Connect to Alpaca Paper

Note

Stocks data feeds available only in Latinum (standard edition) and Latinum Stocks for Mac.

Connect to Alpaca Markets for paper trading and market data.

Sign up to Alpaca and Generate Keys

An Alpaca Markets Trading API account is required. Please visit alpaca.markets and sign up for one. Paper Trading accounts are free and don’t require identity documents.

Visit your Alpaca dashboard and look for the API Keys section in the right sidebar. Click on Generate New Keys. Save the new Key ID and Secret Key somewhere where you can copy them into Latinum. If you forget your keys, you can regenerate them.

Please read the Alpaca documentation for updated instructions if those provided here are incorrect.

Configure Latinum

Open Latinum. The Broker Selection window will be displayed. This window is sometimes called the Connection Selection window. Select Alpaca Paper and click OK.

The Alpaca Login window will be displayed. Paste in the Key ID and Secret Key you generated earlier. Click on OK.

The Alpaca data feed will now be available in Latinum. To connect using different options, navigate to File -> Logout and restart Latinum.