--- title: "MomoX3 Docs — Get set up" description: "Step-by-step setup guides for MomoX3: connect your free Alpaca data keys, connect Schwab live streaming, and sign in — with a screenshot for every step." canonical: https://www.momox.io/docs --- [MOMOX3](https://www.momox.io/)docs # Get set up Everything here takes a few minutes, needs no technical skill, and each step has a picture of exactly what you should be looking at. Your keys stay in *your* browser — MomoX3 never stores them in a database. [**1 · Connect Alpaca**Free market data — charts go live.~3 minutes] [**2 · Connect Schwab**Recommended for everyone — 100% of US volume in real-time (IEX alone is ~2%).~5 minutes + 24–48 hr approval] [**3 · Sign in**Your account, your devices.~1 minute] SETUP 1 ## Connect Alpaca — free live data ~3 minutes · free account · no funding required 🎬 Rather watch? Part 1 takes you from the welcome email to a live chart (2:48). The same steps are written out below. [Open on YouTube ↗](https://youtu.be/OrP3A7TsdjE) MomoX3 draws its charts from market data fetched with *your own* free Alpaca account — real-time prices, with full-market volume on a [16-minute delay]. Until you connect it, the app runs on SAMPLE data. 1 ### Create a free Alpaca account Go to [alpaca.markets](https://alpaca.markets) and sign up. Choose a regular (live) account — you do **not** need to deposit any money. Data works on an unfunded account. 2 ### Open your dashboard and find API Keys Sign in at [app.alpaca.markets](https://app.alpaca.markets). On the home dashboard, look at the right-hand side for the **API Keys** panel. (If your dashboard says Paper Trading at first, that's fine — the panel is in the same place either way.) 📱 **On your phone?** The panel hides below the fold — from the menu tap **Home**, then scroll down to **API Keys**. Seven seconds, start to finish: 3 ### Generate your key pair In that panel, click **Generate** (or **Regenerate**). Alpaca shows two values: an **API Key** and a **Secret**. Copy both right away — the Secret is shown only once. **⚠️ Save both keys before you leave this screen** (password manager or private note). MomoX3 keeps your keys only in the browser you paste them into — never on our servers — so every other device or browser needs the same pair. Alpaca never shows the Secret again: if you lose it, click **Regenerate** and paste the new pair on every device (the old pair stops working). 4 ### Paste both into MomoX3 Open [app.momox.io](https://app.momox.io) and click the **key button** in the top-right corner of the header (circled below). Paste the API Key and the Secret into the two Alpaca fields and press **Save & connect**. 📱 **Adding another device later?** Open app.momox.io there, click the key button, and paste the same saved pair. 5 ### Done — charts go live The SAMPLE DATA notice disappears and the feed pill in the header turns **● LIVE**. That's it — you're on live data. **Is the data free — and what exactly do you get?** Yes, free forever. What you see is genuinely real-time — but from the **IEX exchange only, about 2% of US volume**. What to expect on IEX: **pre-market and after-hours** it can go quiet for 20–40 minutes at a time (no new candles until the next IEX trade — that's the exchange, not the app); **during market hours** candles form live but are thinner than the full tape. The full-market consolidated tape (every US exchange, ~98% of volume) arrives 16 minutes behind, and MomoX3 automatically upgrades each bar to full-market data once it's 16+ minutes old. **The fix is Schwab:** connect [Schwab] below and you stream **100% of US volume in real-time, free**, or add Alpaca's optional [Algo Trader Plus](https://alpaca.markets/data) plan ($99/mo) — bought from Alpaca on your own account, used automatically, and we never charge you for data. SETUP 2 · RECOMMENDED FOR EVERYONE ## Connect Schwab — real-time streaming ~5 minutes · wait 24–48 hrs for Schwab approval · requires a [free Schwab brokerage account](https://www.schwab.com/open-an-account) 🎬 Rather watch? Part 2 starts once Schwab has approved your developer account (3:29). The same steps are written out below. [Open on YouTube ↗](https://youtu.be/9zsvoattJK0) Schwab gives MomoX3 the **full market in real-time — 100% of US volume, free**. Without it you stream IEX only (~2% of volume: quiet pre-market and after-hours, thin candles in session), so treat this as part of setup, not an extra. The one-time setup is: create a free Schwab *developer* account, request Trader API access and **wait 24–48 hrs for Schwab to approve it**, register an "app" there, wait for Schwab to switch it on, then connect inside MomoX3. Follow the pictures — none of this requires being technical. 