Alpaca’s Trading MCP Server now offers read-only API documentation access, helping AI assistants streamline trading tool integration and builds.
Tag: algorithmic trading
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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.
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.