FlatTrade

This page shows how to set up a Flattrade broker account in AutoTrader Web.

Demo video

Setup overview

The setup has three steps:

1. Generate your API Key and API Secret on the Flattrade Wall.
2. Get your TOTP Key from the Flattrade profile.
3. Add the account in AutoTrader Web and validate it.

Step 1: Generate the API

1. Login to Wall: https://wall.flattrade.in
2. Go to Pi in the top menu bar and click CREATE NEW API KEY, then enter:
   • App Name: MyTradingApp
   • Short Name: MyTradingApp
   • Redirect Url: https://webx.stocksdeveloper.in/auth/flattradeCopy
   • Postback Url: https://apix.stocksdeveloper.in/postback/flattradeCopy
   • Description: Stocks Developer
   • Agree to the terms and click the CREATE button.
3. Your API Key and Secret Key are now available.

Step 2: Get the TOTP Key

1. Login to https://web.flattrade.in/
2. Click your login id in the top right corner to open the Profile section.
3. Click Security.
4. Click TOTP.
5. You will see a QR code. You can scan it using the Google Authenticator app on your phone. This is needed for login.
6. What you actually need is the TOTP Key. Click the copy icon and save the key somewhere, such as a notepad.

Step 3: Add your account in AutoTrader Web

1. Go to the AutoTrader Web menu (Accounts -> Trading Accounts).
2. Click the Create button.
3. Select Broker as Flattrade.
4. Select KAMBALA_FLAT_IPV6 as the platform. This is the recommended choice and is already selected for you.
5. Enter your Flattrade login id.
6. Enter your Flattrade password.
7. Enter the TOTP Key (obtained in Step 2 above).
8. Add the API Key (obtained in Step 1 above).
9. Add the API Secret (obtained in Step 1 above).
10. Click Validate and Save.

That’s it. You have added your Flattrade account. Do not forget to read these known limitations.

Screenshots

Flattrade – API Key

Flattrade – TOTP Key

Static IP Setup

Flattrade supports IPv6 static IPs, so your Flattrade account uses a Premium static IPv6 — ₹100 per month, inclusive of all taxes. It is the cheapest and fastest option we offer, and you get two addresses for that one price: a primary and a backup.

Register both addresses with Flattrade. Add them on the same Flattrade screen where you would put an IP. Registering the backup as well costs nothing extra, and it means that if the primary ever has a problem you are not left waiting for a new IP.

Because Flattrade supports IPv6, we do not offer the Standard IPv4 pool option on it. If you specifically need an IPv4 address, the only route is to bring your own IP, which we never charge for — though we do not recommend it here, since IPv6 is faster and costs less.

The full guide, including how to buy the IP and how billing works:

Static IP Setup — set up a static IP or bring your own (BYOIP)

Already using Flattrade on IPv4?

Existing Flattrade accounts were set up on the older KAMBALA_FLAT_IPV4 platform. That platform has been retired, so you can no longer renew an account on it. The account keeps trading until its current licence runs out, but any recharge for it will be declined — move it to IPv6 to keep it active.

Moving is also cheaper (₹100 instead of ₹200 per month) and faster.

To move an existing account:

1. Open the account under Accounts → Trading Accounts and change the platform to KAMBALA_FLAT_IPV6.
2. A note appears asking you to save the platform change first. Click Save platform change and confirm — the account is saved and opens again on the same screen.
3. Click the Static IP button and take your Premium static IPv6.
4. Register the new primary and backup addresses with Flattrade.
5. Place a small test order to confirm everything works.

Your old IPv4 static IP is released automatically when you switch, and you are not charged for it again.

If you try to recharge before moving, the recharge is declined with SD-ERR-154.

Related pages

• All supported brokers
• Trading Accounts settings
• Validate trading account credentials

Bracket and cover orders on FlatTrade

Whether FlatTrade offers a bracket or a cover order of its own — and in which segments — is set by the broker, and it can change. Many Indian brokers withdrew bracket orders in 2020 and never brought them back.

You can place one anyway. An AutoTrader bracket order (AT_BO) attaches a target and a stop-loss to your FlatTrade order, with an optional trailing stop that follows the price in your favour and never moves back. An AutoTrader cover order (AT_CO) is the same thing with a stop-loss only. Your entry reaches FlatTrade as an ordinary intraday order — the one thing every broker accepts — and AutoTrader Web watches the price and sends the closing order when your level is reached.

Place one from the order window, from your own code, or from a chart alert. It is intraday only, it does not give you the extra intraday margin some brokers give on their own bracket orders, and the position is squared off automatically a short while before the market closes.

Read the risk before you use it. A stop-loss decides when we try to exit — it does not decide the price you get. A sudden move can take the price straight past your level, so your loss can be larger than the stop-loss you set. The full explanation, and the one-time terms you agree to before your first one, are on Bracket & Cover Orders.