Alpaca Broker Money Precision · alpacahq/alpaca-skills
Handle money precision in Alpaca API integrations
Guides correct handling of monetary amounts and quantities in Alpaca API code — treating numbers as strings, using decimal types instead of floats, rounding direction before sending orders, and fractional-share precision. Useful when writing trading code that moves money.
Good for
- Use decimal types instead of floats for orders
- Decide rounding direction before sending an amount
- Handle fractional-share quantity precision
- Source repository
- alpacahq/alpaca-skills
- Category
- Finance & trading
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A good place to start
Check this order code for correct money precision and rounding before it sends amounts to Alpaca.
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