US Stock Trading (Alpaca)

Setup and usage of Alpaca Paper Trading for simulated US stock investing. Alpaca offers commission-free API-first trading with a $100K virtual paper account for simulation.

Credentials

• API Key ID: PK5ZMJM5OF7DAA6EU2PKVXI5Z7 (saved to ~/.hermes/data/alpaca_config.json)
• Secret Key: 8mKU43vRGzgM3QFLwdTex1n3Li5FgEGehyVxJJi5Ags1 (same file)
• Paper URL: https://paper-api.alpaca.markets
• Data URL: https://data.alpaca.markets
• Account ID: f6844062-c2b1-4b1a-8bc1-4faf032c8794
• Initial Balance: $100,000 USD

Setup

pip install alpaca-py