Getting Started

In addition to the Support FAQ on this page, please also check out Docs (https://alpaca.markets/docs/), Forum (https://forum.alpaca.markets/), Community Slack (https://alpaca.markets/slack), and How-To with coding samples (https://alpaca.markets/learn/tag/how-to/).

• Who can apply for an Alpaca brokerage account?
• Can I turn off Margin?

Trading, Paper Trading & Competition

• Why is my account restricted to Liquidation?
• Who are Alpaca's execution broker partners?

Market Data

Alpaca provides you with different market data depending upon your Market Data API Subscription (https://alpaca.markets/data). Currently, we only provide data for U.S. listed equities. Please also check out Docs (https://alpaca.markets/docs/trading-on-alpaca/market-data/) and Market Data-related content (https://alpaca.markets/learn/tag/market-data/).

• What data provider does Alpaca use?
• Does Alpaca Data API have data prior to 2016?

Bank Transfers, Pricing and fees

• Why was my ACH rejected?
• What are the regulatory fees?

How Can I Partner With Alpaca?

• Is Alpaca available outside the US?
• Can I redistribute Alpaca API data via my platform?

Using the API

• How to run the Alpaca API using Google Collab?
• How to run the Alpaca API using Postman?

About Alpaca

Alpaca is a tech company headquartered in CA that builds commission-free stock trading API (Securities by Alpaca Securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC). We are a team of diverse background individuals with deep financial and technology expertise, backed by some of the top investors in the industry globally including Spark Capital, Portag3, Social Leverage, and Y Combinator. Please check out About Alpaca on Docs (https://alpaca.markets/docs/about-us/) for more information.

• When will Alpaca have scheduled downtime?
• What is Alpaca?

Document and Taxes

• Where can I find my statements?
• Which tax documents are provided?

International (Non-US Tax Residents)

For account types, please go see Account Types on Docs (https://alpaca.markets/docs/trading-on-alpaca/account-plans/). Paper Only Account (Paper-Trading) is available for everyone globally. Alpaca Brokerage Accounts (Live-Trading) are available for both U.S. residents and non-U.S. residents which meet the qualifying requirements. International business accounts are still invite-only beta as of currently.

• How can a domestic user (US Tax Resident) fund their account?
• How can an international user (Non- US Tax Resident) fund their account?

Cryptocurrency

• What cryptocurrencies does Alpaca currently support?
• What type of orders are supported for cryptocurrency?