Shioaji

Shioaji is a trading API provided by Sinopac that offers a comprehensive and user-friendly platform for accessing the Taiwan financial markets. With Shioaji, you can trade a variety of financial instruments including stocks, futures, and options using your favorite Python packages such as numpy, scipy, pandas, pytorch, or tensorflow to build your own custom trading models. The platform is easy to use and intuitive, with advanced charting tools, real-time market data, and a customizable interface that allows you to tailor your trading experience to your specific needs. Shioaji is fast and efficient, with a high-performance core implemented in C++ and using FPGA event broker technology, and it is the first Python trading API in Taiwan that is compatible with Linux and Mac, making it a truly cross-platform solution. Whether you are a beginner looking to get started in the world of trading or an experienced trader looking for a more powerful platform, Shioaji has something to offer. Sign up for a free account today and start trading with confidence.

✨ First Taiwan trading API with AI coding agent skill support — Claude Code & Codex CLI

• AI Coding Agent Skills
• Installation
  • Binaries
  • Docker Image
• Quickstarts
• Communication
• Releases and Contributing
• The Team

AI Coding Agent Skills

Shioaji is the first Taiwan trading API with AI coding agent skill support. Get AI-assisted guidance on using the Shioaji API.

Claude Code

claude plugin marketplace add Sinotrade/Shioaji
claude plugin install shioaji

OpenAI Codex CLI

In a Codex session, use the skill-installer:

$skill-installer install shioaji from Sinotrade/Shioaji --path skills/shioaji

Installation

Binaries

simple using pip to install

pip install shioaji

update shioaji with

pip install -U shioaji

uv

using uv to install

uv add shioaji 

install speed version

uv add shioaji --extra speed

Docker Image

simple run with interactive mode in docker

docker run -it sinotrade/shioaji:latest

run with jupyter lab or notebook

docker run -p 8888:8888 sinotrade/shioaji:jupyter

Quickstarts

Initialization

import shioaji as sj

api = sj.Shioaji()
accounts = api.login("YOUR_TOKEN", "YOUR_SECRET_KEY")
api.activate_ca(
    ca_path="/c/your/ca/path/Sinopac.pfx",
    ca_passwd="YOUR_CA_PASSWORD",
)

Just import our API library like other popular python library and new the instance to start using our API. Login your account and activate the certification then you can start placing order.

Streaming Market Data

api.quote.subscribe(api.Contracts.Stocks["2330"], quote_type="tick")
api.quote.subscribe(api.Contracts.Stocks["2330"], quote_type="bidask")
api.quote.subscribe(api.Contracts.Futures["TXFC0"], quote_type="tick")

Subscribe the real time market data. Simplely pass contract into quote subscribe function and give the quote type will receive the streaming data.

Place Order

contract = api.Contracts.Stocks["2890"]
order = api.Order(
    price=9.6,
    quantity=1,
    action="Buy",
    price_type="LMT",
    order_type="ROD",
    order_lot="Common",
    account=api.stock_account,
)
# or
order = api.Order(
    price=9.6,
    quantity=1,
    action=sj.constant.Action.Buy,
    price_type=sj.constant.StockPriceType.LMT,
    order_type=sj.constant.OrderType.ROD,
    order_lot=sj.constant.StockOrderLot.Common,
    account=api.stock_account,
)
trade = api.place_order(contract, order)

Like the above subscribing market data using the contract, then need to define the order. Pass them into place_order function, then it will return the trade that describe the status of your order.

Conclusion

This quickstart demonstrates how easy to use our package for native Python users. Unlike many other trading API is hard for Python developer. We focus on making more pythonic trading API for our users.

More usage detail on document.

Communication

Releases and Contributing

Shioaji has a 14 day release cycle. See the release change log. Please let us know if you encounter a bug by filing an issue.

We appreciate all suggestions. If you have any idea want us to implement, please discuss with us in gitter.

The Team

Shioaji is currently maintained by Sally, Yvictor, CC.Chiao and Po Chien Yang with major contributions.