Alpaca

Adds a symbol to an existing watchlist in the authenticated account. Use when you need to track a new security in an existing watchlist. This action appends the specified symbol to the end of the watchlist's asset list. The watchlist_id can be obtained from the ALPACA_GET_WATCHLISTS action.

Adds a stock symbol to a watchlist, creating the watchlist if it doesn't exist.

Creates a new watchlist to track specified stock symbols.

Creates a new watchlist to track specified stock symbols for a trading account.

Liquidates all open positions by closing them at market price. This action is irreversible and will permanently close all positions in the account. Use when you need to quickly exit all positions, such as before closing an account or in emergency situations. Optionally cancels all open orders before liquidating positions.

Attempts to cancel all open orders for a specified trading account. A response will be provided for each order that is attempted to be cancelled. This action is irreversible for individual orders that are successfully cancelled.

Delete a rebalancing subscription to unsubscribe an account. This action permanently removes the specified subscription. Use when you need to unsubscribe an account from rebalancing services. This action is irreversible once executed. Note: If the subscription_id is invalid, a 400 error is returned. If the subscription does not exist, a 404 error is returned.

Delete a watchlist by its unique identifier. Use when you need to remove an entire watchlist that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible once executed — the watchlist and all its contents cannot be recovered. Note: If the watchlist_id is invalid or does not exist, a 404 error is returned.

Retrieves account information for the authenticated Alpaca account. Use this action when you need to check account status, available buying power, cash balance, equity, margin information, day trade count, or other account details. This is a read-only operation that returns the current state of the authenticated account. The response includes important account flags such as trading_blocked, account_blocked, pattern_day_trader, and shorting_enabled which indicate any restrictions on the account's trading capabilities.

Retrieves account activities for the authenticated Alpaca account. Use this action when you need to retrieve transaction history, dividend payments, interest payments, fees, transfers, or other account-related activities. Supports filtering by date range, account ID, and sorting direction. Results are paginated using page_token for efficient retrieval of large datasets.

Retrieves account activities of one type for the authenticated Alpaca account using the v2 API. Use this action when you need to retrieve transaction history, dividend payments, interest payments, fees, transfers, or order fill activities. Supports filtering by date range, activity types, and sorting direction. Results are paginated using page_token for efficient retrieval of large datasets. This action is read-only and does not modify any data.

Retrieves account activities of a specific type for the authenticated Alpaca account. Use when you need to filter account activities by a specific type such as trade fills, dividends, interest payments, fees, or transfers. Supports date range filtering, pagination, and sorting. This endpoint is useful for retrieving a specific category of account transactions rather than all activities. Note: date parameter cannot be used with 'after' parameter. Use 'date' for a single day or 'until'/'after' for date ranges.

Retrieves the current trading account configuration settings for the authenticated Alpaca account. Use this action when you need to check the current trading account settings such as day-trading margin call (DTMC) checks, fractional trading status, shorting permissions, trade suspension status, and trade confirmation email preferences. This is a read-only operation that returns the current configuration without any modifications. The account is determined from the authentication credentials.

Retrieves the portfolio history statistics for an Alpaca trading account. Portfolio history provides a time series of equity values, profit/loss metrics, and other performance data over a specified time period. Use when you need to analyze account performance over time, track equity curves, or review historical P&L. Note: The timeframe parameter auto-selects based on the period: 1Min for <7 days, 15Min for <30 days, or 1D otherwise.

Retrieves the portfolio history statistics for a trading account. Portfolio history provides a time series of equity values, profit/loss metrics, and optionally cashflow data over a specified time period. Use when you need to analyze account performance over time, track equity curves, or review historical P&L. Note: The timeframe parameter auto-selects based on the period: 1Min for <7 days, 15Min for <30 days, or 1D otherwise.

Bulk fetches all open positions for the authenticated account. Use when you need to retrieve all current positions, monitor overall portfolio holdings, or check unrealized P&L across the entire account. This action does not require an account_id parameter as it automatically uses the account associated with the API credentials. Note: This action returns positions for the account associated with the authenticated API key. Use this read-only action to get a complete view of the account's open positions.

