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?

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 Account (Live-Trading) for non-U.S. residents is an invite-only beta only for those who are okay with $30,000 initial funding and using the international-wire transfer to deposit funds (no support for TransferWise or Revolut yet). International business account is an invite-only beta as well.

• Can I withdraw or transfer my shares somewhere else?
• Is there a cost for withdrawing funds? Is a withdrawal only possible to a USD account?

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 account type. 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 contents (https://alpaca.markets/learn/tag/market-data/).

• How do non-US users get Minute API data?
• Can you share Alpaca’s market data specifications?

Bank Transfers, Pricing and fees

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

How Can I Partner With Alpaca?

• Is it possible to remove the $30k minimum deposit limit for international users?
• Is Alpaca available outside the US?

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?