Coinbase vs tastytrade on TradersPost

Coinbase and tastytrade differ on 13 of 21 points TradersPost compares: authentication, stocks, stock options, index options and 9 more. Both support crypto, market orders, limit orders, good till canceled orders and modify open orders.

Coinbase tastytrade
  • Authentication

    OAuth or API key

    OAuth

  • Stocks

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Stock Options

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Index Options

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Futures

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Short selling

    Not supported

    Partial

    All but Crypto

  • Fractional quantity

    Supported

    Partial

    Stocks and Crypto

  • Stop orders

    Limited

    Stop-limit only. Plain stop orders are not offered.

    Partial

    All but Crypto

  • Bracket orders

    Not supported

    Partial

    All but Crypto

  • Stop limit orders

    Supported

    Partial

    All but Crypto

  • Day orders

    Not supported

    Partial

    All but Crypto

  • Immediate or cancel orders

    Supported

    Partial

    Crypto

  • Fill or kill orders

    Supported

    Not supported

tastytrade: short selling, stop orders, bracket orders, stop limit orders and day orders aren't available on crypto.

Same on both 5

  • Crypto
  • Market orders
  • Limit orders
  • Good till canceled orders
  • Modify open orders

Neither supports 3

  • Trailing stops
  • Trailing stop attached to entry
  • Paper accounts

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Worth knowing about each

Coinbase

  • Spot crypto only.
  • Dust above the tradable minimum still counts toward max strategy positions.

View Coinbase connection View Coinbase docs

tastytrade

  • No tastytrade paper connection.
  • Trailing stops are not sent.
  • Crypto is long-only, and only Market and Limit crypto orders are sent.

View tastytrade connection View tastytrade docs

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