Fractional & Notional Stocks
We offer extended hours trading for fractional, notional and whole shares via a set of developer-centric APIs for start-ups, enterprises, brokerages, and more to access the US capital markets.
Chosen by businesses of various sizes from around the world, our easy-to-use APIs make it easier than ever to open customer accounts, embed 24/7 crypto trading and fractional stock trading with full extended hours and more into your app.
*Crypto trading is offered through Alpaca Crypto, LLC, and full and fractional securities trading is offered through Alpaca Securities, LLC.
We offer extended hours trading for fractional, notional and whole shares via a set of developer-centric APIs for start-ups, enterprises, brokerages, and more to access the US capital markets.
Alpaca's API-first crypto and stock platform is built from the ground up with a modern infrastructure, real-time event-driven architecture, and delivers scalable low latency processing.
Build your own crypto trading app with Broker API. Unlock new revenue opportunities and enable your end-users to trade more than 20 popular crypto coins such as Bitcoin, Shiba Inu, Dogecoin, and more.
Alpaca Broker API allows you to seamlessly embed crypto and stock trading into your app with ease. Depending on your platform's unique strategy, add crypto then securities or vice versa, or choose to focus on one solution.
Broker API offers a modern architecture, support for real-time events, and access to battle-tested technology that powers some of the most demanding algorithmic traders in the world.
Our platform is built on dynamic cutting-edge technology combined with seamless product velocity that ensures your product is built for scale.
In order for you to build a reactive and responsive system, our APIs are centered around a real-time event-driven architecture.
We deliver a reliable order management system. Alpaca's OMS v2 makes order processing 100x faster and consistently under 1.5 ms.
We help make it possible for you to build great products by providing the tools, expertise, flexibility, and support to be as successful as possible.
Get API KeysSeamless and flexible account opening features ranging from KYC as a service, instant account opening, and bulk account opening.
Reward users with stock or crypto, offer cash gifting, referral programs or integrate other strategies to grow your user base.
Enable trading functionality for your end-users, from long, short, fractional to complex order types.
View, download, and create custom-branded documents such as monthly statements, trade confirmations, tax forms, and more.
Receive real-time updates on trades, fund flows and improve your back-office operations by replaying past events via Server-Sent-Events (SSE).
Deliver market-moving content by displaying real-time stock and crypto headlines from trusted sources.
Allow your users to monitor, place orders on the stock & crypto market without having to leave your platform.
Improve your brokerage's bookkeeping, reconciliation and display notifications to end-users on upcoming public announcements on dividends, mergers, spinoffs, and stock split.
Accelerate a wide range of fund flows internationally and domestically through our Plaid integration, wire, and ACH transfers.
Anthony Hughes, CEO at Stonks Trading
"A relationship first approach is exactly what Stonks Trading needed when looking for a BD partner. We are moving quickly and Alpaca gives a clear direction on new products, timelines, and brings us into the process of determining what offerings should be considered."
Ashby Foltz, COO & Co-founder, Charityvest
"Alpaca's Broker API gives us the tools we need to manage investment activity, rebalance portfolios, and liquidate holdings to fund the missions of the 1.4 million nonprofits we support at Charityvest."
Martin Sokk, Co-founder, CEO, Lightyear
"When dealing with customer money, it's important to have a partner who understands customer problems and is willing to make an effort to provide solutions. This is not a common practice, but it is an area where Alpaca excels."
There are a myriad of different ways our developer-centric APIs can be used to build your product. Broker API is specifically designed to support and offer flexibility to several different use cases; below are some common examples.
Build a trading app to allow users to trade US stocks. Alpaca powers brokerage apps from all over the world and offers solutions that support fully-disclosed, or omnibus relationships
Connect your investment advisor service with fractional, and notional investing. Utilize our developer-friendly APIs to build quants-heavy apps
We offer start-ups and tech entrepreneurs to build and test with Broker API, along with accessing the full functionality of an operational brokerage in compliance with rules and regulations * This partnership structure is only available in select countries.
Embed an investment capability into your banking service. Offer your users the ability to make investments without leaving your app
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With investing becoming an integral part of our lives, every app is now a fintech app.
Learn more about how Broker API can help differentiate your product and add new features
such as adding rewards, gifting of shares, cash, portfolio rebalancing, and more.
Powered by Broker API, Gotrade enables users in 150 countries to invest commission-free in fractional US stocks. Gotrade is backed by top investors in the industry including LocalGlobe, Social Leverage, and Y Combinator.
Powered by Broker API, Midas is the first zero-commission, fully digital stock brokerage of Turkey; providing access to Turkish and US stock markets. Midas is backed by one of the largest private banks of Turkey, DenizBank.
Powered by Broker API, Xantos Labs offers a premium investing experience. As the investment manager for the next generation of investors, Xantos Labs builds and manages portfolios for everday folks.
Powered by Broker API, Lightyear is Europe’s first commission-free trading app providing the UK access to US stock markets. Lightyear is backed by top European investors including Mosaic Ventures, Taavet+Sten, and Metaplanet.
Our regulatory status as a Correspondent Clearing Broker Dealer allows our partners all around the world to integrate stock and crypto trading into their product offerings and create countless individual brokerage accounts for their end-users. We have expertise and experience in compliance and broker-dealer operations that help make running and growing your business easier.
We are a Broker-dealer, licensed to directly onboard end customers globally and facilitate fund transfers, and approved to offer trading of fractional securities.
Brokerage services are offered by Alpaca Securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AlpacaDB, Inc.
*Please refer to Disclosures at the bottom of the page for important information about how Alpaca provides securities and cryptocurrency services.
Our simple and modern RESTful Web API allows you to build scalable trading services, while staying compliant with applicable rules and regulations. We also offer Open API support.
curl --request POST 'https://broker-api.alpaca.markets/v1/journals' \ --header 'Authorization: *****' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data-raw '{ "from_account": "64972779-bf75-497f-a023-2e8370e573d4", "entry_type": "JNLC", "to_account": "6e6ba475-8f14-4645-baa0-0beaf75f7346", "amount": "10" }'
// Response { "id": "09b72899-152f-4899-aea5-8d8d0f9071bf", "entry_type": "JNLC", "from_account": "64972779-bf75-497f-a023-2e8370e573d4", "to_account": "6e6ba475-8f14-4645-baa0-0beaf75f7346", "symbol": "", "qty": null, "price": "0", "status": "queued", "settle_date": null, "system_date": null, "net_amount": "10", "description": "" }