Alpaca + Trade Ideas
API-driven trading. Real-time execution. One connected workflow.
Alpaca is built for systematic, API-first trading. Trade Ideas is built to surface opportunity in real time. Connect your Alpaca account to Trade Ideas and execute the moment your rules trigger — directly inside Trade Ideas Brokerage Plus. Build the logic. Trigger the order. Manage the position.
See it in action
Brokerage Plus + Alpaca
System-driven traders expect analysis and execution to work as one.
With Alpaca connected, Trade Ideas Brokerage Plus becomes the bridge between your rule-based signals and live stock orders — sent directly to your Alpaca brokerage account.
Learn how to connect Alpaca to Trade Ideas in our setup guide.
Integration highlights
What You Get
Everything you need for automated execution and risk control — in one place.
Practice or Go Live
Connect to Alpaca Paper Trading to test and refine your strategy, or switch to Alpaca Live when you're ready to deploy. Same workflow. Same tools — just a different account.
Execution flexibility
Trade manually, semi-automated, or fully rule-based. Connect your Alpaca account and trigger orders directly from scans, charts and custom conditions inside Trade Ideas.
Risk control
Set stops, targets, trailing stops, and timed exits—adjust anytime. Double up, scale out or exit instantly with quick-action buttons.
Overview
Real Position Management
This integration goes far beyond placing trades
One Dashboard
Manage all positions, exposure, and risk at a glance. No second platform required.
Stops & Targets
Set stops, targets, trailing stops, and timed exits—adjust them anytime from Trade Ideas.
Quick Actions
Scale out of positions or exit instantly with Flatten, 1/2, Double, Reverse, and Limit Out.
Fewer clicks. Fewer mistakes. More focus.
About
About Alpaca
Alpaca is an API-first brokerage platform offering commission-free trading for U.S. stocks and ETFs (fees may apply). Built with automation and programmatic trading in mind, Alpaca provides infrastructure for traders and developers seeking direct market access through modern brokerage technology.
When connected to Trade Ideas, Alpaca enables traders to combine automated or discretionary strategies with real-time stock intelligence — all within a connected trading workflow.
*Fees and conditions may apply. See Alpaca's website for full details.
Best for
Active traders and system traders who:
- Already use Alpaca as their brokerage
- Trade U.S. stocks
- Build rule-based or algorithmic strategies
- Want direct order execution from their scanning platform
- Seek commission-free equity trading
Connect Alpaca to Trade Ideas and execute stock trades directly from your scans.
Integration Snapshot
- Broker
- Alpaca
- Connection
- API integration
- Trading mode
- Live and Paper trading
- Execution
- Alpaca brokerage
- Markets
- NYSE, NASDAQ, NYSE Arca, AMEX, Cboe, and select OTC markets