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Integrating an Online Portfolio Selection Model into a Trading Algorithm

In this article, we show how one could integrate an online portfolio selection model into a trading algorithm through AlphaHub Trader and Alpaca

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How to Place an Order Using the Fractional Shares API?

This tutorial is a step-by-step demonstration of how to place an order with the fractional shares API.

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How to Stream Real-Time Data in Alpaca Market Data API v2

With data being the backbone of API access to the market, we go over how to stream real-time data with the Alpaca Market Data API v2.

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How to Fetch Historical Data in Alpaca Market Data API v2

For this tutorial, we will be implementing Postman to test any API calls which we send to the Alpaca Market Data API v2.

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Advanced Websocket Data Streams in Python

This guide reviews best practices for WebSockets and python asyncio along with common pitfalls users can experience.

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How to Place a Bracket Order to Manage Entry & Exit?

An informative guide on how to place a bracket order - a chain of three orders that can be used to manage your position entry along with a target-exit and stop loss order.

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How to Use OAuth to Access Alpaca API?

This tutorial will be a step by step demonstration of connecting to OAuth using the Alpaca API. We will move forward assuming that you’ve registered on the Alpaca website.