Trading API
Using Replit to Build a Bitcoin Trading Bot
We’ll see how we can use Replit to write a paper trading bot that trades Bitcoin using Alpaca’s API. You can fork the code we write below from this Replit template.
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Broker API
Webinar Recap: How to Build a Fully Functional Trading App
In our recent webinar, How to Build a Fully Functional Trading App, learn how you can build anything from a simple trading app to an advanced trading platform with Alpaca Broker API.
Trading API
Introduction to Backtesting with VectorBT
Vectorbt is a backtesting library for Python that excels at processing large amounts of data. It allows you to quickly and easily backtest strategies in only a few lines of code.
Trading API
Buying Crypto using Alpaca Snapshot and Crypto APIs
Alpaca provides easy-to-use APIs for trading crypto and requesting historical data, and in this article, we’ll walk you through a basic repl that illustrates how you can do exactly that.
Connect API
Add an Interactive Line Plot to your Trading App with Alpaca Market Data API
One of the key features of Robinhood’s interface is its simple and interactive line plot. Creating a line plot that engages the user is crucial, and in the following sections, we’ll see how you can implement one for yourself using SwiftUI.
Trading API
A Data Scientist’s Approach for Algorithmic Trading Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Let's walk through all the steps for paper trading to test a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) strategy in real life.
Connect API
How To Create Your Own Trading App Using OAuth with React
Alpaca’s OAuth service allows you to retrieve market data, account data and place trades on behalf of someone else. This opens up a world of possible services you can create such as market data visualization apps, automated investing apps, portfolio analytics apps, and so much more!
Market News
Tesla to Accept Doge for Merch and the Fed Plans to Raise Interest Rates in 2022
This week, the Fed announced that it’s ramping up the battle with inflation and expects to end its asset-buying program earlier than anticipated.
Trading API
Algorithmic Trading in Python with Alpaca: Part 1
Get a basic understanding of how to interface Alpaca with Python.
Trading API
Research, Backtest, and Trade from a Jupyter Notebook in Google Colab
We provide an interactive environment you can use to quickly get started with Alpaca and start exploring what you can build. You can use this environment to research new ideas, backtest them and even place paper trades.
Market News
How will the economy look in 2022?
This week, JP Morgan and Bill Gates made calls that the pandemic may end in 2022.
Trading API
How Blankly Finance is Making Quantitative Finance More Accessible
No more reading API or struggling to get data. Blankly offers a powerful feature-set, optimized for speed and ease of use, better backtesting, and ultimately better models.