Alpaca Trading

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General Trading Alpaca Trading Q - What is a pattern day trader (PDT)? You will be considered a pattern day trader if you “day trade” 4 or more times within 5 business days and your day trading activities are greater than 6 percent of your total tradi…	3	40915	September 6, 2023
About the Trading Category Alpaca Trading	0	1227	July 11, 2019
APIError: Potential wash trade detected. use complex orders Alpaca Trading	11	863	November 22, 2024
Alpaca not confirming orders Alpaca Trading	4	35	November 20, 2024
Daily account data not updating (among other issues) Alpaca Trading	2	30	November 20, 2024
Paper trading broken? (today & yesterday) Alpaca Trading	8	1122	January 6, 2022
Getting total value of equities Alpaca Trading	1	33	November 18, 2024
Multiple Paper Trading Subaccounts Alpaca Trading	1	62	November 12, 2024
Trade Stream authenticates and listens but no data arrives Alpaca Trading	3	687	November 12, 2024
Check position cost Alpaca Trading	0	29	November 9, 2024
Crypto trading in Oregon? Alpaca Trading	0	27	November 8, 2024
Daytrading buying power inconsistency "Insufficient day trading buying power" Alpaca Trading	0	37	November 6, 2024
Crypto Quote Price different than Executed Price Alpaca Trading	2	390	November 4, 2024
Get_stock_bars not returning the expected bars Alpaca Trading	0	11	October 28, 2024
Get_stock_latest_quote or subscribe_quotes? Alpaca Trading	0	21	October 24, 2024
"Buying power" works differently in paper trading vs live account? Alpaca Trading	0	45	October 16, 2024
Shorting decreases buying power ~20% more than Buys Alpaca Trading	0	26	October 15, 2024
Paper Account Not Found after Resetting Alpaca Trading	5	264	October 13, 2024
403 - insufficient qty available for order (requested: 40, available: 0) Alpaca Trading	1	18	October 10, 2024
Bracket order with trailing take-profit/stop-loss Alpaca Trading	0	26	October 7, 2024
Liquidate all positions Alpaca Trading	2	42	October 7, 2024
I can't submit stop loss order with option trading Alpaca Trading	6	287	October 3, 2024
Market price purchase Alpaca Trading	0	12	October 3, 2024
Bogus rule : Potential trade wash detected Alpaca Trading	15	945	October 2, 2024
ETF Options Symbols Tutorial Requests	0	17	October 2, 2024
Position_intent errors Alpaca Trading	0	22	October 1, 2024
Client order id Alpaca Trading	0	15	October 1, 2024
APIError: trade denied due to pattern day trading protection Alpaca Trading	13	6815	September 30, 2024
OptionDataStream Alpaca Trading	0	9	September 29, 2024
Broker API access for old trading account? Alpaca Trading	0	9	September 27, 2024