Alpaca's Trading API now supports index options in paper trading, including SPX, SPXW, VIX, VIXW, DJX, and XSP. These Cboe-listed contracts are cash-settled and European-style, with transparent AM and PM expiration handling.
Tag: algorithmic trading
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Alpaca’s Broker API now offers new MCP Servers in public beta, enabling partners to interact with documentation and operational workflows using natural language for faster, secure integrations and improved developer productivity.
Alpaca introduces Hard-to-Borrow (HTB) trading with API support for locates. Programmatically quote, reserve, track, and short HTB securities through a unified API workflow.
Alpaca launches Skills Library for AI agents working with Alpaca's Trading API, MCP Server, and CLI. The first release is a Backtesting Skill for reproducible strategy research with benchmarks and documented assumptions.
Build AI-powered trading apps with Alpaca's Trading MCP Server, Trading CLI, and API, now with dedicated docs and auto-generated changelogs to track every update.