I keep getting rate limited errors when I attempt to get stock prices for the creation of a custom chart for my watchlist:
Alpaca: Rate limited (429) for CVS on 2025-10-01 with feed sip - waiting 1.0s
Alpaca: Rate limited (429) for CVS on 2025-10-01 with feed iex - waiting 1.0s
It was working fine for a few days, then suddenly today won’t give me any data.
@jcoe A 429 error is simply you are making too many API calls per minute. If you have an Algo Trader plus subscription that limit is 10,000. If not, the free Basic plan is limited to 200 calls per minute. If you provide the code you are using or simply your API key, I can check the logs and perhaps get more detail to help troubleshoot.
Thanks, I have an Algo Trader Plus subscription. Not sure how I’m hitting 10k per minute, I’m just trying to make a chart for my watchlist with today’s data. Is there a way to securely send you my info? What’s your email? Thanks!
@jcoe you can send me a direct message by first clicking on my picture then click the “message” button. I’ll watch for a message and reply back to you here.
@jcoe Post the first 5 digits of your API key here. Actually, you can post your whole key because it doesn’t do anyone any good without the secret. I can then search the logs using that.
