symbol":"AAPL","action":"BUY","orderType":"MKT","quantity":1 }

  • Limit sell: { "accountId":"abc","symbol":"AAPL","action":"SELL","orderType":"LMT","quantity":1,"price":185.5 }

  • Stop sell: { "accountId":"abc","symbol":"AAPL","action":"SELL","orderType":"STP","quantity":1,"stopPrice":180 }

  • Option buy: { "accountId":"abc","symbol":"AAPL","secType":"OPT","expiry":"JAN27","strike":200,"right":"C","action":"BUY","orderType":"LMT","quantity":1,"price":4.5 }

  • Option by conid: { "accountId":"abc","conid":123456789,"secType":"OPT","action":"BUY","orderType":"MKT","quantity":1 }

  • Suppress confirmations: { "accountId":"abc","symbol":"AAPL","action":"BUY","orderType":"MKT","quantity":1,"suppressConfirmations":true }

get_order_statusA

Get the status of a specific order. Usage: { "orderId": "12345" }.

get_live_ordersA

Get all live/open orders for monitoring and validation. Usage: {} for all accounts or { "accountId": "<id>" } for a specific account. This is the recommended way to validate that market orders were executed successfully after placing them.

confirm_orderB

Manually confirm an order that requires confirmation. Usage: { "replyId": "742a95a7-55f6-4d67-861b-2fd3e2b61e3c", "messageIds": ["o10151", "o10153"] }.

get_alertsC

Get all trading alerts for an account. Usage: { "accountId": "<id>" }.

create_alertC

Create a new trading alert. Usage: { "accountId": "<id>", "alertRequest": { "alertName": "Price Alert", "conditions": [{ "conidex": "265598", "type": "price", "operator": ">", "triggerMethod": "last", "value": "150" }] } }.

activate_alertA

Activate a previously created alert. Usage: { "accountId": "<id>", "alertId": "<alertId>" }.

delete_alertC

Delete an alert. Usage: { "accountId": "<id>", "alertId": "<alertId>" }.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources