GET Tutorial to Get Your Account Related Information This Part 1 tutorial will focus on GET requests, which simply ask the endpoint for some information (like current market positions for an account) of your Alpaca account by using VBA and Excel. …

Writer’s Update: the original post used MSXML2.XMLHTTP60 to send the requests. However, this implementation may cause static cached data to be returned, which is unacceptable in dynamic environments like stock trading. Therefore, I suggest using MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP60, which should solve the caching issue. …

Data is a critical component of any trading or investing strategy, and that holds true for the casual, once-a-quarter investor to the professional day trader. The Internet affords anyone with a connection the capability to access such data, often in real-time, via visually-appealing GUIs on websites or as raw text…

A Budding Developer’s Perspective (This is 12/3 post for Trading API Advent Calendar 2018) Software-Driven Automation is Everywhere Software-driven automation is rapidly transforming the social and economic landscape, with some of the most prominent examples being autonomous vehicles and home assistants. …