alpaca-py

import os from alpaca.trading.client import TradingClient from alpaca.trading.requests import MarketOrderRequest from alpaca.trading.enums import OrderSide, TimeInForce # Ensure API keys are set as environment variables for security API_KEY = os.environ.get('ALPACA_API_KEY_ID', '') API_SECRET = os.environ.get('ALPACA_SECRET_KEY', '') if not API_KEY or not API_SECRET: print("Error: ALPACA_API_KEY_ID and ALPACA_SECRET_KEY environment variables must be set.") exit() # Initialize TradingClient (paper=True for paper trading account) trading_client = TradingClient(api_key=API_KEY, secret_key=API_SECRET, paper=True) try: # Get account information account = trading_client.get_account() print(f"Account ID: {account.id}") print(f"Status: {account.status}") print(f"Equity: {account.equity}") # Place a market order (example: buy 1 share of AAPL) market_order_data = MarketOrderRequest( symbol='AAPL', qty=1, side=OrderSide.BUY, time_in_force=TimeInForce.DAY ) market_order = trading_client.submit_order(market_order_data) print(f"\nSubmitted Market Order:") print(f" Order ID: {market_order.id}") print(f" Symbol: {market_order.symbol}") print(f" Side: {market_order.side}") print(f" Quantity: {market_order.qty}") except Exception as e: print(f"An error occurred: {e}")