# Hello, does Alpaca platform provide an ai (BOT) algorithm for trading?

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**Category:** Getting Started with Alpaca\
**Created:** [September 7, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/hello-does-alpaca-platform-provide-an-ai-bot-algorithm-for-trading/12861 "2023-09-07T18:02:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Christian](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Christian)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/hello-does-alpaca-platform-provide-an-ai-bot-algorithm-for-trading/12861/1 "2023-09-07T18:02:22Z")

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hello, does Alpaca platform provide an ai (BOT) algorithm for trading?

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/dan_whitnable_alpaca/32/1658_2.png) [@Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Dan_Whitnable_Alpaca)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/hello-does-alpaca-platform-provide-an-ai-bot-algorithm-for-trading/12861/2 "2023-09-07T19:15:12Z")

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@Christian Alpaca provides [APIs for trading](https://alpaca.markets/docs/trading/) (eg check account buying power, positions, submit orders, etc) there is also a separate set of [APIs for market data](https://alpaca.markets/docs/api-references/market-data-api/stock-pricing-data/). However, Alpaca does not provide any algorithms, or AI driven tools, to select stocks and trade them. That is up to you.