1 ### Create a Schwab developer account Go to [developer.schwab.com/register](https://developer.schwab.com/register) and create your account. **This is a separate login** from your normal Schwab brokerage login — you're creating a new (free) developer profile. Schwab verifies your email and phone as part of sign-up. 2 ### Choose “Individual Developer” After signing in you'll see three profile cards. Under **Individual Developer** (the left card), click **Start Now**. 3 ### Request access to the Trader API — then WAIT for approval Go to **API Products → Trader API - Individual** and click **Request Access**. The button flips to **Pending - Request Access** and a green bar confirms your request was submitted — that's all you can do for now. **⏳ This is the wait — not the app yet.** Schwab reviews access requests by hand, typically **24–48 hours** (business days). Until it's approved, your Dashboard → **Subscriptions** tab shows **Pending** — and **you can't create the app yet**. Trying on day one isn't broken; it's just too early. Check back when Subscriptions shows **Approved**, then continue to the next step. **📧 The "Welcome to Dev Portal" email is NOT the approval.** That email (subject "Create your login credentials") just means your developer *account* exists — it arrives within the hour and fools almost everyone. The real approval never comes as an email at all: the only truth is the **Subscriptions** tab at [developer.schwab.com/dashboard/apps](https://developer.schwab.com/dashboard/apps). **No results found** there means your access request was never submitted — the wait hasn't even started. **Pending** means you're in the queue. If you don't see the "Individual Developer" chooser to request from, go straight to [the Trader API - Individual product page](https://developer.schwab.com/products/trader-api--individual) and click **Request Access** there. 4 ### Create an app — four fields matter Once your Trader API access shows **Approved** (previous step): **Dashboard → Create App**. Everything circled in red below matters; the rest you can leave alone. - **Both API products** — Accounts and Trading Production and Market Data Production. Market Data alone is **not** enough: the live stream won't connect without the Trading product, and the connection will look broken. - **Order Limit** — 120. - **App Name** — anything, e.g. MomoX3. - **Callback URL** — exactly https://app.momox.io/schwab/callback (recommended — this powers **⚡ 1-click connect**: sign-ins finish themselves, no copy/paste ever). The manual alternative https://127.0.0.1 also works but makes every sign-in a copy/paste. Either way: nothing else — no extra slash, no port, not http://. **⚡ Recommended — 1-click reconnect (the end of the copy/paste sign-in):** with the Callback URL above set to https://app.momox.io/schwab/callback, MomoX3 finishes the Schwab sign-in **by itself** — the weekly reconnect and every new device become two clicks: **⚡ 1-click → Enable** once on the Connect Schwab banner, then **Connect Schwab** and approve on Schwab's page — the rest finishes itself. **Creating your app fresh? Use that URL from the start — nothing extra to wait for.** **Changing the Callback URL on an app that already exists sends it back through Schwab review**: status shows Modification Pending — sometimes just a few hours, up to 1–3 business days — and until it returns to **Ready For Use**, every sign-in fails with “We are unable to complete your request” (the paste method included). Nothing is broken while you wait: MomoX3 keeps running on real-time IEX + delayed full-tape data. Off-hours or a weekend is the best time to switch an existing app. This is what the wait looks like on your App Details page: **Using MomoX3 on more than one device?