Show HN: Stock Trading from Google Spreadsheet

Re:Show HN: Stock Trading from Google Spreadsheet by ykevinator on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @06:32AM (#18607367)

I can't believe I've never heard of alpaca before.

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Re:Show HN: Stock Trading from Google Spreadsheet by swalsh on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @07:59AM (#18607798)

It looks super interesting, but it's unclear to me if you can buy/sell options.

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Re:Show HN: Stock Trading from Google Spreadsheet by dmos62 on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @08:36AM (#18608021)

Alapaca's business model [0]:

> Alpaca will start offering Premium Plan subscriptions, where premium users will have access to various perks, such as higher quality live data feed and more computing resources. The pricing and exact features have not yet been determined. Please stay tuned for updates.

[0] https://support.alpaca.markets/hc/en-us/articles/36001104717...

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Re:Show HN: Stock Trading from Google Spreadsheet by hellofunk on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @07:37AM (#18607664)

Looks like the press release was only a few weeks ago. I wish they provided some way to access historical data, however. I struggle to find accessible and inexpensive histories.

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Re:Show HN: Stock Trading from Google Spreadsheet by umitanuki on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @12:17PM (#18610280)

You will access to the historical data. https://docs.alpaca.markets/web-api/market-data/ working to cover more

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