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Trade stocks from your terminal with Alpaca.

Software Engineering#automation#cli#rust#trading#alpaca#apcacli
Authorlacymorrow
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

This skill enables command-line traders to execute trades, monitor markets, and manage portfolios using Alpaca's API via the apcacli CLI, reducing friction and enabling automation from the terminal.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Trading operations: Submit, modify, and cancel orders for stocks, ETFs, options, and crypto.
  • Portfolio management: View positions, P/L, and account balances; check buying power.
  • Market data & streaming: Retrieve asset information, market status, and real-time account activity.
  • Use case: Automate daily workflows that place orders, pull portfolio updates, and alert you to important events, all from your shell.

Quick Start

  • Install Rust toolchain if needed and then install apcacli:
  • cargo install apcacli
  • Verify it works:
  • apcacli --help
  • Configure environment:
  • export APCA_API_KEY_ID='your_key'
  • export APCA_API_SECRET_KEY='your_secret'
  • Try a test:
  • apcacli account get
  • apcacli market clock

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: alpaca-trading
Download link: https://github.com/lacymorrow/alpaca-trading-skill/archive/main.zip#alpaca-trading

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