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 | 1933 | 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 | 13387 | 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 | 6706 | 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 | 10579 | 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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8 | 24570 | September 14, 2021 |
| HELP - Linked Bank account not showing up |
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0 | 7 | October 1, 2022 |
| Are there any fees associated with dividends? |
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0 | 10 | September 29, 2022 |
| What is the cheaptest way to funding account via transfer wire for non US |
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1 | 43 | September 28, 2022 |
| Trouble streaming symbol STATUSES |
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1 | 18 | September 28, 2022 |
| Crypto Transfer |
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2 | 122 | September 23, 2022 |
| Alpaca Community Slack not for the community? |
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10 | 208 | September 21, 2022 |
| Entering trades |
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0 | 25 | September 21, 2022 |
| How to get a timeframe in seconds? |
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0 | 18 | September 20, 2022 |
| Internal server error occurred |
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2 | 30 | September 19, 2022 |
| Need more timeframes |
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5 | 702 | September 19, 2022 |
| Overview Alpaca Broker - incoming transaction |
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0 | 18 | September 17, 2022 |
| Account activities truncated at 100? |
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0 | 19 | September 16, 2022 |
| Request .csv export of all transactions for the year |
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2 | 275 | September 14, 2022 |
| Signed up for $9 market data now shows $99 |
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7 | 305 | September 14, 2022 |
| How to get the previous close price? |
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0 | 37 | September 12, 2022 |
| Alpaca-py API responds forbidden while Alpaca_trade_api works |
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1 | 25 | September 9, 2022 |
| Newbie getting Status code 404 |
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2 | 47 | September 8, 2022 |
| Does Alpaca Team have a plan for improving Customer Support? |
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4 | 137 | September 8, 2022 |
| High Frequency Trading Bot For Crypto |
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5 | 660 | September 5, 2022 |
| How do you find the current price of a stock?(Python) |
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10 | 2907 | September 4, 2022 |
| Russia as country of tax residence? |
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0 | 31 | September 4, 2022 |
| Why the new subprocess / thread? |
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0 | 32 | September 3, 2022 |
| Alpaca-trade-api 2.3.0 vs alpaca-py 0.5.4 |
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1 | 73 | September 3, 2022 |
| Request for Slack access |
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2 | 74 | September 2, 2022 |
| 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url |
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5 | 2104 | September 1, 2022 |