Getting Started with Crypto
Read this guide to learn more about adding crypto to your workflow.
Learn MoreTrade BTC, USD, USDT, and USDC crypto coin pairs with Alpaca developer-friendly API protected by a robust crypto custody infrastructure to safeguard your assets.
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Trade cryptocurrencies like BTC, ETH, DOGE, and more. Available in select international jurisdictions using our dashboard, Trading APIs, or your favorite Connect app..
Learn MoreTap into a new dimension of crypto trading and access arbitrating opportunities with our BTC, USD, USD, and USDC pairs.
Learn MoreSeamlessly deposit and withdraw Bitcoin (BTCUSD), Ethereum (ETHUSD), and all Ethereum (ERC-20) based tokens.
Learn MoreWe safely store and manage our customer's digital assets using industry-leading solutions. Currently, customer assets are custodied in our cold storage at Fireblocks.
All customer assets are safeguarded by Alpaca. We apply the same procedures such as segregation and accounting of customer liability as the decades old standard upheld by securities broker-dealers.
Alpaca is SOC 2 Type II Certified, which recognizes that we have the correct protocols and standards safely in place to protect customers' data security.
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data
Testing Environment
Test your work on Paper trading before deploying to production
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from
alpaca.trading
import
TradingClient, MarketOrderRequest, OrderSide, TimeInForce
client
=
TradingClient
('api-key','secret-key')
order_params
=
MarketOrderRequest(
symbol
='BTC/ETH',
side
=OrderSide.
BUY
,
qty
=
0.324
,
time_in_force
=TimeInForce.
DAY
)
order
=
client
.submit_order
(
order_params
)
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