JavaScript/Alpaca Algorithmic Trading

Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Sign up for Alpaca and get API keys
3. Insert your Alpaca API keys into a file called .env like this:

API_KEY=<insert API key>
SECRET_API_KEY=<insert secret API key>

4. Run npm install
5. Run node index.js

To get ts-node working

1. Install typescript globally: npm i typescript -g

2. Go to your project directory and link typescript to the project: cd npm link typescript

3. Add type: module in package.json "type": "module" in package.json

4. Execute ts-node using npx: npx ts-node .ts