Integrations

Broker Integrations

Alpaca Markets

Matchstick integrates with Alpaca Markets for commission-free stock and crypto trading.

Status: Available now (paper + live trading)

Quick Start

1. Sign up at alpaca.markets (free)
2. Get API keys from Paper Trading Dashboard
3. Connect via CLI:

matchstick connect alpaca

Supported Features

Feature	Status
Paper Trading	Available
Live Trading	Available
Account Info	Available
Positions	Available
Market Orders	Available
Limit Orders	Available
Stop Orders	Available
Order Cancellation	Available
Market Clock	Available
Asset Info	Available

Example Usage

# Check account balance
matchstick account

# View positions
matchstick positions

# Buy 10 shares of AAPL
matchstick order buy AAPL 10

# Sell with limit price
matchstick order sell TSLA 5 --limit 250

# View orders
matchstick orders

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
ALPACA_API_KEY	Yes	Your Alpaca API key
ALPACA_API_SECRET	Yes	Your Alpaca API secret
ALPACA_ENVIRONMENT	No	paper (default) or live

Coming Soon

• Interactive Brokers - Institutional-grade trading
• TD Ameritrade - Retail trading integration
• Coinbase - Cryptocurrency trading

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Data Integrations

Matchstick Radar

Real-time market event delivery via webhooks or API.

Status: Available now

Webhook Payload Example

{
  "event_id": "evt_01HXYZ",
  "source": "sec",
  "type": "filing",
  "symbol": "AISPW",
  "headline": "8-K Filing",
  "timestamp": "2025-12-12T22:28:04Z",
  "tags": ["8-K", "filing"],
  "confidence": 1.0
}

Radar Guarantees

• Stable field names — No breaking changes without versioning
• UTC timestamps — Consistent time representation
• Forward-compatible schemas — New fields added, never removed

Platform Support

Available Now

• Webhooks — HTTP POST to your endpoint
• REST API — Query historical data
• Python CLI — Local database sync
• Matchstick CLI — Native integration

Coming Soon

• PineScript helpers — TradingView integration
• NinjaScript adapters — NinjaTrader integration
• WebSocket streams — Real-time push

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Design Principles

Matchstick integrations are deliberately simple.

We prioritize:

• Clarity
• Stability
• Determinism

Over:

• Clever abstractions
• Heavy SDKs
• Magic helpers

If you need data, you get data. No framework lock-in.

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Help & Support

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• Contact