# Alpaca Trading API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/trading-api/  
**Provider:** Alpaca — https://apis.io/providers/alpaca/  
**Base URL:** https://api.alpaca.markets/v2  
**Documentation:** https://docs.alpaca.markets/docs/trading-api

Alpaca Trading API is one of 23 APIs that [Alpaca](https://apis.io/providers/alpaca/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification. Tagged areas include Trading, Stocks, Options, Crypto, and Order. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, and an AsyncAPI specification.

The Alpaca Trading API enables commission-free trading of US-listed equities, options, and crypto. It exposes endpoints for orders, positions, account information, watchlists, calendar, clock, and assets. A paper trading sandbox is available at paper-api.alpaca.markets.

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.alpaca.markets/docs/trading-api
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/alpaca/refs/heads/main/openapi/alpaca-trading-api-openapi.yml
- **AsyncAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/alpaca/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/alpaca-asyncapi.yml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/alpaca/refs/heads/main/overlays/alpaca-trading-api-overlay.yaml
- **Sandbox** — https://paper-api.alpaca.markets/v2
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/alpaca/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Alpaca APIs (12)

- [Alpaca OAuth API](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/oauth-api/)
- [Alpaca Account Activities API](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/alpaca-account-activities-api/)
- [Alpaca Account Configurations API](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/alpaca-account-configurations-api/)
- [Alpaca Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/alpaca-accounts-api/)
- [Alpaca Assets API](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/alpaca-assets-api/)
- [Alpaca Calendar API](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/alpaca-calendar-api/)
- [Alpaca Clock API](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/alpaca-clock-api/)
- [Alpaca Corporate Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/alpaca-corporate-actions-api/)
- [Alpaca Crypto Pricing Data API API](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/alpaca-crypto-pricing-data-api-api/)
- [Alpaca Documents API](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/alpaca-documents-api/)
- [Alpaca Events API](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/alpaca-events-api/)
- [Alpaca Funding API](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/alpaca-funding-api/)

## Tags

Trading, Stocks, Options, Crypto, Order

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/alpaca/trading-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/alpaca/.