Dolphin Trade Pro and Alpaca Securities LLC announce an embedded-finance partnership
US equity account opening, order execution, clearing and custody for Dolphin Trade Pro clients now route to Alpaca Securities LLC, a self-clearing US broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC.
New York, August 18, 2025 — Dolphin Trade Pro, a next-generation digital wealth management platform built around AI-driven algorithmic signals, today announced a strategic technology and clearing partnership with Alpaca Securities LLC ("Alpaca"), the US embedded-finance and self-clearing broker-dealer headquartered in Silicon Valley.
Under the partnership, Dolphin Trade Pro connects to Alpaca's Broker API infrastructure. US equity account opening, order execution, clearing and custody for Dolphin Trade Pro clients are handled by Alpaca, the regulated broker-dealer behind the interface. Every order placed in the app is routed into US-regulated brokerage channels rather than matched internally by the platform.
The cooperation covers account opening and documentation, order routing and execution, fractional share trading, corporate actions and statements — delivered through Alpaca's API layer and surfaced inside the Dolphin Trade Pro experience. It builds on several infrastructure upgrades Alpaca completed between 2023 and 2026, which took it from a clearing-introducing broker to a self-clearing broker-dealer in its own right.
How the arrangement is structured
Dolphin Trade Pro operates as a technology platform. Securities brokerage services, order execution, clearing and custody are provided by Alpaca Securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Client securities accounts are opened with Alpaca and carried by Alpaca on a fully disclosed basis: the client relationship is with the broker-dealer, and the platform is the interface in front of it.
Dolphin Trade Pro is not a broker-dealer, does not hold or commingle client funds or securities, and does not provide investment advice on an individualised basis.
What the partnership changes for clients
Execution, clearing and custody at a US broker-dealer
SIPC protection up to $500,000, plus Excess SIPC cover
Macro strategy and operational oversight on the integration
Fractional US equity investing from $1
Chloe Chen — Principal Operational Liaison, Clearing & Compliance
“We spent several months auditing the layer between our platform and the clearing stack before moving production traffic. Alpaca's API throughput, combined with the behavioural-finance work our advisory team contributes, lets retail clients follow institutional-style macro signals at a very low opportunity cost — with the order itself still executed and cleared by a regulated US broker-dealer.”
Dolphin Trade Pro — Chief Operating Officer
“Retail investors have been putting up with slow cross-border account opening, layered fees and no institutional-grade risk controls. We built the simplest front end we could; Alpaca provides the regulated US market infrastructure underneath it. This partnership removes one more barrier between ordinary investors and long-term US equity ownership.”
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A regulated US brokerage stack behind a simple interface
Accounts are opened with Alpaca Securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC, and carried by Alpaca. Dolphin Trade Pro provides the interface, the signal engine and the portfolio tools on top.