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Alpaca hmac key
Could not connect
This venue is not ready to connect yet, so the form is disabled rather than taking a key it cannot use. Nothing has been stored. Your api secret has been cleared and must be entered again — we do not send a secret back to your browser.
⚠ This stores a secret
It is encrypted before it reaches the database and never appears in a response or a log. It is still worth knowing: issue a key with trading and withdrawal disabled, and revoke it at the venue if you ever stop using this.
The credential is checked against the venue before it is stored. If it turns out to allow trading or withdrawal, the connection is refused and nothing is saved.
How to create the key checked September 2026
Dashboard → API Keys
  1. 1Sign in to Alpaca and open the API Keys section of your dashboard.
  2. 2Generate a key.
  3. 3Copy the key ID and the secret. Alpaca shows the secret once.
Turn on
Read-only key where your plan offers one
Leave off
Withdrawal or funding permissions
Worth knowing about Alpaca
  • Paper and live accounts issue different keys against different endpoints. Use the one matching the account you want imported.
Exchanges move these settings without warning. If what you see does not match, Alpaca dashboard ↗ is the authority — and nothing here ever asks you to enable trading or withdrawal.
What this connection can supply stock broker
executions✓
open positions✓
fees✓
balance history✓
Limits worth knowing
  • no stop-amendment history — the moved-stops pattern shows as unavailable
  • no funding data