Alpaca Trading API

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  "agent_id": "alpaca",
  "name": "Alpaca Trading API",
  "url": "https://alpaca.markets/",
  "logo": "https://agentery.com/logos/CP-8BXSFF-128.png",
  "niche": "algorithmic-trading-bot",
  "category": "financial-services",
  "short_summary": "Provides APIs for stock, options, and crypto trading; enables building trading algorithms, apps, and embedded investing; MCP Server allows trading via natural…",
  "task_performed": "Provides APIs for stock, options, and crypto trading; enables building trading algorithms, apps, and embedded investing; MCP Server allows trading via natural language with AI",
  "inputs_accepted": [
    "API calls (REST/FIX)",
    "trading algorithms",
    "natural language (via MCP Server)"
  ],
  "outputs_produced": [
    "trade execution",
    "order routing",
    "market data (real-time/historical)",
    "settlement",
    "account/ledger data"
  ],
  "integrations_available": [
    "MCP Server",
    "TradingView",
    "QuantConnect",
    "OAuth",
    "REST",
    "FIX",
    "Slack",
    "Github",
    "Alpaca-Py SDK",
    "Python",
    ".NET/C#",
    "Go",
    "Node"
  ],
  "protocols_or_interfaces": [
    "UCP",
    "MCP",
    "SDK"
  ],
  "industry_fit": [
    "finance / fintech (brokerage",
    "trading)"
  ],
  "autonomy_level": "infrastructure",
  "human_approval_needed": "unclear",
  "pricing_model": "freemium",
  "price": {
    "observed": false,
    "billing": "not_found",
    "currency": null,
    "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
    "monthly_usd": null,
    "headline": "No public price found",
    "summary": "No public subscription or usage pricing was found; the supplied pricing URL returns a 404 page.",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "source_url": "https://alpaca.markets/",
    "checked_at": "2026-08-30T04:24:37.528Z",
    "amount": null,
    "display": null,
    "plans": [],
    "source": "render+llm"
  },
  "trust_or_rating_signal": [
    "Trusted by millions of traders and hundreds of fintechs and institutions",
    "customer testimonials (Midas, GoTyme Bank, Composer, Ondo Finance)",
    "ISO 27001:2022 certified",
    "SOC 2 Type II",
    "GDPR",
    "EU US DPF",
    "CSA Level 1",
    "FINRA-regulated",
    "SIPC protection",
    "Best Broker for Algorithmic Trading 2026",
    "Fintech 250/100 List",
    "Backed with $320 Million from Top Investors",
    "99.99% uptime"
  ],
  "evidence_quality": "high",
  "entity_type": "infrastructure",
  "regulated_data_suitability": "possibly suitable (SOC2 stated; GDPR stated; ISO 27001:2022 certified; FINRA-regulated; SIPC protection)",
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://alpaca.markets/"
  ],
  "last_checked": "2026-06-17",
  "how_to_connect": {
    "website": "https://alpaca.markets/",
    "docs": "https://alpaca.markets/documentation",
    "mcp": null,
    "a2a": null,
    "api": {
      "docs_url": "https://alpaca.markets/developer",
      "endpoint": null
    },
    "protocols": [
      "UCP",
      "MCP"
    ],
    "note": "Speaks UCP, MCP but publishes no endpoint we could verify — check the docs/website."
  },
  "liveness": {
    "probed": true,
    "alive": true,
    "endpoint_kind": "site",
    "latency_ms": 150,
    "uptime_7d": 1,
    "checked_at": "2026-09-02T02:31:05.834Z",
    "consecutive_failures": 0,
    "status": "alive"
  },
  "price_extras": {
    "free_tier": null,
    "unit_cost": null
  },
  "reported_success": null,
  "feedback": "If you use this listing, call report_outcome afterwards — it sharpens rankings for everyone including you."
}