Broker API
Open-Sourcing Commission-Free Trading App Code for Alpaca Broker API
We are open-sourcing the reference implementation of a commission-free mobile trading app called Ribbit, which is built on Alpaca Broker API.
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Market News
Tesla Reaches $1 Trillion Valuation and Facebook Rebrands as Meta
On Monday, shares of Tesla soared over 12 percent, propelling the company to reach a market capitalization of over $1 trillion USD.
Trading API
Getting Started with Alpaca Crypto API
If you’re new to Alpaca and are interested in trading crypto, please follow the directions below to sign up for a brokerage account to get started.
Trading API
Algo Trading Tutorial Using Alpaca and JavaScript: Part Two
Welcome to part two of this tutorial on using JavaScript and Node.js with Alpaca to do algo-trading.
Trading API
Algo Trading Tutorial Using Alpaca and JavaScript: Part One
Make a simple request to the Alpaca API to retrieve your account information using JavaScript and Node.js.
Market News
Coinbase and Others Enter the NFT Space and Gitlab Raises Over $800 Million in IPO
On Tuesday, Coinbase (COIN) announced that it has plans to start a peer to peer NFT marketplace on its platform.
Events at Alpaca
Alpaca Crypto Beta Launch Q&A
We recently hosted a Crypto Beta Launch AMA session featuring CEO Yoshi Yokokawa, CTO Hitoshi Harada, and Vice President Tarun Ajwani.
Trading API
Build a Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) Service with Cloudflare Workers and the Alpaca API
Set up dollar cost averaging (DCA) purchases of traditional stocks and ETFs using the Alpaca API.
Events at Alpaca
Bitcoin Breaks $50k and US Nonfarm Payrolls Are Up 194k
Bitcoin and Etherium staged strong rallies this week. BTC was up over 15% from Sunday’s close through Wednesday’s high.
Trading API
How to Build a Recurring Investment Bot in Trellis
Trellis is a platform where anyone can build a trading bot in under five minutes without code.
Market News
Netflix Diversifies into Gaming and Microsoft Teams Up with Epic Games
Goodbye, September! Hello October and pumpkin spiced everything. So far for 2021, September seems to be the worst performing month with the S&P 500 down 4.7% from the close on August 31, 2021.
Chatting with Alpaca
Martin Sokk from Lightyear #017
In Episode 17 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Martin Sokk. As the CEO and Co-founder of Lightyear, Martin discusses his product expansion strategy across Europe, differences between the US and European markets, and more.