AI agent starters · Rank #18
AlpacaTradingAgent
Grade B: derived only from the two verdicts below. How grades work
AlpacaTradingAgent: Multi-Agents LLM Financial Trading Framework and perform trades on alpaca
Why this verdict
How we check →- 12 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (11 in the last 30). receipt ↗
- OpenAI SDK 2 declared; latest is 3 (1 major behind). receipt ↗
- On current major: Flask. receipt ↗
Snapshot: commit 93a8106 on main, checked 2026-10-19 07:17 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.
Dependency freshness
| Package | Declared | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI SDK openai | 2.33.0 | 3.35.1 | 1 major behind |
| Flask flask | 3.0.0 | 3.1.3 | Current |
| LangGraph langgraph | 1.1.10 | 1.2.16 | Current |
Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.
What's in the stack
Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.
What the README says you get
- AICustom model IDs
Every provider accepts custom model IDs
- APIReal-time Alpaca trading
Direct integration with Alpaca API for real-time trading execution
- OtherPaper and live trading
Support for both paper trading (testing) and live trading with real money
- OtherMargin and short selling
Full support for margin accounts, including short selling capabilities
- OtherPortfolio management
Real-time portfolio tracking, position monitoring, and order management
- OtherStocks and crypto analysis
Analyze both traditional stocks and cryptocurrencies in a single session
- OtherMixed symbol portfolios
Support for mixed symbol inputs like
- OtherExecutable final actions
Final decisions preserve `BUY/HOLD/SELL` or `LONG/NEUTRAL/SHORT` for Alpaca execution
- OtherPersistent decision log
Completed decisions are written to a markdown memory log
- OtherCheckpoint resume
Optional per-symbol SQLite checkpoints allow failed LangGraph runs to resume
Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Oct 12, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote; 4 unverifiable items were discarded. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.
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History
Sep 29, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026. One square per check, colored by maintenance status. Hover for details.
Show as a table
| Date | Maintenance | Dependencies | Commits (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Active | 1 major behind | 12 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Active | 1 major behind | 35 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Active | 1 major behind | 44 |
Sources
Every claim on this page comes from these public records, checked . Open them to verify.
- Commit history ↗ default branch (main) at the checked commit: pulse, contributors, last commit
- Releases ↗ latest release
- requirements.txt ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit 93a8106)
- README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
- PyPI ↗ latest versions of Python packages (each linked in the table above)