Alpaca

Alpaca Trading API

The Trading API from Alpaca — 12 operation(s) for trading.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Retail Investing AE-190.30

Operations 18

DELETE /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/orders Cancel all Open Orders For an Account #
GET /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/orders Retrieve a List of Orders #
POST /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/orders Create an Order for an Account #
DELETE /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/orders/{order_id} Cancel an Open Order #
GET /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/orders/{order_id} Retrieve an Order by its ID #
PATCH /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/orders/{order_id} Replace an Order #
GET /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/orders:by_client_order_id Retrieves a single order specified by the client order ID #
DELETE /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/positions Close All Positions for an Account #
GET /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/positions List Open Positions for an Account #
DELETE /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/positions/{symbol_or_asset_id} Close a Position for an Account #
GET /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/positions/{symbol_or_asset_id} Get an Open Position for account by Symbol or AssetId #
GET /v2/events/trades Subscribe to Trade Events (SSE) #
GET /v1/accounts/positions Bulk Fetch All Accounts Positions #
PATCH /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/account/configurations Update Trading Configurations for an Account #
GET /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/limits Retrieve real-time Trading Limits for an Account #
POST /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/orders/estimation Estimate an Order #
POST /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/positions/{symbol_or_contract_id}/do-not-exercise Do Not Exercise an Options Position #
POST /v1/trading/accounts/{account_id}/positions/{symbol_or_contract_id}/exercise Exercise an Options Position #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.alpaca.markets/docs/trading-api
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Documentation
https://docs.alpaca.markets/docs/about-broker-api
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Documentation
https://docs.alpaca.markets/docs/about-market-data-api
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Documentation
https://docs.alpaca.markets/us/reference/issuetokens
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Documentation
https://docs.alpaca.markets/eu/reference/calendar-1
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Documentation
https://docs.alpaca.markets/eu/reference/corporateactions
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Documentation
https://docs.alpaca.markets/eu/reference/issuetokens
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Documentation
https://docs.alpaca.markets/in-giftcity/reference/authorizeoauthtoken
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Documentation
https://docs.alpaca.markets/in-giftcity/reference/corporateactions
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Documentation
https://docs.alpaca.markets/in-giftcity/reference/getblockedsymbols
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Documentation
https://docs.alpaca.markets/in-giftcity/reference/issuetokens

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/openapi/alpaca-trading-api-openapi.yml
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AsyncAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/asyncapi/alpaca-asyncapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-account-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-order-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-position-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-option-contract-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-assets-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-create-order-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-trade-account-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-account-extended-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-account-creation-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-trade-update-event-v2-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-ipoevent-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-corporate-action-event-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-movers-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-fixed-income-latest-quotes-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-most-actives-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-fixed-income-latest-prices-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-stock-auctions-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-token-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-token-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-corporate-actions-resp-schema.json

Other Resources

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Sandbox
https://paper-api.alpaca.markets/v2
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Sandbox
https://broker-api.sandbox.alpaca.markets
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Sandbox
https://data.sandbox.alpaca.markets
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Sandbox
https://authx.sandbox.alpaca.markets/v1
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Sandbox
https://broker-api.sandbox.eu.alpaca.markets
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Sandbox
https://data.sandbox.eu.alpaca.markets
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Sandbox
https://authx.sandbox.eu.alpaca.markets/v1
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Sandbox
https://broker-api.giftcity.sandbox.in.alpaca.markets
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Sandbox
https://data.giftcity.sandbox.in.alpaca.markets
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Sandbox
https://ext-api.giftcity.sandbox.in.alpaca.markets
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Sandbox
https://authx.giftcity.sandbox.in.alpaca.markets/v1

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OpenAPI Specification

alpaca-trading-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Alpaca Trading API
  version: 1.1.1
  contact:
    email: support@alpaca.markets
    name: Alpaca Support
    url: https://alpaca.markets/support
  description: 'Operations tagged Trading across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: alpaca-eu-broker-api-openapi.json, alpaca-us-broker-api-openapi.json. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- description: Sandbox endpoint
  url: https://broker-api.sandbox.eu.alpaca.markets
- description: Production endpoint
  url: https://broker-api.eu.alpaca.markets
- description: Sandbox endpoint
  url: https://broker-api.sandbox.alpaca.markets
- description: Production endpoint
  url: https://broker-api.alpaca.markets
security:
- BasicAuth: []
tags:


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