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alpaca-trading-mcp

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Trade with Alpaca via natural language

Finance & Accounting#portfolio management#options#trading#market data#mcp server#alpaca#watchlists
AuthorAradotso
Version1.0.0
Installs0

System Documentation

What problem does it solve?

It solves the problem of manually placing and managing stock, options, and crypto trades by translating natural-language requests into Alpaca API actions through an MCP server.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Market data retrieval: Get real-time and historical quotes, trades, and bars for stocks, crypto, and options to support trading decisions.
  • Order placement: Place market and advanced order types (e.g., limit and trailing-stop) and create options strategies.
  • Portfolio & watchlist management: Check account status, view positions and history, and manage watchlists and corporate actions/news for context.
  • Use Case: You want to check your buying power, look up an AAPL options contract for a specific expiry window, and place a limit order—all from one chat with your AI assistant.

Quick Start

Ask your MCP-connected assistant: “Use paper trading to check my buying power, then place a limit buy for 10 shares of TSLA at $250.”

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Please help me install this Skill:
Name: alpaca-trading-mcp
Download link: https://github.com/Aradotso/mcp-skills/archive/main.zip#alpaca-trading-mcp

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