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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.
Add an asset to a watchlist by name. Use when you need to add a symbol to a specific watchlist identified by its name. If a watchlist with the specified name does not exist, it will be created automatically and the symbol will be added to it. The asset will be appended to the end of the watchlist's asset list.
Creates a new watchlist for the authenticated account. Use this action when you need to: - Create a new watchlist to track specific securities - Set up initial symbols for a watchlist at creation time - Organize tracked symbols under a named watchlist Note: This action creates a watchlist at the account level (using v2 API). The name must be unique within the account and contain only alphanumeric characters, spaces, hyphens, and underscores (up to 64 characters).
Create a new watchlist for the authenticated account. Use when you need to create a watchlist to track specific securities. The name must contain only alphanumeric characters (no spaces or special characters).
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 snapshots (latest trade, latest quote, minute bar, daily bar, and previous daily bar) for multiple cryptocurrency symbols. Use this action when you need comprehensive real-time market data for multiple crypto symbols, such as building a crypto dashboard, checking current market conditions across multiple assets, or analyzing price movements before trading.
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 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 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 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 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 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 historical trade data for a single stock symbol. Use this action when you need to analyze historical trade data for a specific stock ticker, such as reviewing price movements, trading volume patterns, or tick data analysis. Each trade record includes price, size, exchange, timestamp, and trade conditions. Note: This endpoint uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL.
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 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 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 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 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.
Retrieves news articles for specified crypto symbols from the Alpaca Market Data API. Use this action when you need to: - Fetch the latest news for crypto assets (BTCUSD, ETHUSD, etc.) - Monitor news sentiment for trading decisions - Build news-based signals or alerts - Get historical news for specific time periods Note: The data.alpaca.markets endpoint is used for news API requests.
Fetches a single open position by symbol or asset ID. Use when you need to retrieve detailed information about a specific position, including cost basis, shares traded, market value, and unrealized P&L. This action is useful for checking the current status of a particular holding, monitoring P&L for a specific symbol, or verifying position details after placing or closing orders. Returns real-time updated information as price data changes. Note: The position must be currently open to be retrieved through this endpoint. Once closed, the position will no longer be queryable.
Retrieves the option chain for a specific underlying symbol including quotes and greeks for all available strikes and expirations. Use this action when you need comprehensive option market data for a specific underlying asset, such as analyzing option strategies, comparing strikes/expirations, or viewing real-time quotes and Greeks.
Get an option contract by its symbol or unique identifier. Use this action when you need to retrieve detailed information about a specific option contract. You can query by either the contract's OCC symbol (e.g., 'AAPL250620C00100000') or its unique Alpaca ID. This endpoint is useful for getting contract specifications before placing orders or for retrieving current market data for a specific option. Note: This is a BETA endpoint and may be subject to changes.
Retrieve option contracts from Alpaca Markets API (BETA). Use this action when you need to: - Search for option contracts by underlying symbol - Filter contracts by expiration date, strike price, type (call/put), or style - Get a paginated list of all available option contracts - Find contracts eligible for penny price increments By default, only active contracts expiring before the upcoming weekend are returned.
Retrieves the latest bid and ask prices for specified option symbols. Use when you need real-time quote data for options trading, such as checking current market prices before placing orders or monitoring price movements.
Retrieves historical OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) bars for options contracts. Use this action when you need to analyze historical price movements and trading activity for specific option contracts 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.
Retrieves historical trade data for option contracts. Use this action when you need to: - Analyze historical trade activity for option contracts - Review past trades for specific option symbols - Calculate volume patterns and trading activity - Track price movements over specific time periods Note: This endpoint uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL and requires market data subscription.
Retrieves the latest trade for each requested option contract symbol. Use this action when you need to: - Get the most recent trade price and size for specific option contracts - Check the last traded time for option symbols before trading - Monitor real-time trading activity for option positions This endpoint requires market data subscription and uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL.
Retrieves the mapping of condition codes to their names from Alpaca Markets API for the specified tick type (trade or quote conditions). Use this action when you need to: - Decode condition codes from options market data - Get the list of all valid condition codes and their meanings for a specific tick type - Translate raw condition code integers to human-readable names This is a read-only action that queries the options meta conditions endpoint.
Retrieves the mapping of trade condition codes to their names from Alpaca Markets API. Use this action when you need to: - Decode trade condition codes from options market data - Get the list of all valid trade condition codes and their meanings - Translate raw condition code integers to human-readable names This is a read-only action that queries the options meta conditions endpoint.
