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About Alpaca

Alpaca is a modern brokerage platform that offers businesses and developers a robust infrastructure to build investing applications and automate trading strategies. It provides access to financial markets through APIs, allowing users to develop algorithms for buying and selling stocks, cryptocurrencies, and other financial services. The platform is supervised by regulatory bodies like the SEC and FINRA, ensuring security and protection of client funds. Alpaca's commission-free trading and excellent charting tools make it an attractive option for businesses looking to integrate financial services into their offerings. By leveraging Alpaca's APIs, businesses can focus on creating innovative investment apps and services.

AI Agent Use Cases

• AI agents can utilize Alpaca's API to automate trading strategies by integrating machine learning models that analyze market trends and make predictive decisions. These agents can continuously monitor market data and adjust trading algorithms in real-time to optimize investment returns. Additionally, AI agents can assist businesses in automating the integration of Alpaca's financial services into their existing platforms, streamlining the development of new investment applications.

Available Actions

These are the specific actions that AI agents can perform with this tool

Cancel All Orders

1 input

Cancels all open orders and provides a status response for each cancellation attempt.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

Cancel Order

2 inputs

Cancels an existing open order on Alpaca, rejecting the request if the order cannot be canceled due to its status.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

orderId

Order Id

Close All Positions

2 inputs

Closes all open long and short positions in the trading account, liquidating current holdings.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

cancelOrders

If `true` is specified, cancel all open orders before liquidating all positions.

Close Position

2 inputs

Closes an open position in the account by liquidating holdings for either long or short positions.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

positionSymbol

Position Id

Get Account Info

1 input

Retrieves the current authenticated user's Alpaca trading account details including status, buying power, and portfolio value.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

List Orders

6 inputs

Retrieves a list of trading orders for the account, optionally filtered by query parameters such as status, date range, or symbol.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

side

Filters down to orders that have a matching `side` field set.

status

Order status to be queried. `open`, `closed` or `all`. Defaults to `open`.

after

The response will include only ones submitted after this time, in ISO 8601 format, e.g. `2022-09-07` or `2022-09-07T13:26:53`

until

The response will include only ones submitted until this time, in ISO 8601 format, e.g. `2022-09-07` or `2022-09-07T13:26:53`

nested

If true, the result will roll up multi-leg orders under the `legs` field of primary order.

List Positions

1 input

Retrieves a detailed list of all open trading positions in the Alpaca account.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

Place Order

12 inputs

Submits a new trading order to Alpaca for the specified account, subject to authorization and available balance constraints.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

symbol

Symbol, asset ID, or currency pair to identify the asset to trade (ex. `AAPL`, `BTC/USD`).

qty

Number of shares to trade. Can be fractionable for only `market` and `day` order types.

notional

Dollar amount to trade. Cannot work with `Qty`. Can only work for `market` order types and `day` for time in force.

side

`buy` or `sell`

type

Type

timeInForce

Please see [this doc](https://alpaca.markets/docs/trading/orders/#time-in-force) for more info on what values are possible for what kind of orders.

limitPrice

Required if type is `limit` or `stop_limit`

stopPrice

Required if type is `stop` or `stop_limit`

trailPrice

This or `trail_percent` is required if type is `trailing_stop`

trailPercent

This or `trail_price` is required if type is `trailing_stop`

extendedHours

If true, order will be eligible to execute in premarket/afterhours. Only works with `Type` **Limit** and `Time in Force` **Day**.

About Alpaca

AI Agent Use Cases

Available Actions

These are the specific actions that AI agents can perform with this tool

Cancel All Orders

1 input

Cancels all open orders and provides a status response for each cancellation attempt.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

Cancel Order

2 inputs

Cancels an existing open order on Alpaca, rejecting the request if the order cannot be canceled due to its status.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

orderId

Order Id

Close All Positions

2 inputs

Closes all open long and short positions in the trading account, liquidating current holdings.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

cancelOrders

If `true` is specified, cancel all open orders before liquidating all positions.

Close Position

2 inputs

Closes an open position in the account by liquidating holdings for either long or short positions.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

positionSymbol

Position Id

Get Account Info

1 input

Retrieves the current authenticated user's Alpaca trading account details including status, buying power, and portfolio value.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

List Orders

6 inputs

Retrieves a list of trading orders for the account, optionally filtered by query parameters such as status, date range, or symbol.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

side

Filters down to orders that have a matching `side` field set.

status

Order status to be queried. `open`, `closed` or `all`. Defaults to `open`.

after

The response will include only ones submitted after this time, in ISO 8601 format, e.g. `2022-09-07` or `2022-09-07T13:26:53`

until

The response will include only ones submitted until this time, in ISO 8601 format, e.g. `2022-09-07` or `2022-09-07T13:26:53`

nested

If true, the result will roll up multi-leg orders under the `legs` field of primary order.

List Positions

1 input

Retrieves a detailed list of all open trading positions in the Alpaca account.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

Place Order

12 inputs

Submits a new trading order to Alpaca for the specified account, subject to authorization and available balance constraints.

Inputs

isPaperAPI

Set to `true` if Paper API is used. Default is `false`.

symbol

Symbol, asset ID, or currency pair to identify the asset to trade (ex. `AAPL`, `BTC/USD`).

qty

Number of shares to trade. Can be fractionable for only `market` and `day` order types.

notional

Dollar amount to trade. Cannot work with `Qty`. Can only work for `market` order types and `day` for time in force.

side

`buy` or `sell`

type

Type

timeInForce

Please see [this doc](https://alpaca.markets/docs/trading/orders/#time-in-force) for more info on what values are possible for what kind of orders.

limitPrice

Required if type is `limit` or `stop_limit`

stopPrice

Required if type is `stop` or `stop_limit`

trailPrice

This or `trail_percent` is required if type is `trailing_stop`

trailPercent

This or `trail_price` is required if type is `trailing_stop`

extendedHours

If true, order will be eligible to execute in premarket/afterhours. Only works with `Type` **Limit** and `Time in Force` **Day**.