Place Alpaca order when Kalshi price crosses threshold
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2 ready-made Alpaca and Kalshi Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Kalshi can start an automation with "Market price crossed threshold", and IFTTT can then run "Cancel Open Orders" on Alpaca.
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7 triggers, queries, and actions
Market price crossed threshold
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires every time a Kalshi market's YES price crosses the threshold percentage you specify.
Market resolved
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when the Kalshi market you specify resolves to YES or NO.
Look up market by ticker
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the current price, volume, and status of the Kalshi market you specify.
Markets for an event
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
Returns each market that belongs to a Kalshi event, with the current YES/NO price for each.
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.
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.
Look up market by ticker
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the current price, volume, and status of the Kalshi market you specify.
Market price crossed threshold
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires every time a Kalshi market's YES price crosses the threshold percentage you specify.
Market resolved
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when the Kalshi market you specify resolves to YES or NO.
Markets for an event
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
Returns each market that belongs to a Kalshi event, with the current YES/NO price for each.
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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If
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Market price crossed threshold
Market resolved
Then
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Cancel Open Orders
Liquidate Positions
Place Market Order
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More on Alpaca and Kalshi
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 Kalshi
Kalshi is the first U.S. regulated event-contracts exchange, where you can track market prices on real-world events from elections to weather to economic indicators. Use Kalshi on IFTTT to get notified when market prices cross your thresholds and when events resolve.