Retrieves all open positions for the authenticated Alpaca trading account. Use this action when you need to retrieve all current positions, monitor portfolio holdings, or check unrealized P&L across the entire account. This action does not require an account_id parameter as it automatically uses the account associated with the API credentials. Note: This action returns positions for the account associated with the authenticated API key. Use this read-only action to get a complete view of the account's open positions. The response is updated live as price information changes.

Retrieves all orders for an account based on specified filter criteria. Returns a list of orders with their current status, filled quantity, prices, and any nested legs for complex orders. Use when you need to query historical or current orders for a trading account, such as checking open positions or reviewing trade history. By default, only open orders are returned. Use status='all' to include closed orders, or status='closed' for only closed/canceled orders.

Retrieves historical OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bars for crypto symbols in a specific US location. Use this action when you need to analyze historical price movements and trading activity for cryptocurrency pairs over a given timeframe. The bars are aggregated based on the specified timeframe (e.g., 1 minute, 5 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day). Results are sorted by symbol first, then by timestamp. Note: This endpoint uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL and requires the 'us' location path parameter.

Retrieves OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bars for multiple crypto symbols. Use this action when you need to: - Get historical price data for multiple crypto symbols - Analyze price trends over a specific timeframe - Fetch aggregated bar data for multiple cryptocurrencies Results are sorted by symbol first, then by bar timestamp. If the limit is reached for one symbol, subsequent requests with the next_page_token will retrieve bars for remaining symbols.

Retrieves OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bars for multiple stock symbols. Use this action when you need to: - Get historical price data for multiple stock symbols - Analyze price trends over a specific timeframe - Fetch aggregated bar data for stock analysis - Backtest trading strategies on multiple stocks Results are sorted by symbol first, then by bar timestamp. If the limit is reached for one symbol, subsequent requests with the next_page_token will retrieve bars for remaining symbols. Note: This endpoint uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL and requires appropriate data subscriptions for SIP and OTC feeds.

Retrieves historical OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bars for a single stock symbol. Use this action when you need to analyze historical price movements and trading activity for a specific stock ticker over a given timeframe. The bars are aggregated based on the specified timeframe (e.g., 1 minute, 15 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day). Note: This endpoint uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL.

Retrieves historical OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bars for a single stock symbol. Use this action when you need to analyze historical price movements and trading activity for a specific stock ticker over a given timeframe. The bars are aggregated based on the specified timeframe (e.g., 1 minute, 15 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day). Results are sorted by timestamp and support pagination via the next_page_token field when the limit is reached and more data is available. Note: This endpoint uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL and requires appropriate data subscriptions for SIP and OTC feeds.

Retrieves market calendar information for trading days from the Alpaca Trading API. Use this action when you need to: - Get market open and close times for specific dates - Check trading session times - Verify market operating hours for date ranges - Plan trading activities around market hours This is a read-only operation that returns market calendar data.

Retrieves the current market clock information from the Alpaca Trading API. Use this action when you need to: - Check if the market is currently open - Determine when the next market open or close will occur - Plan trading activities based on market hours - Verify server time for timestamp-sensitive operations This is a read-only operation that returns the current state of the market clock including whether the market is open and the timestamps for the next open and close.

Retrieves the mapping of condition codes to their names from Alpaca Markets API for the specified type (trade or quote conditions) and tape. Use this action when you need to: - Decode condition codes from stock market data - Get the list of all valid condition codes and their meanings for a specific type - Translate raw condition code integers to human-readable names - Understand the meaning of condition codes from trade or quote data This is a read-only action that queries the stocks meta conditions endpoint.

Retrieves the latest bid and ask prices for specified crypto symbols at a specific location. Use when you need real-time quote data for cryptocurrency trading, such as checking current market prices before placing orders or monitoring price movements.

Retrieves the latest OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bars for crypto perpetual futures symbols. Use this action when you need real-time or near real-time price data for crypto perpetual futures contracts for a specific location (e.g., 'global'). Returns the most recent bar for each requested symbol, including open, high, low, close prices, volume, trade count, and volume-weighted average price.

Retrieves the latest bid and ask orderbook data for specified crypto perpetual futures symbols. Use when you need real-time orderbook data for crypto perpetual futures trading, such as checking current market depth before placing orders or analyzing liquidity. Returns the most recent orderbook for each requested symbol, including bid and ask price levels with their sizes.

