Create Subaccount
curl --request POST \
--url https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY: <api-key>' \
--header 'KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE: <api-key>' \
--header 'KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"exchange_index": 0
}
'import requests
url = "https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts"
payload = { "exchange_index": 0 }
headers = {
"KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY": "<api-key>",
"KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE": "<api-key>",
"KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY': '<api-key>',
'KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE': '<api-key>',
'KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP': '<api-key>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({exchange_index: 0})
};
fetch('https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'exchange_index' => 0
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY: <api-key>",
"KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE: <api-key>",
"KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"exchange_index\": 0\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts")
.header("KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY", "<api-key>")
.header("KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE", "<api-key>")
.header("KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"exchange_index\": 0\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE"] = '<api-key>'
request["KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"exchange_index\": 0\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"subaccount_number": 123
}{
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": "<string>"
}{
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": "<string>"
}{
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": "<string>"
}portfolio
Create Subaccount
Creates a new subaccount for the authenticated user. This endpoint is available to all users on the Advanced API tier and above. Subaccounts are numbered sequentially starting from 1. Maximum 63 numbered subaccounts per user (64 including the primary account).
POST
/
portfolio
/
subaccounts
Create Subaccount
curl --request POST \
--url https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY: <api-key>' \
--header 'KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE: <api-key>' \
--header 'KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"exchange_index": 0
}
'import requests
url = "https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts"
payload = { "exchange_index": 0 }
headers = {
"KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY": "<api-key>",
"KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE": "<api-key>",
"KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY': '<api-key>',
'KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE': '<api-key>',
'KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP': '<api-key>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({exchange_index: 0})
};
fetch('https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'exchange_index' => 0
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY: <api-key>",
"KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE: <api-key>",
"KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"exchange_index\": 0\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts")
.header("KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY", "<api-key>")
.header("KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE", "<api-key>")
.header("KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"exchange_index\": 0\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/portfolio/subaccounts")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE"] = '<api-key>'
request["KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"exchange_index\": 0\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"subaccount_number": 123
}{
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": "<string>"
}{
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": "<string>"
}{
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"details": "<string>"
}Authorizations
Your API key ID
Base64 signature of the pre-sign text (timestamp + method + path) made with the API key's algorithm - RSA-PSS with SHA-256 for RSA keys, Ed25519 for Ed25519 keys
Request timestamp in milliseconds
Body
application/json
Identifier for an exchange shard. Defaults to 0 if unspecified.
Example:
0
Response
Subaccount created successfully
The sequential number assigned to this subaccount (1-63).