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# Get Cash Balance Snapshot

POST https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/cashBalance/getcashbalancesnapshot
Content-Type: application/json

### Get a snapshot of an account's current cash balance.

**Available to:** All authenticated users

**Environments:** Demo, Live

**[Rate Limit](/api/authentication#request-rate-limits-and-time-penalties):** No endpoint-specific limit

Returns a point-in-time snapshot of an account's cash balance. Identify the account with `accountId` (the integer entity ID). The response is a `CashBalanceSnapshot` for that account.

<Tip>
Don't poll this endpoint for live balances — calling it repeatedly is an anti-pattern. For real-time cash balance, open a WebSocket and start a [`user/syncRequest`](/api/websockets#user-synchronization) subscription, which pushes balance changes as they happen.
</Tip>

**Common Failure Scenarios**

- The `accountId` doesn't exist or isn't owned by the calling user (returns `HTTP 404`).
- The access token is missing or invalid (returns `HTTP 401`).

**Error Messages**

| `errorText` | Trigger |
|-------------|---------|
| Non-empty `errorText` | The request failed; the field describes the reason. |

Reference: https://docs.ninjatrader.com/api/rest-api-endpoints/accounting/get-cash-balance-snapshot

## OpenAPI Specification

```yaml
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: public
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  /cashBalance/getcashbalancesnapshot:
    post:
      operationId: getCashBalanceSnapshot
      summary: Get Cash Balance Snapshot
      description: >-
        ### Get a snapshot of an account's current cash balance.


        **Available to:** All authenticated users


        **Environments:** Demo, Live


        **[Rate
        Limit](/api/authentication#request-rate-limits-and-time-penalties):** No
        endpoint-specific limit


        Returns a point-in-time snapshot of an account's cash balance. Identify
        the account with `accountId` (the integer entity ID). The response is a
        `CashBalanceSnapshot` for that account.


        <Tip>

        Don't poll this endpoint for live balances — calling it repeatedly is an
        anti-pattern. For real-time cash balance, open a WebSocket and start a
        [`user/syncRequest`](/api/websockets#user-synchronization) subscription,
        which pushes balance changes as they happen.

        </Tip>


        **Common Failure Scenarios**


        - The `accountId` doesn't exist or isn't owned by the calling user
        (returns `HTTP 404`).

        - The access token is missing or invalid (returns `HTTP 401`).


        **Error Messages**


        | `errorText` | Trigger |

        |-------------|---------|

        | Non-empty `errorText` | The request failed; the field describes the
        reason. |
      tags:
        - Accounting
      parameters:
        - name: Authorization
          in: header
          description: Bearer authentication
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: CashBalanceSnapshot
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CashBalanceSnapshot'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetCashBalanceSnapshot'
servers:
  - url: https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1
    description: Demo
  - url: https://live.tradovateapi.com/v1
    description: Live
components:
  schemas:
    GetCashBalanceSnapshot:
      type: object
      properties:
        accountId:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      required:
        - accountId
      title: GetCashBalanceSnapshot
    CashBalanceSnapshotWithdrawalRejectReason:
      type: string
      enum:
        - NoData
        - PendingContactInfoChange
      description: NoData, PendingContactInfoChange
      title: CashBalanceSnapshotWithdrawalRejectReason
    CashBalanceSnapshot:
      type: object
      properties:
        errorText:
          type: string
          description: Non-empty if the request failed
        totalCashValue:
          type: number
          format: double
        totalPnL:
          type: number
          format: double
        initialMargin:
          type: number
          format: double
        maintenanceMargin:
          type: number
          format: double
        netLiq:
          type: number
          format: double
        openPnL:
          type: number
          format: double
        realizedPnL:
          type: number
          format: double
        weekRealizedPnL:
          type: number
          format: double
        withdrawalRejectReason:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CashBalanceSnapshotWithdrawalRejectReason'
          description: NoData, PendingContactInfoChange
        currencyCashAvailWithdrawalUSD:
          type: number
          format: double
        netLiqSOD:
          type: number
          format: double
        totalCashValueSOD:
          type: number
          format: double
        cashUSD:
          type: number
          format: double
        cashSODUSD:
          type: number
          format: double
        fullInitialMargin:
          type: number
          format: double
        fullInitialMarginSOD:
          type: number
          format: double
        autoLiqLevel:
          type: number
          format: double
      title: CashBalanceSnapshot
  securitySchemes:
    bearer_access_token:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

```

## Examples



**Request**

```json
{
  "accountId": 1
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "errorText": "string",
  "totalCashValue": 1.1,
  "totalPnL": 1.1,
  "initialMargin": 1.1,
  "maintenanceMargin": 1.1,
  "netLiq": 1.1,
  "openPnL": 1.1,
  "realizedPnL": 1.1,
  "weekRealizedPnL": 1.1,
  "withdrawalRejectReason": "NoData",
  "currencyCashAvailWithdrawalUSD": 1.1,
  "netLiqSOD": 1.1,
  "totalCashValueSOD": 1.1,
  "cashUSD": 1.1,
  "cashSODUSD": 1.1,
  "fullInitialMargin": 1.1,
  "fullInitialMarginSOD": 1.1,
  "autoLiqLevel": 1.1
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/cashBalance/getcashbalancesnapshot"

payload = { "accountId": 1 }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/cashBalance/getcashbalancesnapshot';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"accountId":1}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/cashBalance/getcashbalancesnapshot"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"accountId\": 1\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/cashBalance/getcashbalancesnapshot")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"accountId\": 1\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/cashBalance/getcashbalancesnapshot")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"accountId\": 1\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/cashBalance/getcashbalancesnapshot', [
  'body' => '{
  "accountId": 1
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/cashBalance/getcashbalancesnapshot");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"accountId\": 1\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["accountId": 1] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/cashBalance/getcashbalancesnapshot")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```