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+"""Tradier API common utilities: authentication, HTTP helpers, and rate limit handling.
+
+Mirrors the pattern established by alpha_vantage_common.py for vendor-abstracted
+data access with automatic rate limit detection and retry logic.
+"""
+
+import os
+import time
+
+import requests
+
+
+TRADIER_PRODUCTION_URL = "https://api.tradier.com"
+TRADIER_SANDBOX_URL = "https://sandbox.tradier.com"
+
+
+class TradierRateLimitError(Exception):
+    """Exception raised when Tradier API rate limit is exceeded."""
+
+    pass
+
+
+def get_api_key() -> str:
+    """Retrieve the Tradier API key from environment variables.
+
+    Returns:
+        The API key string.
+
+    Raises:
+        ValueError: If TRADIER_API_KEY is not set.
+    """
+    api_key = os.getenv("TRADIER_API_KEY")
+    if not api_key:
+        raise ValueError("TRADIER_API_KEY environment variable is not set.")
+    return api_key
+
+
+def get_base_url() -> str:
+    """Return the Tradier base URL based on sandbox configuration.
+
+    Reads TRADIER_SANDBOX env var. If set to 'true', '1', or 'yes' (case-insensitive),
+    returns the sandbox URL; otherwise returns production URL.
+
+    Returns:
+        The base URL string for Tradier API requests.
+    """
+    sandbox = os.getenv("TRADIER_SANDBOX", "false")
+    if sandbox.lower() in ("true", "1", "yes"):
+        return TRADIER_SANDBOX_URL
+    return TRADIER_PRODUCTION_URL
+
+
+def make_tradier_request(path: str, params: dict | None = None) -> dict:
+    """Make an authenticated GET request to the Tradier API.
+
+    Args:
+        path: API endpoint path (e.g. '/v1/markets/options/chains').
+        params: Optional query parameters.
+
+    Returns:
+        Parsed JSON response as a dict.
+
+    Raises:
+        TradierRateLimitError: On HTTP 429 or exhausted X-Ratelimit-Available.
+        requests.HTTPError: On other non-2xx responses.
+    """
+    url = f"{get_base_url()}{path}"
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"Bearer {get_api_key()}",
+        "Accept": "application/json",
+    }
+
+    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params or {})
+
+    # Check rate limit headers before status code
+    available = response.headers.get("X-Ratelimit-Available")
+    if available is not None:
+        try:
+            available_int = int(available)
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            expiry = response.headers.get("X-Ratelimit-Expiry")
+            raise TradierRateLimitError(
+                f"Tradier rate limit: non-numeric X-Ratelimit-Available={available!r}, "
+                f"X-Ratelimit-Expiry={expiry}"
+            )
+        if available_int <= 0:
+            expiry = response.headers.get("X-Ratelimit-Expiry")
+            raise TradierRateLimitError(
+                f"Tradier rate limit exhausted: X-Ratelimit-Available=0, "
+                f"X-Ratelimit-Expiry={expiry}"
+            )
+
+    if response.status_code == 429:
+        raise TradierRateLimitError("Tradier rate limit exceeded (HTTP 429)")
+
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    return response.json()
+
+
+def make_tradier_request_with_retry(
+    path: str, params: dict | None = None, max_retries: int = 3
+) -> dict:
+    """Make a Tradier API request with exponential backoff retry on rate limits.
+
+    Args:
+        path: API endpoint path.
+        params: Optional query parameters.
+        max_retries: Maximum number of attempts (default 3).
+
+    Returns:
+        Parsed JSON response as a dict.
+
+    Raises:
+        TradierRateLimitError: If all retries are exhausted.
+    """
+    for attempt in range(max_retries):
+        try:
+            return make_tradier_request(path, params)
+        except TradierRateLimitError:
+            if attempt < max_retries - 1:
+                time.sleep(2**attempt)
+                continue
+            raise