Sferica Integration

Automate Alpaca Trading

Automate US stock and crypto trading on Alpaca from TradingView alerts via Sferica.

Overview

Alpaca is a US-regulated commission-free stock and crypto broker built for algorithmic trading. Sferica connects to Alpaca through Tickerly so you can route TradingView signals to live or paper accounts. Fractional shares are supported, making it easy to scale strategies across many tickers without huge capital requirements.

Key Features

• US stocks (over 8,000 tickers) — fractional shares supported

• Crypto trading on the same Alpaca account

• Paper trading account for risk-free strategy validation

• Commission-free execution

• TradingView alert automation

Setup in 3 Steps

1. Generate Alpaca API keys

   In your Alpaca dashboard, generate API keys for live or paper account.

2. Connect the Alpaca connector

   In Sferica, open the Alpaca connector and enter API key and secret (mark live vs paper).

3. Activate a strategy

   Pick a stock or crypto strategy tagged for Alpaca and activate.

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