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Robinhood API guide

Robinhood popularised commission-free trading, so many first trading bots start with “Robinhood API”. Here is what is actually supported.

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Quick answer

Robinhood has an official API only for crypto trading (the Robinhood Crypto API), authenticated with an API key and an Ed25519 signature per request. There is no official API for Robinhood stocks or options; community libraries such as robin_stocks use private endpoints, which can break and may breach the terms. For automated stock trading use a broker with a public API such as Alpaca, Schwab, Tradier or Interactive Brokers.

Robinhood API at a glance

Pricing
Crypto API free; trading spreads apply
Availability
US
Paper trading
Not applicable (data only)
Integration type
Asymmetric / wallet signing
In AlgoGP
Design and backtest in AlgoGP, connect the exported code
Crypto
Official Robinhood Crypto Trading API
Stocks/options
No official API
Crypto auth
API key + Ed25519 signature
Alternatives
Alpaca, Schwab, Tradier, IBKR

Why not use robin_stocks?

Build a Robinhood strategy with AlgoGP

AlgoGP does not connect to Robinhood natively yet. Robinhood requires asymmetric or wallet signatures (JWT, RSA-PSS or EIP-712) that the standard-library Python AlgoGP exports cannot produce without an extra library.

  1. 1

    Design and backtest in AlgoGP

    Describe the strategy to the copilot and backtest it on years of normalized history. The result does not depend on any vendor.

  2. 2

    Export the Python project

    Every project exports strategy.py, market_data.py, brokers.py and live.py. The strategy only sees bars, cash, positions and orders, never a vendor’s wire format.

  3. 3

    Plug in Robinhood

    Implement the four adapter methods (account, positions, submit_market_order and a candle fetcher) with Robinhood’s SDK, or keep a built-in platform for paper trading and add Robinhood when you go live.

Built-in data sources for the same markets: Alpaca, Binance, Coinbase Exchange, Yahoo Finance.

Robinhood API: frequently asked questions

Does Robinhood have an API for stocks?

No official one. Only crypto trading has an official API.

What is the best Robinhood API alternative?

Alpaca is the closest: commission-free US stocks with a free paper-trading API.

Design and backtest your Robinhood strategy first

AlgoGP turns an idea into Python and tests it on years of history before you connect it to Robinhood. The exported code keeps the broker behind four small adapter methods.

  • AI copilot writes and revises the rules
  • Backtests with realistic costs
  • Exported Python ready to wire to Robinhood
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Robinhood alternatives

Independent guide. AlgoGP is not affiliated with Robinhood. Limits, prices and availability change; confirm them in the official documentation. Nothing here is investment advice.