===================================================================== Alpaca Trading API Guide - A Step-by-step Guide - AlgoTrading101 Blog

This is the code used in Alpaca Trading API Guide <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/>_ published on the Algotrading101 Blog

Table of Contents

• What is the Alpaca Trading API? <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#what-is-the-alpaca-trading-api>_
• Why should I use the Alpaca Trading API? <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#why-should-i-use-the-alpaca-api>_
• Does the Alpaca API allow backtesting? <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#backtesting-with-alpaca>_
• How do I get started with the Alpaca API? <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#How-do-I-start-with-the-alpaca-api>_
• Testing for connectivity <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#testing-for-connectivity>_
• How do I get historical data from the Alpaca API? <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#how-to-get-historical-data-from-api>_
• How do I use WebSockets to stream data with the Alpaca API? <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#use-websockets-to-stream-api-data>_
• How can I use indicators with the Alpaca API? <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#use-indicators-with-alpaca-api>_
• How can I fire order in the Alpaca API? <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#how-to-fire-order-with-alpaca-api>_
• How do I set a stop loss or take profit? <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#how-to-set-a-stop-or-take-profit>_
• Which stocks can you trade with Alpaca? <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#which-stocks-can-you-trade-with-alpaca>_
• How do I find out what time the market closes? <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#how-do-i-find-out-what-time-the-market-closes>_
• Putting it all together – a fully functioning trading script <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#fully-functioning-trading-script>_
• Final thoughts on the Alpaca API <https://algotrading101.com/learn/alpaca-trading-api-guide/#final-thoughts-alpaca-api>_

Requirements

• python <https://www.python.org>_ >= 2.7, 3.4+
• alpaca_trade_api <https://github.com/alpacahq/alpaca-trade-api-python>_ (tested to work with >= 0.46 )

Author Info

:author: Jignesh Davda :author page: https://algotrading101.com/learn/author/jdavda/ :published: 2020-04-07