Retrieves the latest pricing data for specified crypto perpetual futures symbols. Use when you need real-time pricing data for crypto perpetual futures trading, such as checking current market prices, index prices, mark prices, funding rates, or open interest before placing orders or analyzing the market. Returns the most recent pricing data for each requested symbol, including timestamp, funding timestamp, open interest, index price, mark price, and funding rate.

Retrieves the latest bid and ask prices for specified crypto perpetual futures symbols for a specific location. Use when you need real-time quote data for crypto perpetual futures trading, such as checking current market prices before placing orders or monitoring price movements.

Retrieves the latest trade data for specified crypto perpetual futures symbols. Use when you need real-time trade data for crypto perpetual futures trading, such as monitoring recent trades, analyzing price movements, or tracking trading volume. Returns the most recent trade for each requested symbol, including price, size, timestamp, and tick direction.

Retrieves the latest OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bars for crypto perpetual futures symbols. Use this action when you need real-time or near real-time price data for crypto perpetual futures contracts. Returns the most recent bar for each requested symbol, including open, high, low, close prices, volume, trade count, and volume-weighted average price.

Returns the latest pricing data for crypto perpetual futures symbols. Use this action when you need to retrieve current market data for crypto perpetual futures contracts including mark price, index price, open interest, and funding rate.

Retrieves the latest bid and ask prices for specified crypto perpetual futures symbols. Use when you need real-time quote data for crypto perpetual futures trading, such as checking current market prices before placing orders or monitoring price movements.

Retrieves the latest trade data for specified crypto perpetual futures symbols. Use when you need real-time trade data for crypto perpetual futures trading, such as monitoring recent trades, analyzing price movements, or tracking trading volume.

Retrieves snapshots (latest trade, latest quote, minute bar, daily bar, and previous daily bar) for multiple cryptocurrency symbols in a specific location. Use this action when you need comprehensive real-time market data for crypto symbols, such as building a crypto dashboard, checking current market conditions across multiple assets, or analyzing price movements before trading. Note: This endpoint uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL for crypto market data.

Retrieves the latest OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bars for US crypto symbols. Use this action when you need real-time or near real-time price data for multiple crypto trading pairs. Returns the most recent bar for each requested symbol, including open, high, low, close prices, volume, trade count, and volume-weighted average price.

Retrieves the latest bid and ask orderbook data for specified crypto symbols in the US market. Use when you need real-time orderbook data for cryptocurrency trading in the US market, such as checking current market depth before placing orders or analyzing liquidity. Returns the most recent orderbook for each requested symbol, including bid and ask price levels with their sizes.

Retrieves the latest bid and ask prices for specified crypto symbols in the US location. Use when you need real-time quote data for cryptocurrency trading in the US market, such as checking current market prices before placing orders or monitoring price movements.

Retrieves the latest trade data for specified crypto symbols in the US location. Use when you need real-time trade data for cryptocurrency trading, such as monitoring recent trades, analyzing price movements, or tracking trading volume.

Retrieves historical quote data (bid/ask prices) for specified crypto symbols on US exchanges. Returns quotes sorted by symbol first, then by timestamp. Use when you need: - Historical bid/ask price data for cryptocurrency pairs - Analyzing spread patterns over time - Backtesting trading strategies with quote data - Studying market microstructure with bid/ask sizes Note: Historical quotes for US-1 location only go back to October 14, 2025.

Retrieves snapshots (latest trade, latest quote, minute bar, daily bar, and previous daily bar) for multiple cryptocurrency symbols in the US market location. Use this action when you need comprehensive real-time market data for multiple crypto symbols in the US market, such as building a crypto dashboard, checking current market conditions across multiple assets, or analyzing price movements before trading.

Retrieves historical trade data for specified US crypto symbols. Use when you need to: - Get historical trade data for US crypto symbols at once - Analyze trading volume and price movements over time - Build datasets for backtesting or research - Query trades within a specific time range Results are sorted by symbol first, then by trade timestamp. If the response contains more data than the limit allows, use the next_page_token to continue fetching.

Retrieves a list of supported stock exchanges with their short codes and full names from the Alpaca Market Data API. Use this action when you need to: - Get the mapping between exchange codes and full names - Understand what exchange codes like 'Z', 'V', 'N' mean in market data - Parse exchange identifiers in trading data responses This is a read-only operation that queries the stocks meta exchanges endpoint.

