Alpaca Setup

Paper

Go to https://alpaca.markets/

Sign up. You don’t need to connect any bank account info to get a paper account. If you get far enough in the flow for it to prompt you about that, just use the sidebar to click out.

Paper account lets you trade using paper money. Ensure that you see 'paper' in your account info on top right.

Generate an API key in sidebar on right, save it.

Go back to your portfolio. Click add provider. Select ‘alpaca paper’ as the type, add in your key and secret. Optionally check ‘save login info’ to persist this for next time you open the app.

Prod

Go to https://alpaca.markets/

Sign up. Connect your bank account info.

Generate an API key in sidebar on right, save it.

Go back to your portfolio. Click add provider. Select ‘alpaca’ as the provider type, add in your key and secret. Optionally check ‘save login info’ to persist this for next time you open the app.