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Alpaca Trading

Stock and options trading, portfolio monitoring, and market data

What agents can do in Alpaca Trading

alpaca_cancel_order

Cancel a specific pending order by order ID. Environment: Paper. Requires autonomous trading to be enabled by the admin.

alpaca_get_account

View brokerage account details including balance, buying power, equity, and margin status. Environment: Paper.

alpaca_get_clock

Check if the market is currently open and when it next opens/closes.

alpaca_get_option_chain

Browse available options contracts filtered by underlying symbol, expiration, strike price, and option type.

alpaca_get_orders

List open, closed, or all recent orders. Environment: Paper.

alpaca_get_positions

List current holdings with real-time P&L, cost basis, and market value. Optionally filter by symbol. Environment: Paper.

alpaca_get_quote

Get real-time bid/ask/last price for a stock or ETF symbol.

alpaca_place_option_order

Place single-leg options orders. Environment: Paper. Requires autonomous trading to be enabled by the admin. Order value must not exceed the configured maximum.

alpaca_place_stock_order

Place stock or ETF orders (market, limit, stop, stop-limit, trailing stop). Environment: Paper. Requires autonomous trading to be enabled by the admin. Order value must not exceed the configured maximum.

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