Getting Started with Alpaca
Examples New to Alpaca? Get started here! Posts here will be geared to newbies and those who are just getting started on using the Alpaca API. All content posted in the How To category are moderated.
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Pricing and fees
Q - Does Alpaca charge fees to transfer money in or out of my account? No, Alpaca does not charge a fee to deposit or withdraw funds via Automated Clearing House (ACH), or to deposit funds via non-ACH and wire transfers.… |
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7 | 11313 | May 11, 2021 |
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Bank Transfers Information
Q - Does Alpaca require a minimum deposit? No, there are no account minimums for individual live brokerage accounts (both US Tax Resident and Non-US Tax Resident) For business entities globally (invite-only beta for bu… |
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2 | 4932 | May 3, 2021 |
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Getting Started (Alpaca Securities LLC)
Q - What are the requirements to apply for an Alpaca brokerage account as a U.S. resident? For a U.S. resident to apply for an Alpaca account, you must meet the following requirements: Be at least 18 years old, Have a… |
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1 | 9006 | August 13, 2020 |
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Document & Taxes
Q - What is a wash sale? The IRS does not allow you to deduct losses from sales or trades of stock or securities in a wash sale unless the loss was incurred in the ordinary course of your business as a dealer in stock or… |
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1 | 3754 | August 10, 2020 |
| How long does non U.S. tax resident need to wait for open live account? |
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1 | 20 | July 23, 2021 |
| 6 percent day trade rule |
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5 | 70 | July 15, 2021 |
| Are you kidding me? |
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1 | 102 | July 13, 2021 |
| Missing live account after being inactive for a while |
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0 | 24 | July 5, 2021 |
| Updates on the account creation API? |
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0 | 28 | July 1, 2021 |
| Batch Upload to Paper Portfolio? |
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2 | 34 | June 30, 2021 |
| C# data streaming example |
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5 | 80 | June 29, 2021 |
| 'could not find asset "" |
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3 | 48 | June 29, 2021 |
| Wait Times On Live Account Setups? |
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11 | 64 | June 25, 2021 |
| HTTP 404 for historical data url |
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2 | 29 | June 24, 2021 |
| Accuracy of MOO Orders on Paper Account |
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1 | 33 | June 24, 2021 |
| KeyError: ['high'] backtrader + alpaca_trader_api exception when running cerebro |
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0 | 52 | June 22, 2021 |
| How do you find the current price of a stock?(Python) |
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3 | 93 | June 18, 2021 |
| Paid for 1 Month Membership, then cancelled and now Inactive |
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1 | 38 | June 17, 2021 |
| Alpaca International Trading Account: Interest |
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0 | 54 | June 17, 2021 |
| ListHistoryData by Hour |
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1 | 52 | June 15, 2021 |
| First Algorithm to Start |
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0 | 89 | June 7, 2021 |
| How to calculate overnight buying power |
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1 | 53 | June 3, 2021 |
| Continued use of polygon api data (requires polygon API key) |
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1 | 98 | June 1, 2021 |
| 1Hour missing from v2/stocks/{symbol}/bars |
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3 | 150 | June 1, 2021 |
| More than 5 yrs data history? |
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0 | 55 | May 30, 2021 |
| 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url |
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1 | 234 | May 27, 2021 |
| ACH Withdrawal to bank says complete but it is not |
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4 | 81 | May 27, 2021 |
| Trades appear in my paper trading account |
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1 | 55 | May 21, 2021 |
| ImportError: cannot import name 'TimeFrame' from 'alpaca_trade_api.rest |
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1 | 139 | May 20, 2021 |
| Websockets with Multiprocessing |
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0 | 77 | May 18, 2021 |