Press a Button to Place an Alpaca Market Order
4 ready-made Alpaca and Button widget Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Button widget can start an automation with "Button press", and IFTTT can then run "Cancel Open Orders" on Alpaca.-
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Press Button to Cancel All Alpaca Orders
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Press Button widget to liquidate all Alpaca positions
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Buy Stocks on Alpaca with Button Widget
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Automate Alpaca and Button widget from your AI assistant
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Create your own Alpaca and Button widget workflow
Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.
4 triggers, queries, and actions
Button press
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time you press the button.
Cancel Open Orders
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will cancel all open orders.
Liquidate Positions
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will liquidate all open positions.
Place Market Order
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will place a new day market order for the given symbol, side and quantity.
Button press
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time you press the button.
Cancel Open Orders
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will cancel all open orders.
Liquidate Positions
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will liquidate all open positions.
Place Market Order
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will place a new day market order for the given symbol, side and quantity.
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Select a trigger the automation will use
Button press
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Select an action the automation will perform
Cancel Open Orders
Liquidate Positions
Place Market Order
You can add delays, queries, and more actions in the next step!
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About Alpaca
Alpaca allows you to trade stocks using every type of event. It also enables you to buy and/or sell stocks with various connected apps. Check out our Documentation for more! (Important Disclosures)
About Button widget
Make buttons and control other services with a single tap. This service creates widgets that you can use from the home screen of your Android or iOS device.