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What is a Corporation?
A corporation is a legal entity in which the assets and liabilities of this entity are separated from those of the owners.
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Trade using algorithms and bots with our easy-to-use API or web dashboard
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How to Enable Stock Market Trading from 4 am to 8 pm ET
Learn how you can enable and trade US exchange securities from 4 am to 8 pm ET Monday to Friday.
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What is a Recession?
A recession is a sustained period (generally defined as two consecutive quarters) during which there is a decline in economic activity.
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What is Extended Hours Trading?
Extended hours refer to periods before and after the market hours during which investors can trade without involving the exchange
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What is an Inheritance Tax?
An inheritance tax is levied on a beneficiary who inherits assets from a deceased person.
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What is an Initial Public Offering (IPO)?
An IPO is when a private company first offers its shares to the public.
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What is Capital Gains Tax?
Capital gains tax applies to the sale of capital assets like equity, bond, collectibles, and real estate.
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Technical Analysis with TA-Lib and Market Data API
Many algorithmic trading strategies make use of technical analysis in order to determine its entries and exits. TA-LIB is a python library which makes it easy to compute, manage and use technical indicators.
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Sentiments Analysis of Financial News with News API and Transformers
Alpaca now provides news data via API, allowing you to access market moving content from timely and trusted sources. In the following sections, we’ll learn how to use the news data API to place trades based on sentiment analysis.
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What are Unsettled Funds?
When you buy or sell securities, the funds and securities enter a settlement period to legally transfer ownership from the seller to the buyer.
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What is Margin Trading?
Margin trading, also known as trading on margin, is defined as buying stocks with money borrowed from your brokerage.
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How to Set Up Your Trading Platform — Part I
Understand what the retail algo-trading platform looks like and how to set it up yourself.