Retrieves the latest OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bar for a single stock symbol. Use this action when you need real-time or near real-time price bar data for a specific stock trading symbol. This is useful for dashboards, price monitoring, and triggering alerts based on current market conditions. Returns the most recent bar including open, high, low, close prices, volume, trade count, and volume-weighted average price.

Retrieves the latest OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bar data for a crypto symbol. Use this action when you need real-time or near real-time price data for a specific cryptocurrency pair. Returns the most recent bar including open, high, low, close prices, volume, trade count, and volume-weighted average price.

Retrieves the latest OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bars for multiple crypto symbols. Use this action when you need real-time or near real-time price bar data for multiple cryptocurrency pairs simultaneously. This is useful for dashboards, price monitoring, and triggering alerts based on current market conditions. The response includes the most recent bar for each requested symbol, containing open, high, low, close prices, volume, trade count, and volume-weighted average price.

Retrieves the latest OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bars for multiple stock symbols. Use this action when you need real-time or near real-time price bar data for multiple stock trading symbols simultaneously. This is useful for dashboards, price monitoring, and triggering alerts based on current market conditions. The response includes the most recent bar for each requested symbol, containing open, high, low, close prices, volume, trade count, and volume-weighted average price.

Retrieves the latest bid and ask orderbook data for specified crypto symbols. Use when you need real-time orderbook data for cryptocurrency trading, such as checking current market depth before placing orders or analyzing liquidity. Returns the most recent orderbook for each requested symbol, including bid and ask price levels with their sizes.

Retrieves the latest bid and ask prices for a specified crypto symbol. Use when you need real-time quote data for a specific cryptocurrency, such as checking current market prices before placing an order or monitoring price movements.

Retrieves the latest NBBO (National Best Bid and Offer) quote for a single stock symbol. Use this action when you need real-time or near real-time bid and ask prices for a specific stock trading symbol. This is useful for checking market conditions before placing an order or monitoring price movements for a single symbol. Note: This endpoint uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL for stock data.

Retrieves the latest bid and ask prices for specified crypto symbols. Use when you need real-time quote data for cryptocurrency trading, such as checking current market prices before placing orders or monitoring price movements.

Retrieves the latest NBBO (National Best Bid and Offer) quotes for multiple stock symbols. Use this action when you need real-time or near real-time bid and ask prices for multiple stock trading symbols simultaneously. This is useful for checking market conditions before placing orders, monitoring price movements, or evaluating spread opportunities. The response includes the most recent quote for each requested symbol, containing bid price, ask price, bid size, ask size, and exchange information.

Retrieves the latest trade data for a single stock symbol. Use this action when you need the most recent trade information for a specific stock ticker, such as checking current market price and volume before placing an order or monitoring real-time price movements for a single symbol. This provides the single most recent trade including price, size, exchange, and timestamp. Note: This endpoint uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL for stock market data.

Retrieves the latest trade data for specified crypto symbols. Use when you need real-time trade data for cryptocurrency trading, such as monitoring recent trades, analyzing price movements, or tracking trading volume.

Retrieves the latest trade data for multiple stock symbols. Use this action when you need real-time or near real-time trade data for multiple stock trading symbols simultaneously. This is useful for dashboards, trade monitoring, and triggering alerts based on current market conditions. The response includes the most recent trade for each requested symbol, containing price, size, timestamp, exchange, and trade conditions.

Retrieves market calendar information for a specific exchange from the Alpaca Trading API. Use this action when you need to: - Get market open and close times for a specific exchange (NYSE, NASDAQ, etc.) - Check trading session times for a particular market - Verify market operating hours for specific date ranges - Plan trading activities around specific market hours This is a read-only operation that returns market calendar data for the specified exchange.

Retrieves a list of all US stock exchanges and their identifying information from the Alpaca Market Data API. Use this action when you need to: - Get details about available stock exchanges for order routing - Understand the market structure and exchange types - Map exchange IDs to their names and types - Get participant IDs for market data filtering This is a read-only action that queries the stocks meta exchanges endpoint.

Retrieves the most active stocks by trading volume or trade count. Use this action when you need to: - Fetch top traded stocks for the current period - Monitor market liquidity and activity - Build trading signals based on volume or trade frequency - Analyze market breadth through most active stocks Note: This endpoint uses data.alpaca.markets base URL and provides real-time SIP data for US stock markets.