Alpaca Paper Trading

Multi-asset simulated trading

Category: Pending
Primary Subcategory: Pending

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Description

Alpaca’s ChatGPT Plugin provides direct access to paper trading execution via Alpaca's Trading API and Market Data API. Connect ChatGPT to your Alpaca paper account to place simulated trades across stocks, ETFs, options, and crypto. Monitor your positions, analyze market trends, and manage your account through natural language. Insights generated by Alpaca’s MCP server, ChatGPT plugin and connected AI agents are for educational and informational use only and not investment advice. Do your own due diligence before making decisions. AlpacaDB, Inc.’s Paper Trading API uses simulated funds and does not enable transactions in real securities. Its availability and content do not constitute an offer, solicitation, investment advice, recommendation, or endorsement involving securities, derivatives, futures, or trading strategies. The API is not offered in jurisdictions where AlpacaDB, Inc. or its affiliates (collectively, “Alpaca”) are not authorized to conduct business. Options trading is not suitable for all investors due to its inherent high risk, which can potentially result in significant losses. Please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (https://www.theocc.com/Company-Information/Documents-and-Archives/Options-Disclosure-Document) before investing in options. Please see the Disclosure Library at https://alpaca.markets/disclosures for additional information and disclosures from Alpaca Clearing and Alpaca Crypto.

Integration type: Plugin
Verification status: Not applicable
Platform: ChatGPT
Category: Pending
Primary Subcategory: Pending
Secondary Subcategories: None listed
Brand: Unknown
Access: Account required
First tracked: 2026-09-23
Tool count: 70
Geography: US

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Tools

70 tools agents can invoke

Fetch one Alpaca ReadMe documentation page by page ID. Use after search_alpaca_docs returns a relevant page ID, or when a page ID is already known. Read-only; not for API endpoint lookup by method and path.
fetch_alpaca_doc
Fetch reference docs for one exact Alpaca API endpoint by method and path. Use when the endpoint is already resolved and details such as parameters, request shape, responses, or examples are needed. Read-only; does not execute the endpoint; excludes Broker API.
get_alpaca_endpoint_docs
Retrieve historical price bars (OHLCV) for one or more cryptocurrencies. When start is omitted, it is automatically computed as now minus the days/hours/minutes lookback.
get_crypto_bars
Retrieve historical bid/ask quotes for one or more cryptocurrencies. When start is omitted, it is automatically computed as now minus the days/hours/minutes lookback.
get_crypto_quotes
Retrieve historical trade data for one or more cryptocurrencies. When start is omitted, it is automatically computed as now minus the days/hours/minutes lookback.
get_crypto_trades
Retrieve historical price bars (OHLCV) for one or more stocks. When start is omitted, it is automatically computed as now minus the days/hours/minutes lookback.
get_stock_bars
Retrieve historical bid/ask quotes (level 1) for one or more stocks. When start is omitted, it is automatically computed as now minus the days/hours/minutes lookback.
get_stock_quotes
Retrieve historical trade data for one or more stocks. When start is omitted, it is automatically computed as now minus the days/hours/minutes lookback.
get_stock_trades
List endpoints for one allowed Alpaca OpenAPI spec. Use when browsing the available endpoint inventory for Trading API, Market Data API, or Authentication API before narrowing to a specific endpoint. Read-only; excludes Broker API; prefer search_alpaca_api_specs for targeted lookup.
list_alpaca_api_endpoints
Place a cryptocurrency order.
place_crypto_order
Place an options order (single-leg or multi-leg). For single-leg orders, provide symbol, side, and qty. For multi-leg orders, provide qty, legs, and optionally order_class="mleg" (auto-inferred). Symbol and side on the parent are not needed for multi-leg.
place_option_order
Place a stock or ETF order.
place_stock_order
Search Alpaca API reference endpoints by topic, operation, path fragment, parameter, or schema term. Use when the exact method and path are unknown. Read-only; does not execute endpoints; searches Trading API, Market Data API, and Authentication API only; excludes Broker API. Use `query`; do not use `pattern`.
search_alpaca_api_specs
Search Alpaca documentation pages and guides. Use for conceptual or product questions about setup, account rules, funding, trading, market data, events, or FAQs. Read-only; not for exact API method/path lookup; prefer search_alpaca_api_specs for endpoint, parameter, or schema questions.
search_alpaca_docs
Add an asset by symbol to a specific watchlist.
Cancel all open orders.
Cancel a specific order by its ID.
Closes all open positions by placing sell orders for each. If the market is closed, the sell orders will remain queued and execute at the next market open.
Closes a specific position for a single symbol by placing a sell order. If the market is closed, the sell order will remain queued and execute at the next market open.
Creates a new watchlist with specified symbols.
Delete a specific watchlist by its ID.
Submits a do-not-exercise instruction for a held option contract.
Exercises a held option contract, converting it into the underlying asset.
Returns a list of account activities such as fills, dividends, and transfers.
Returns account activity entries for a specific type of activity.
Retrieves the current account configuration settings, including trading restrictions, margin settings, PDT checks, and options trading level.
Retrieves and formats the current account information including balances and status.
Get all available assets with optional filtering. WARNING: The unfiltered response is very large (thousands of assets). Always narrow results with the status, asset_class, or exchange parameters. To look up a single asset, use get_asset instead.
Retrieves all current positions in the portfolio as JSON.
Retrieves and formats detailed information about a specific asset.
Retrieves and formats market calendar for specified date range. WARNING: Always provide start and end dates (YYYY-MM-DD). Without date bounds the response contains the entire multi-year calendar and will be extremely large.
Retrieves and formats current market status and next open/close times.
Retrieves a single corporate action announcement by ID.
Retrieves corporate action announcements (dividends, mergers, splits, spinoffs). Use a narrow date range and filter by symbol when possible — broad queries can return very large responses.
Retrieves and formats corporate action announcements.
Returns the latest minute bar for one or more crypto symbols. The loc parameter is required — always set loc to "us".
Returns the latest orderbook for one or more crypto symbols. The loc parameter is required — always set loc to "us". Note: the response includes the full order book depth and can be large.
Returns the latest quote for one or more crypto symbols. The loc parameter is required — always set loc to "us".
Returns the latest trade for one or more crypto symbols. The loc parameter is required — always set loc to "us".
Returns a snapshot for one or more crypto symbols including latest trade, quote, minute bar, daily bar, and previous daily bar. The loc parameter is required — always set loc to "us".
Returns the latest quotes for fixed income securities (bonds, treasuries). Provide a comma-separated list of ISINs (e.g. 'US912797SX61,US912810SK51'). Returns bid/ask prices, sizes, and yield-to-maturity for each security.
Returns the latest values for market indices (e.g. SPX, VIX, DJI). Provide a comma-separated list of index symbols.
Returns historical values for market indices over a time interval. Supports pagination, sorting, and date range filtering. Provide a comma-separated list of index symbols.
Returns the top market movers (gainers and losers) based on real-time SIP data.
Screens the market for most active stocks by volume or trade count.
Retrieves news articles for stocks and crypto. Filter by symbols, date range, and sort order. Returns headlines, summaries, URLs, and associated ticker symbols.
Retrieves and formats details for a specific open position.
Retrieves historical bar (OHLCV) data for one or more option contracts.
Retrieves option chain data for an underlying symbol, including latest trade, quote, implied volatility, and greeks for each contract. The response can be very large. Use the type (call/put), strike_price_gte/lte, expiration_date, and limit parameters to narrow results.
Retrieves a single option contract by symbol or contract ID.

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