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Linking an Alpaca paper account, what your keys can and cannot do, and how money gets in.

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Bellwether trades through your own brokerage account. Nothing is custodied here and nothing can move money: the keys you paste can place stock orders in a paper account and nothing else.

  1. Connect an Alpaca paper accountThe guided Connect wizard step by step. The four illustrated Alpaca steps, what Test connection checks before anything trades, and what you see once the book is linked.New to Bellwether8 min read
  2. Keys and safetyWhere your Alpaca keys are stored, what a trading key pair can and cannot do, who holds it, and how to rotate or revoke it.Owners & operators5 min read
  3. Funding your accountBellwether never moves money. Where deposits and withdrawals actually happen, what the Funding panel shows, and how a paper account gets its cash.Owners & operators3 min read