By name: tiger version: 1.0.0 description: | Tiger Brokers (TigerOpen) — US/HK/A-share stocks. Account, positions, orders, quotes, history, and order placement (paper + live).
Use when the user wants to check or trade a Tiger / 老虎证券 account (e.g. "Tiger account assets", "buy 100 700.HK on Tiger", "my Tiger positions"). Cloud API via the official tigeropen SDK, runs in the container. author: starchild tags: [tiger, 老虎证券, tigeropen, broker, us-stocks, hk-stocks, trading] metadata: starchild: emoji: "🐯" skillKey: tiger requires: env: - TIGER_ID - TIGER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH - TIGER_ACCOUNT install: - kind: pip package: tigeropen
user-invocable: true
What this is
☁️ Cloud broker — runs directly in the container via the official tigeropen SDK. Covers US, HK, and A-share markets.
Auth is RSA-signed static key: a tiger_id + a local PKCS#1 private key (PEM) + your account number. No OAuth, no token refresh.
Paper/live guard: a Tiger paper (sandbox) account number is exactly 17 numeric digits (e.g. 20191106192858300); standard/global accounts are not. The chosen --profile must match the account format or the command fails closed. Live placement additionally requires --confirm-live. Note: paper accounts don't support GTC, so it's auto-forced to DAY.
Get your credentials
- Open a Tiger account and apply for API access at the Tiger Open Platform (登录 → 开发者 / API).
- Generate an RSA key pair (the platform requires PKCS#1). On any machine:
openssl genrsa -out tiger_private_key.pem 2048 # PKCS#1 private key openssl rsa -in tiger_private_key.pem -pubout -out tiger_public_key.pem - On the Open Platform, paste the public key content (between the BEGIN/END lines) to bind it. Note your
tiger_id(developer id) shown there. - Find your account number: paper account from the sandbox/模拟 section (17 digits); live/standard account from your real account page.
- Keep the private key safe — it never leaves your machine. Provide either its file path or paste the PEM contents via secure input.
Configure (.env)
Request via secure input — never paste keys/PEM in chat.
| Variable | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
TIGER_ID |
yes | developer tiger_id |
TIGER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH |
one of these | path to the PKCS#1 PEM file |
TIGER_PRIVATE_KEY |
one of these | inline PEM (use \n for newlines); written to ~/.tiger_private_key.pem (0600) |
TIGER_PAPER_ACCOUNT |
for paper | 17-digit sandbox account (or set TIGER_ACCOUNT) |
TIGER_LIVE_ACCOUNT |
for live | real account number (or set TIGER_ACCOUNT) |
TIGER_ACCOUNT is a fallback used by whichever profile if the profile-specific var isn't set.
Usage
pip install tigeropen (first run; already present in this workspace). JSON output. Default profile paper.
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py status
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py account
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py positions
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py orders [--executions]
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py quote --symbol AAPL
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py history --symbol AAPL --period 1d --limit 90
# place (paper): qty in units only; market or limit; --currency default USD
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py place --symbol AAPL --side buy --qty 1 --type market
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py place --symbol AAPL --side buy --qty 1 --type limit --limit-price 180 --tif day
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py cancel --order-id <id>
# live:
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py --profile live --confirm-live place --symbol AAPL --side buy --qty 1
Periods: 1m 5m 15m 30m 1h 1d 1w 1M (note: 1m=minute, 1M=month, case-sensitive). Symbols are bare tickers (AAPL, 00700) — set --currency (USD/HKD/...) for non-USD.
Gotchas
- Tiger has no notional path for stocks — always use
--qty(units), never--notional. statusvalidates the profile/account match (17-digit guard) and pings assets. Run it first.- If you bound the public key but get auth errors, confirm the key is PKCS#1 (the
openssl genrsaoutput), not PKCS#8.