Trade stocks and crypto via Alpaca API. Use for market data (quotes, bars, news), placing orders (market, limit, stop), checking positions, portfolio management, and account info. Supports both paper
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Trade stocks and crypto programmatically via Alpaca's API.
Requires API credentials stored in environment or config:
# Set environment variables export ALPACA_API_KEY="your-api-key" export ALPACA_SECRET_KEY="your-secret-key" export ALPACA_PAPER="true" # "true" for paper, "false" for live
Or store in
~/.openclaw/credentials/alpaca.json{ "apiKey": "your-api-key", "secretKey": "your-secret-key", "paper": true }
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py quote AAPL python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py quote AAPL,TSLA,NVDA
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py bars AAPL --timeframe 1Day --limit 10 python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py bars AAPL --timeframe 1Hour --start 2026-02-01
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py account
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py positions
# Market order python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py order buy AAPL 10Limit order
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py order buy AAPL 10 --limit 150.00
Stop order
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py order sell TSLA 5 --stop 200.00
Stop-limit order
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py order sell TSLA 5 --stop 200.00 --limit 195.00
Skip price validation (use with caution)
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py order buy AAPL 10 --limit 999.00 --force
Order Guardrails:
Use
--forcepython3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py orders python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py orders --status open python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py orders --status closed --limit 20
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py cancel ORDER_ID python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py cancel all # Cancel all open orders
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py news AAPL python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py news AAPL,TSLA --limit 5
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py watchlist list python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py watchlist create "Tech Stocks" AAPL,MSFT,GOOGL python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py watchlist add WATCHLIST_ID NVDA python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py watchlist delete WATCHLIST_ID
# Stream trades (default) python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py stream AAPLStream quotes
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py stream AAPL,TSLA --type quotes
Stream bars (1-min)
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py stream NVDA --type bars
Stream all data types
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py stream AAPL --type all
Press Ctrl+C to stop streaming.
# Add alert - notify when INTU drops below $399 python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py alert add --symbol INTU --price 399 --condition belowAdd alert - notify when AAPL goes above $300
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py alert add --symbol AAPL --price 300 --condition above
List active alerts
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py alert list
Check alerts (used by cron)
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py alert check
Remove an alert
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py alert remove --alert_id ABC123
Clear all alerts
python3 scripts/alpaca_cli.py alert clear
Alerts are stored in
~/.openclaw/data/alpaca-alerts.jsonAll commands use:
scripts/alpaca_cli.pySee
references/api.mdALPACA_PAPER=trueNo automatic installation available. Please visit the source repository for installation instructions.
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