February 2019 Summaries

We've made significant updates to the web dashboard and mobile apps, enabling users to trade stocks manually without relying on full-on trading algorithms. The new features allow for easier management of positions and open orders through both paper-trading and live-trading environments. Users can now place trades, cancel open orders, and deactivate/activate API access directly from the Alpaca Dashboard mobile app, which has also been expanded to include an Android version. Additionally, the Alpaca Documentation page has been updated for improved navigation and organization, providing a more streamlined experience for users.

The Alpaca Dashboard mobile app is an open-sourced example application built on React Native, designed to be a minimal skeleton for developers to add features and refine designs. The app allows users to log in to their Alpaca trading accounts, track performance and buying power, view open positions and orders, take emergency actions, and manually place trades or disable API access. This feature is part of the growing Alpaca community's efforts to collaborate on coding snippets and example algorithms, with the goal of accelerating progress and innovation in mobile app development.