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SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
4 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 12 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Idea: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Alpaca API is well designed and easy to code against
From 1 comment
Alpaca is great! As far as brokerage APIs go, theirs is top notch and a breeze to code for. The founders are also really responsive and helpful. I know this because I wrote an…
bwood on HN
Objections
Alpaca is US-residents only, so the tool is unusable elsewhere
From 3 comments
Alpaca is US-residents only unfortunately
kyriakos on HNAlpaca is very interesting, I've been following them since the beginning. The sad thing is that I'm not from the US and it's still not available for residents of my country…
matiasb on HN(Disclaimer that I'm working on an open source FIX engine in Lisp.) This is a really cool project! But alas I couldn't use it as I'm not in the US, and I don't trade with Alpaca.…
srazzaque on HN
Commission-free trading hides costs via payment for order flow
From 2 comments
You should know in general, though, that no one trades "for free" despite what brokerages say. Your order gets routed, delayed, placed differently, and while you may not…
supernova87a on HNFYI: "With no commission" is a bug, not a feature. Typically, when you pay commission, you get better prices. Let's say you buy 100 shares of SPY at Interactive Brokers. You pay…
vijucat on HN
Command line is a poor interface for trading
From 2 comments
This is a terrible use-case for the command-line.
vfg1234 on HNThis is a terrible use-case for the command-line. One of the worst ideas I have come across.
vfg1234 on HN
Install failed on macOS due to keychain dependency warnings
From 1 comment
go install doesn't work @anegri # github.com/keybase/go-keychain cgo-gcc-prolog:203:11: warning: 'SecTrustedApplicationCreateFromPath' is deprecated: first deprecated in macOS…
noloblo on HN
Requests
Support Interactive Brokers
From 1 comment
Would be nice if the author will add more popular Interactive Brokers[1] support. Alpaca is US bounded and seems not going to change this. [1] https://www.interactivebrokers.com/
xvilka on HN
Support 1 second bars
From 1 comment
A problem I've bumped into with Alpaca compared to other services is my bot needs 1 second bars, and I believe Alpaca goes down to 1min bars and nothing smaller.
proverbialbunny on HN
Support OCO orders
From 1 comment
Can this do OCO orders and sequences? If it can’t then it’s kind of useless.
xwdv on HN
Questions
How does Alpaca offer free broker services and what is the business model
From 2 comments
I don't get it. How does Alpaca offer free broker services?
posedge on HNOk, but what's going to be your business model if you don't charge commission?
lawrenceyan on HN
Can assets be transferred out without ACATS transfer and capital gains
From 1 comment
My main FUD with alpaca.markets is the ability to transfer assets in/out. It doesn't look like they offer ACATS transfers (although there's not much info on this!). Using them…
LethargicStud on HN
Alternatives named
Interactive Brokers
From 2 comments
Would be nice if the author will add more popular Interactive Brokers[1] support. Alpaca is US bounded and seems not going to change this. [1] https://www.interactivebrokers.com/
xvilka on HNSince you’re not from US, what trading platforms do you use? I haven’t found any with free commissions and public APIs in the EU. Well, except for Interactive Brokers.
klohto on HN
wallstreet charts and quotes library
From 1 comment
You may also like https://github.com/madnight/wallstreet just to get the charts and quotes
tutfbhuf on HN
Robinhood and TD Ameritrade APIs
From 1 comment
(Disclaimer that I'm working on an open source FIX engine in Lisp.) This is a really cool project! But alas I couldn't use it as I'm not in the US, and I don't trade with Alpaca.…
srazzaque on HN