Software Engineering Daily

Software Engineering Daily


Alpaca: Stock Trading API with Yoshi Yokokawa

January 30, 2020

Stock trading takes place across a variety of software platforms. Etrade and Schwab have allowed individual traders to buy securities for decades. Robinhood built a business around a similar model, but also removed the commission. Wealthfront and Betterment provide “roboadvisor” services that abstract away the underlying securities and focus on managing a risk profile. Each