Innovating Commission-Free Trading with Advanced API Integration
Alpaca is a modern and innovative platform revolutionizing the world of commission-free trading. Known for its cutting-edge API integration, Alpaca provides seamless access to trading stocks and ETFs. The platform is especially favored by algorithmic traders and developers for its ease of use and comprehensive documentation. Alpaca also offers Alpaca Elite, a packaged solution for sophisticated algorithmic traders who seek to optimize their trading strategies with higher API limits and cost-effective execution, or who need access to a team of experts to streamline operational efficiency.
For more information: https://alpaca.markets/elite
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End to End Quantitative Trading Infrastructure
The QuantConnect integration with Alpaca provides a complete, end to end, quantitative trading infrastructure following the entire quant research journey.
Starting with Research, QuantConnect provides robust Jupyter Lab research notebooks to load Alpaca historical data since 2002, curated and updated by our data engineering team. Through partnerships QuantConnect is able to offer the data for download to perform research on-premise.
High accuracy backtesting with full spread and fee modeling can then be performed on premise or in the QuantConnect cloud tapping our 5GHz backtesting machines. You can explore alternative currency datasets to harness their alpha.
Our co-located, institutional quality, live-trading environment can securely host your strategy and connect with the Alpaca API’s through redundant 10GB dedicated internet connections, giving your unparalleled security and comfort in your live trading.
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Live Trading Professionals
Since 2014, QuantConnect has pioneered live trading of quantitative strategies hosting more than 150,000 live strategies and trading more than $1B notional volume every month. We have a track record of awesome uptime, with many strategies being online for 18 months straight before requiring maintenance or rebooting. This level of commitment to your strategy stability sets QuantConnect apart in the world.
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SMS
Easily create bespoke notifications on algorithm activity and strategy movements.
Telegram Alerts
Create your own telegram bot to stream notifications of your strategy to your private channels and groups.
Webhook Events
Call API’s and external servers to trigger services based on your trading strategy activity with our web hook alerting.
Rich Order Support
Route orders to Alpaca with a standard API, through QuantConnect’s brokerage agnostic implementation. If you ever want to test another execution venue you can deploy your strategy to another location without changing a single line of code. QuantConnect fully models supported order types in backtesting, paper trading, and all the way through to the brokerage execution.
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High Fidelity Modeling
QuantConnect aims to provide the most realistic modeling possible to save you time and money in live trading. Spread, fee, fill and slippage models ensure your backtests match your live trading.
Research in Jupyer on Alpaca data
Backtest commission free with Alpaca
Paper trade with the Alpaca portal to test your strategy
Simulate your strategy with accurate Alpaca bid-ask spreads before deploying it live to improve your chances in live trading
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Hundreds of thousands of people have chosen QuantConnect as their quantitative analytics platform, powered by a rich API and integrations with dozens of exchanges.
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The platform is very easy for team members to collaborate on the code development simultaneously. Very easy to implement new algorithms with Interactive Brokers.
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