Lightspeed connectivity for active traders

Connect Trade brings Lightspeed accounts to a unified trading API, with real-time equities and options trading built for active traders.

Trading: Equities Single-leg options Multi-leg options

Account Access: OAuth Accounts Orders Positions Real-time WebSocket updates

Get started in three steps

  1. Sign up — Create your login and get everything you need to build: API keys, full request and response logs, and AI troubleshooting.
  2. Integrate — Load the OpenAPI spec and llms.txt into Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI coding agent. Generate a working Lightspeed integration in a single session. Build with AI →
  3. Launch — Connect Lightspeed accounts to trade equities and options in your app. Get real-time WebSocket updates for orders and positions as they change.

Frequently asked questions

Can I build the Lightspeed integration with AI coding tools?

Yes. Connect Trade publishes a complete OpenAPI specification and llms.txt documentation. Load the reference files into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any AI coding agent, copy a starter prompt, and generate a working Lightspeed integration in a single session. See Build with AI in the Connect Trade docs.

Does Connect Trade support AI agent trading on Lightspeed?

Yes. The Connect Trade MCP server gives AI agents structured, permissioned access to Lightspeed accounts along with the rest of the Connect Trade broker network. Agents read portfolios, analyze positions, and place equities and options trades through a single server-side integration, with automatic execution or manual approval per order.

How do users connect their Lightspeed accounts?

Through OAuth. Users authorize access with a click-through flow, and the connection is live. Connect Trade handles the authentication end to end.

What can I build on Lightspeed with Connect Trade?

Connect Trade brings Lightspeed accounts to a unified trading API, built for active traders. Build trading applications, options platforms, systematic trading tools, and AI agents on connected Lightspeed accounts, with single-leg and multi-leg options and real-time WebSocket updates for orders and positions.

Which asset classes does Connect Trade support on Lightspeed?

Equities and options. Connect Trade supports live trading in both on connected Lightspeed accounts, with single-leg and multi-leg options.

Is the Connect Trade Lightspeed integration compliance approved?

Yes. Every Connect Trade integration is compliance approved and built on the broker's official API. Connect Trade uses sanctioned APIs across the entire network.

Does Connect Trade support brokers other than Lightspeed?

Yes. Connect Trade supports more than 20 compliance-approved brokers through one normalized API. The Lightspeed integration uses the same request and response model as every other broker in the network, so a single integration extends across all of them.

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