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Alpaca Trading API

Commission-free trading API with AI agent examples and SDKs

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Alpaca provides a commission-free stock and crypto trading API designed for developers and quants building AI-powered trading bots. Its paper trading environment lets agents test strategies risk-free before going live. Alpaca's official examples include LLM-powered trading agents that read news sentiment, interpret market data, and execute trades automatically — making it the go-to broker API for AI trading experiments.

Model

Multiple Models

Framework

Python / REST API

GitHub Stars

1,861 ★

Published

September 22, 2025

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