Alpaca MCP Server Trading

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Overview

Alpaca MCP Server is an official Model Context Protocol server that enables AI assistants to trade stocks, ETFs, crypto, and options through natural language. Built with FastMCP and OpenAPI, it exposes Alpaca's Trading API as MCP tools in Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, PyCharm, and other MCP clients.

Key capabilities:

• Real-time market data (quotes, trades, bars, snapshots)
• Order management (market, limit, stop, trailing-stop orders)
• Options trading (single-leg and multi-leg strategies)
• Crypto trading (BTC, ETH, and more)
• Account and portfolio management
• Watchlists and corporate actions
• Paper trading by default, live trading supported

Installation