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- US listed equities options
- Level 1 & 2 (available now)
- Level 3 (coming soon)
Trade your way
- Form your idea, develop the algo and test its strategy; regardless if you're bullish or bearish
Automate with Alpaca
- Program your manual option trades so they can automatically execute with Trading API
Why build with Alpaca's Trading API?
Join Those Already Trading Options with Alpaca
Options Beta Tester
"The API was seamless and similar to existing ones, was easy to adopt."
Options Beta Tester
"Response was fast on APIs"
Options Beta Tester
"The documentation matched my experience using the API, and that's a 5 out of 5."
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Frequently Asked Questions
Options Disclosures
Options trading is not suitable for all investors due to its
inherent high risk, which can potentially
result in
significant losses.
Please read
Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options
before investing in options.
The Paper Trading API is offered by AlpacaDB, Inc. and does not require real money or permit a user to conduct real transactions in the market. Providing use of the Paper Trading API is not an offer or solicitation to buy or sell securities, securities derivative or futures products of any kind, or any type of trading or investment advice, recommendation or strategy, given or in any manner endorsed by AlpacaDB, Inc. or any AlpacaDB, Inc. affiliate and the information made available through the Paper Trading API is not an offer or solicitation of any kind in any jurisdiction where AlpacaDB, Inc. or any AlpacaDB, Inc. affiliate (collectively, "Alpaca") is not authorized to do business.