Alpaca Paper Trading

Place an options order (single-leg or multi-leg). For single-leg orders, provide symbol, side, and qty. For multi-leg orders, provide qty, legs, and optionally order_class="mleg" (auto-inferred). Symbol and side on the parent are not needed for multi-leg.

place_option_order

Place a stock or ETF order.

place_stock_order

Search Alpaca API reference endpoints by topic, operation, path fragment, parameter, or schema term. Use when the exact method and path are unknown. Read-only; does not execute endpoints; searches Trading API, Market Data API, and Authentication API only; excludes Broker API. Use `query`; do not use `pattern`.

search_alpaca_api_specs

Search Alpaca documentation pages and guides. Use for conceptual or product questions about setup, account rules, funding, trading, market data, events, or FAQs. Read-only; not for exact API method/path lookup; prefer search_alpaca_api_specs for endpoint, parameter, or schema questions.

search_alpaca_docs

Add an asset by symbol to a specific watchlist.

Cancel all open orders.

Cancel a specific order by its ID.

Closes all open positions by placing sell orders for each. If the market is closed, the sell orders will remain queued and execute at the next market open.

Closes a specific position for a single symbol by placing a sell order. If the market is closed, the sell order will remain queued and execute at the next market open.

Creates a new watchlist with specified symbols.

Delete a specific watchlist by its ID.

Submits a do-not-exercise instruction for a held option contract.

Exercises a held option contract, converting it into the underlying asset.

Returns a list of account activities such as fills, dividends, and transfers.

Returns account activity entries for a specific type of activity.

Retrieves the current account configuration settings, including trading restrictions, margin settings, PDT checks, and options trading level.

Retrieves and formats the current account information including balances and status.

Get all available assets with optional filtering. WARNING: The unfiltered response is very large (thousands of assets). Always narrow results with the status, asset_class, or exchange parameters. To look up a single asset, use get_asset instead.

Retrieves all current positions in the portfolio as JSON.

Retrieves and formats detailed information about a specific asset.

Retrieves and formats market calendar for specified date range. WARNING: Always provide start and end dates (YYYY-MM-DD). Without date bounds the response contains the entire multi-year calendar and will be extremely large.

Retrieves and formats current market status and next open/close times.

Retrieves a single corporate action announcement by ID.

Retrieves corporate action announcements (dividends, mergers, splits, spinoffs). Use a narrow date range and filter by symbol when possible — broad queries can return very large responses.

Retrieves and formats corporate action announcements.

Returns the latest minute bar for one or more crypto symbols. The loc parameter is required — always set loc to "us".

Returns the latest orderbook for one or more crypto symbols. The loc parameter is required — always set loc to "us". Note: the response includes the full order book depth and can be large.

Returns the latest quote for one or more crypto symbols. The loc parameter is required — always set loc to "us".

Returns the latest trade for one or more crypto symbols. The loc parameter is required — always set loc to "us".

Returns a snapshot for one or more crypto symbols including latest trade, quote, minute bar, daily bar, and previous daily bar. The loc parameter is required — always set loc to "us".

Returns the latest quotes for fixed income securities (bonds, treasuries). Provide a comma-separated list of ISINs (e.g. 'US912797SX61,US912810SK51'). Returns bid/ask prices, sizes, and yield-to-maturity for each security.

Returns the latest values for market indices (e.g. SPX, VIX, DJI). Provide a comma-separated list of index symbols.

Returns historical values for market indices over a time interval. Supports pagination, sorting, and date range filtering. Provide a comma-separated list of index symbols.

Returns the top market movers (gainers and losers) based on real-time SIP data.

Screens the market for most active stocks by volume or trade count.

Retrieves news articles for stocks and crypto. Filter by symbols, date range, and sort order. Returns headlines, summaries, URLs, and associated ticker symbols.

Retrieves and formats details for a specific open position.

Retrieves historical bar (OHLCV) data for one or more option contracts.

Retrieves option chain data for an underlying symbol, including latest trade, quote, implied volatility, and greeks for each contract. The response can be very large. Use the type (call/put), strike_price_gte/lte, expiration_date, and limit parameters to narrow results.

Retrieves a single option contract by symbol or contract ID.