Alpaca Trading

What it does

Alpaca Trading connects AI assistants directly to Alpaca's Trading API, enabling natural language execution of financial trades, portfolio management, and real-time market data analysis for stocks, cryptocurrencies, and options.

Tools

• place_stock_order: Execute market, limit, stop, and trailing-stop orders for stocks and ETFs.
• get_account_info: Retrieve current balance, margin, and account status.
• get_stock_snapshot: Get a comprehensive view of a stock, including latest quotes and bars.
• place_option_order: Execute single-leg or multi-leg options strategies.
• get_portfolio_history: Track equity and P/L performance over time.
• get_news: Access latest news articles filtered by ticker and date.

Installation

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alpaca": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["alpaca-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "ALPACA_API_KEY": "your_alpaca_api_key",
        "ALPACA_SECRET_KEY": "your_alpaca_secret_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Supported hosts

Confirmed support for Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, Gemini CLI, and Claude Code.