# New to Alpaca Markets

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/new-to-alpaca-markets/14110>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [April 29, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/new-to-alpaca-markets/14110 "2024-04-29T12:47:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![oreocookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@oreocookie](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/oreocookie)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/new-to-alpaca-markets/14110/1 "2024-04-29T12:47:36Z")

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Hi fellow traders, I am new to Alpaca and signed up with Alpaca due to a recommendation from a trading bot software. hope to learn from the experienced traders here.

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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:** [April 29, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/new-to-alpaca-markets/14110/2 "2024-04-29T13:11:29Z")

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@oreocookie Welcome aboard!. You may also want to join the Alpaca Community Slack workspace. That has a bit more community engagement than the forums here. You can join with [this link](https://join.slack.com/t/alpaca-community/shared_invite/zt-2gw21p9d3-hwP513QMGbZdHzGDj3F_6A).

Good luck!