Matchstick

Archived Changelog

Matchstick changelog Last updated: August 24, 2026
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Historical release notes for earlier Matchstick products

These releases cover earlier Matchstick products that are no longer part of the active roadmap. The current product is Matchstick Replay. See the current changelog for Replay release history.

2026-02-01

Matchstick Radar v0.3.1

Market calendar awareness for staleness thresholds.

  • Dynamic staleness thresholds based on market calendar (24hr on market days, 72hr on weekends/holidays)
  • NYSE 2026 holidays embedded in health endpoint
  • Fixed false “stale source” alerts on weekends when SEC is closed

2026-01-31

Matchstick Radar v0.3.0

Alert templates and market calendar notifications.

  • Pre-configured alert templates (High-Value Purchases, C-Suite Sales, Board Activity)
  • Market calendar email notifications (Sunday reminders)
  • Inactive alert notifications for rules with no recent matches
  • Real-time market status indicator (open/closed/premarket/afterhours/holiday)
  • Templates count against the 3-rule limit on free tier

2026-01-17

Matchstick CLI v0.1.0

First public release of the Matchstick CLI with trading support.

Trading Commands (Alpaca):

  • matchstick connect alpaca - Interactive API key setup
  • matchstick connect status - Show connection status
  • matchstick account - Display balance, equity, buying power, P&L
  • matchstick positions - List all open positions with P&L
  • matchstick order buy/sell - Submit market and limit orders
  • matchstick orders - List and manage orders

Development Commands:

  • matchstick init <name> - Create new strategy project
  • matchstick run - Run backtest simulation
  • matchstick play - Performance benchmark
  • matchstick demo cli|backtest - Interactive demos
  • matchstick watchlist show - Display watchlist files

Features:

  • Paper trading by default (safe mode)
  • Live trading with explicit --live flag
  • Credentials stored in ~/.matchstick/config.toml
  • Cross-platform: macOS, Linux, Windows

Matchstick Alpaca Adapter v0.1.0

New Rust library for Alpaca Markets API integration.

  • Full REST API coverage (account, positions, orders, assets)
  • Paper and live trading environments
  • Type-safe API responses with serde
  • Async/await with tokio
  • API secrets redacted from logs

2025-12-13

Matchstick Events (Desktop)

  • v1.0.0 (Beta) - Initial release of the desktop application.
    • Native Tauri application
    • Real-time event streaming
    • Radar integration for historical backfill

Matchstick Radar

  • New Dataset: Insider Trading
    • Added real-time SEC Form 4 filings
    • Historical backfill available via API

Matchstick Site

  • New Docs: Added comprehensive documentation for tooling and usage.
  • Visuals: Integrated new implementation flows for Events and Radar.