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Trading Fees

What are the regulatory fees?

Alpaca does NOT charge commision fees for trading stocks and ETFs. However, Alpaca does charge SEC process fee (SEC), option regulatory fee (ORF), trading activity fee (TAF) and index option fee (IOF). Other commision-fee-free brokerages (such as Charles Schwab) charge SEC, ORF, TAF and IOF fees too.

ACH Transactions

1. There can be at most 1 ACH transaction per day.

2. An ACH transaction less or equal to $1000 is instant.

Community

Alpaca - Slack

PDT & Marginal Accounts

Can I turn off Margin?

What is pattern day trading protection? Why is it denying my trades?

What determines the margin for my account?

References

• Build a Stock Trading System with Python Trading Bots and Alpaca Markets Trading API

• Building a LIVE Algorithmic Trading Bot with Python, Lumibot and Alpaca: A Step by Step Guide

• How to Build a Python Momentum Algorithm Trading Bot w/ Lumibot & Alpaca

• Introduction to Algorithmic Trading Using Python - How to Create & Test Trading Algorithm

• polygon.io - Pricing

• API Algo Trading Landscape

• Selling specific lots of shares