** Schwab allows only **one app with Market Data Production per developer account**, and only **one live connection per app** — and creating a second app isn't possible (Schwab refuses it with a “max number of apps” error). The good news: MomoX3's cloud holds that one connection *for* you and shares it — **your devices all stream Schwab at the same time**; just sign in on each device (its own 7-day sign-in powers that device's options chains and ±EM data). The one-connection limit only bites if something *outside* app.momox.io uses the same Schwab app at the same time. This is a Schwab platform limit, not a MomoX3 one. **How to tell you're connected:** the feed pill is the truth — SCHWAB + green LIVE means this device is streaming the full tape right now. Seeing the Connect banner anyway just means *this device's* weekly sign-in is due for its own options chains and ±EM data — the stream stays live while you get to it. 5 ### Wait for “Ready For Use” — then wait a little more Schwab reviews new apps. Your app's status moves from **Approved — Pending** to **Ready For Use** — this can take a few hours to a couple of days. ⚠️ Even after the status says **Ready For Use**, the key often takes a few more hours to actually switch on at Schwab. If your sign-in fails on the same day you created the app, nothing is wrong — try again in a few hours or the next morning. 6 ### Copy your App Key and Secret Open your app in the portal (**View Details**). At the bottom you'll find the **App Key** (shown as **Client ID**) and the **Secret** — reveal each with the eye icon and copy it, so you don't pick up stray spaces. While you're on this page, check the other two red boxes: the **Callback URL** reads exactly **https://app.momox.io/schwab/callback**, and **both** API products are listed — **Accounts and Trading Production** and **Market Data Production**. With either one missing or the callback different, the sign-in never completes. Fix them with **Modify App**. 7 ### Add them in MomoX3 In [app.momox.io](https://app.momox.io), click the **key button** (top-right corner) and paste the App Key and Secret into the two Schwab fields, then **Save & connect**. 8 ### Connect — approve on Schwab's page, the rest finishes itself On the **Connect Schwab** banner: click **⚡ 1-click setup → Enable** (one-time per device — it needs the app.momox.io Callback URL from step 4). Then click **Connect Schwab**: a popup opens — sign in with your **normal Schwab brokerage login** (not the developer one), pick your account, approve — and the popup **closes itself**. **Success:** you'll see “Schwab connected — live stream ready” and the feed switches to Schwab automatically. That's the whole flow — every sign-in from now on is those same two clicks, and it's per device: your other devices share the live stream instantly and just do their own quick sign-in for options chains + ±EM. Schwab requires a fresh sign-in every **7 days** — MomoX3 reminds you a day early. **Steps 9–10 below are ONLY for apps still on the manual 127.0.0.1 callback.** Manual method only (the https://127.0.0.1 callback) — skip this if you used ⚡ 1-click above 9 ### You'll land on a broken page — that's normal With the manual https://127.0.0.1 callback, the browser lands on a **page that can't load** after you approve. It looks like an error. **It is supposed to.** The address bar of that broken page contains your login code. 10 ### Copy the whole address, paste, Finish — within ~30 seconds Click the address bar of the broken page, select the **entire** address, copy it, switch back to MomoX3, paste it into the banner's box and press **Finish**. Do this promptly — Schwab's codes expire in about 30 seconds. If it expires, just click Connect Schwab and go again. Success looks the same as step 8's. SETUP 3 ## Sign in to MomoX3 ~1 minute After you subscribe, your welcome email contains your sign-in. MomoX3 runs in any browser — laptop, desktop, tablet, phone — nothing to install. 1 ### Open your welcome email Right after checkout you'll get a welcome email. Click its sign-in link (or use your license key at the door if that's what you received). 2 ### Set up your account at the door At [app.momox.io](https://app.momox.io), choose **Set up your account** so your email address becomes your login — no key to keep track of. 3 ### One subscription = one person Your access is personal. Sessions are limited per account, so use your own login on your own devices.