The API is lovely.
The $99/mo real-time meter is not.
Alpaca deserves its developer following — and its free tier delivers 15-minute-delayed data, with real-time at $99/mo and forum threads on WebSocket drops spanning 2021–2025. EventTrader's live market data streams free, and the API key arrives with signup.
Always-on strategy hosting
Cloned or configured bots run server-side around the clock — no VPS to rent, no notebook to babysit.
Free live deployment
Deploying a strategy against live markets costs nothing beyond the positions it takes. No per-node compute billing.
API, SDK, MCP
Documented REST API with generous authenticated rate limits, an SDK, and an MCP server for AI-driven workflows.
Why people look beyond Alpaca
- Free tier data is 15-minute delayed; real-time requires the $99/mo tier
- WebSocket feed failures at market open documented on the community forum (Aug 2025 and earlier)
- No options/futures; crypto coverage limited
What you'd actually be trading here
EventTrader is a prediction exchange: perpetual prediction markets on crypto, stocks and macro moves with no expiry, live central-limit order books, event markets on real-world outcomes, and a marketplace of trading bots you can clone instead of coding. Position risk is capped at what you put in — no liquidation engine, no margin calls. Server-side alerts and free webhook auto-execution come with every account.
- Free means free. No card required. Nothing auto-converts into a paid plan.
- We are not a backtesting IDE. EventTrader is a prediction exchange where strategies run live — bring your research, deploy the result.
- No predictions sold. Markets are markets; we make no performance claims.
- Leave in one click. Withdraw on-chain any time, with a tx hash you can verify.
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