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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Crypto Trading Q+A
How do I apply for cryptocurrency trading on Alpaca? If you already have an account with Alpaca, go to the Account Configurations and switch the toggle next to ‘Crypto trading’. What cryptocurrencies can I trade on Alp… |
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13 | 3381 | April 21, 2022 |
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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 | 15110 | 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 | 8648 | August 10, 2020 |
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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 | 14351 | May 3, 2021 |
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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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9 | 36758 | May 31, 2023 |
| How to see/validate Account Holding when using a partner app (IndMoney) |
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4 | 674 | November 28, 2023 |
| Unable to install alpaca-trade-api on Python 3.12.0 |
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0 | 7 | November 27, 2023 |
| Stop losses and take profits as percentages |
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0 | 12 | November 26, 2023 |
| Creating a simple stock screener |
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2 | 4729 | November 24, 2023 |
| Your subscription does not permit querying data from the past 15 minutes |
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5 | 2773 | November 22, 2023 |
| What does realtime data in free account mean? |
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2 | 64 | November 19, 2023 |
| Install alpaca_trading_api |
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3 | 86 | November 15, 2023 |
| Getting historical quote data using Alpaca-py |
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7 | 126 | November 14, 2023 |
| 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url |
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9 | 5463 | November 13, 2023 |
| Getting empty message with paper streaming |
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0 | 44 | November 8, 2023 |
| Paper endpoint for token generation not working anymore? |
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6 | 89 | November 8, 2023 |
| Lack of AAPL liquidity? |
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2 | 68 | November 3, 2023 |
| Broker API insufficient permission |
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2 | 115 | November 2, 2023 |
| While loop doesn't wait for the trailing stop order to be filled before re looping |
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7 | 79 | October 30, 2023 |
| Take_profit.limit_price must be <= base_price - 0.01 |
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2 | 74 | October 27, 2023 |
| Day Trading Like Cash Account |
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4 | 100 | October 21, 2023 |
| Cant import module |
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2 | 410 | October 19, 2023 |
| Shortable stock vs Easy to borrow? |
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2 | 416 | October 5, 2023 |
| The new UI is missing a button to verify a newly linked Plaid ACH account |
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0 | 87 | October 5, 2023 |
| Cant move beyond basic info |
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1 | 71 | October 4, 2023 |
| EOD Data via get_stock_snapshot dictionary |
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9 | 143 | September 16, 2023 |
| C# data streaming example |
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8 | 1203 | September 16, 2023 |
| API Call Returning Null Value/Blank Array |
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6 | 125 | September 15, 2023 |
| C# api tutorial not working |
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2 | 97 | September 12, 2023 |
| Hello, does Alpaca platform provide an ai (BOT) algorithm for trading? |
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1 | 121 | September 7, 2023 |