Retrieves snapshots (latest trade, latest quote, minute bar, daily bar, and previous daily bar) for multiple option contract symbols. Use this action when you need comprehensive real-time market data for option contracts, such as building an option price dashboard, checking current bid/ask prices across multiple option strikes, or analyzing intraday price movements before trading. Note: This endpoint requires market data subscription and uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL.
Retrieves the option chain snapshot data for a specific underlying symbol. This endpoint provides the latest trade, quote, and greeks data for all option contracts associated with an underlying symbol. It returns snapshots including delta, gamma, theta, vega, implied volatility, and real-time bid/ask prices. Use when you need to analyze an entire option chain - checking all available strike prices and expiration dates for a given underlying asset, including their Greeks and current market pricing. This is useful for: - Building option chains for analysis - Finding specific strike/expiration combinations - Analyzing Greeks across an entire chain - Detecting unusual option activity
Retrieves the Pattern Day Trader (PDT) status for a specified Alpaca trading account. Use when you need to check if an account is flagged as a PDT, monitor PDT call counts, or verify day trading buying power status for regulatory compliance. PDT rules apply to accounts that execute more than 3 day trades within 5 business days when holding a cash account or using margin. This endpoint helps monitor and track PDT-related information for accounts.
Retrieves historical quote (bid/ask) data for multiple stock symbols. Use this action when you need historical quote data including bid and ask prices for multiple stock trading symbols. This is useful for trading analysis, backtesting strategies, and monitoring price spreads. Note: Results are sorted by symbol first, then by timestamp. If you hit the limit for one symbol, subsequent symbols won't appear in the response - use next_page_token to get more results.
Retrieves historical NBBO (National Best Bid and Offer) quotes for a specific stock symbol. Use this action when you need historical quote data for a single stock symbol, such as for analysis, backtesting trading strategies, or research purposes. You can filter results by time range using start and end parameters. The response includes an array of quotes with bid/ask prices, sizes, and exchange information. Pagination is supported via the page_token parameter when results exceed the limit.
Retrieves a specific corporate action announcement by its unique identifier. Use this action when you need to fetch detailed information about a corporate action such as dividends, stock splits, mergers, spinoffs, or other corporate events. This is a read-only operation that returns the complete announcement details including the corporate action type, relevant dates (ex-date, record date, payable date), and any associated values (cash amounts, split ratios, etc.). The response includes the announcement ID which can be used for reference or correlation with other systems.
Retrieves historical auction data for specified stock symbols. Use this action when you need to: - Analyze opening and closing auction prices for stocks - Study pre-market and post-market auction behavior - Understand auction volume and price discovery - Monitor auction-based market data for trading decisions Results are sorted by timestamp in descending order (most recent first). Pagination is supported via the page_token field. Note: This endpoint uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL and requires appropriate data subscriptions for SIP and OTC feeds.
Retrieves historical auction (opening/closing print) data for a single stock symbol. Use this action when you need to analyze auction-related price and volume data for a specific stock ticker. This is useful for: - Understanding opening and closing auction prices - Analyzing auction volume and liquidity - Studying price discovery at market open and close - Trading strategies based on auction data Note: This endpoint uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL and requires appropriate data subscriptions for SIP and OTC feeds.
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 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 a snapshot (latest trade, latest quote, minute bar, daily bar, and previous daily bar) for a single stock symbol. Use this action when you need comprehensive real-time market data for a single stock symbol, such as checking current market conditions, displaying price information, or analyzing price movements before trading. This endpoint requires the data.alpaca.markets API.
Retrieves snapshots (latest trade, latest quote, minute bar, daily bar, and previous daily bar) for multiple stock symbols. Use this action when you need comprehensive real-time market data for multiple stock symbols, such as building a stock dashboard, checking current market conditions across multiple stocks, or analyzing price movements before trading. This endpoint requires the data.alpaca.markets API.
Retrieves the mapping of trade condition codes to their names from Alpaca Markets API. Use this action when you need to: - Decode trade condition codes from stock market data - Get the list of all valid trade condition codes and their meanings - Translate raw condition code integers to human-readable names - Understand the meaning of condition codes from trade data This is a read-only action that queries the stocks meta conditions trade endpoint.
Retrieves a rebalancing subscription by its unique ID. Returns complete subscription details including the associated account ID, portfolio ID, creation timestamp, and last rebalancing timestamp. Use when you need to fetch subscription information for an existing rebalancing setup. Note: If the subscription_id is invalid or malformed, a 400 error is returned. If the subscription does not exist, a 404 error is returned.
