Changelog

Latest Updates

2026-01-18

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.

Roadmap

See the public roadmap for upcoming features.

Coming Soon

• WebSocket streaming for real-time order updates
• Additional broker integrations (Interactive Brokers, TD Ameritrade)
• TUI monitor for terminal-based trading
• Strategy backtesting with historical data