Retrieves the top market movers (gainers and losers) for a specified market type. Use this action when you need to: - Fetch top gainers and losers for stock market analysis - Get cryptocurrency movers for crypto trading strategies - Identify assets with significant price movements - Build market sentiment indicators Note: The screener endpoint uses data.alpaca.markets, not api.alpaca.markets.
Retrieves historical trade data for specified crypto symbols. Use when you need to: - Get historical trade data for multiple crypto symbols at once - Analyze trading volume and price movements over time - Build datasets for backtesting or research - Monitor trades across different exchanges 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 historical trade data for multiple stock symbols. Use this action when you need: - Historical trade data for multiple stock symbols at once - Analyze trading volume and price movements over time - Build datasets for backtesting or research - Monitor trades across different exchanges 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. Note: This endpoint uses the data.alpaca.markets base URL and requires appropriate data subscriptions for SIP and OTC feeds.
Retrieves a single watchlist by its unique identifier. Use when you need to view the details of a specific watchlist, including its name, associated assets, and timestamps. This endpoint provides direct access to a watchlist using its ID rather than requiring account-level traversal. This is a read-only operation that does not modify any data.
Retrieves a specific watchlist by its name. Use when you need to find a particular watchlist without knowing its ID, such as when managing watchlists for display or modification. Returns the watchlist details including all contained symbols. If multiple watchlists share the same name, the API may return the first match.
Retrieves all watchlists associated with the authenticated account. Use this action when you need to: - View all watchlists for an account - Find a specific watchlist by name - Check what symbols are being tracked before adding or removing symbols - Get watchlist IDs for subsequent operations This is a read-only operation that returns the current state of all watchlists including their metadata (ID, name, timestamps) and the assets contained within each.
Lists all open positions for a specified trading account. Use when you need to retrieve current positions, monitor portfolio holdings, or check unrealized P&L for an account.
Removes a symbol from an existing watchlist in Alpaca. Use this action when you need to delete a ticker symbol from a watchlist that is no longer being tracked. The action returns the updated watchlist after the symbol has been removed. This action is irreversible - once a symbol is removed from a watchlist, it cannot be recovered through this API. You would need to re-add it using a separate add-to-watchlist action if available.
Tool to remove a symbol from an existing watchlist in Alpaca. Use when you need to delete a ticker symbol from a watchlist that is no longer being tracked. This action is irreversible - once a symbol is removed from a watchlist, it cannot be recovered through this API. You would need to re-add it using ALPACA_ADD_ASSET_TO_WATCHLIST.
Update the trading account configuration settings for the authenticated account. Use when you need to modify account-level trading settings such as day-trading buying power checks, fractional trading permissions, margin multiplier limits, shorting restrictions, or trade confirmation email preferences. Supports partial updates - only specify the settings you want to change. Settings not included in the request remain unchanged. This action operates on the currently authenticated account and does not require an account_id parameter.
Updates trading account configurations for an Alpaca trading account. Use when you need to modify account-level trading settings such as day-trading buying power checks, trade confirmation email preferences, or trading restrictions. Supports partial updates - only specify the settings you want to change. Settings not included in the request remain unchanged. This action requires the 'account:write' scope.
Updates an existing watchlist by its unique identifier. Use when you need to modify the name or symbols in a watchlist using its ID rather than name. This action allows partial updates - you can update just the name, just the symbols, or both at once. The watchlist_id identifies which watchlist to update and is provided in the request. Note: The symbols field, if provided, will replace all existing symbols in the watchlist.
Updates an existing watchlist by its name. Use when you need to modify the symbols in a watchlist or rename it. The action allows partial updates - you can provide only symbols to update the watchlist contents, only a new_name to rename it, or both to update both. At least one of new_name or symbols must be provided. Note: The `name` parameter identifies which watchlist to update (case-insensitive).
Updates an existing watchlist by its name. Use when you need to modify the symbols in a watchlist or rename it. The action allows partial updates - you can provide only symbols to update the watchlist contents, only a new_name to rename it, or both to update both. At least one of new_name or symbols must be provided. Note: The `name` parameter identifies which watchlist to update (case-insensitive).
Upload CIP (Customer Identification Program) information for an account to complete identity verification. Use when you need to submit identity information for a new Alpaca trading account as part of the account onboarding process. This action is typically called after account creation to provide the required identity verification data including citizenship, tax ID, and name.