diff --git a/src/alpaca.test.ts b/src/alpaca.test.ts
index 2b49010..69ab5a5 100644
--- a/src/alpaca.test.ts
+++ b/src/alpaca.test.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,29 @@ describe('Alpaca', () => {
         expect(client.getOrder).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     });
 
+    it('retries on transient ECONNRESET error', async () => {
+        const econnreset = new Error('socket hang up');
+        (econnreset as { code?: string }).code = 'ECONNRESET';
+        const client = mockClient({
+            getClock: vi.fn()
+                .mockRejectedValueOnce(econnreset)
+                .mockResolvedValueOnce({ is_open: true, next_open: '2025-01-01T14:30:00Z', next_close: '2025-01-01T21:00:00Z' }),
+        });
+        const alpaca = new Alpaca(false, client);
+        const clock = await alpaca.getClock();
+        expect(clock.is_open).toBe(true);
+        expect(client.getClock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+
+    it('does not retry on non-transient errors', async () => {
+        const client = mockClient({
+            getClock: vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('invalid credentials')),
+        });
+        const alpaca = new Alpaca(false, client);
+        await expect(alpaca.getClock()).rejects.toThrow('invalid credentials');
+        expect(client.getClock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
     it('sell places a market sell order by qty and returns fill', async () => {
         const client = mockClient({
             createOrder: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'order-2', symbol: 'TQQQ', filled_avg_price: '51.00', filled_qty: '10', side: 'sell', status: 'filled' }),
diff --git a/src/alpaca.ts b/src/alpaca.ts
index 6cb7945..b7fe20b 100644
--- a/src/alpaca.ts
+++ b/src/alpaca.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ export interface AlpacaClient {
     }): Promise<AlpacaOrder>;
 }
 
+function isTransient(err: unknown): boolean {
+    if (!(err instanceof Error)) return false;
+    const msg = err.message;
+    if (msg.includes('ECONNRESET') || msg.includes('socket hang up') || msg.includes('ETIMEDOUT')) return true;
+    const status = (err as { response?: { status?: number } }).response?.status;
+    return status === 429 || status === 502 || status === 503 || status === 504;
+}
+
 export class Alpaca {
     private alpaca: AlpacaClient;
     constructor(live = false, client?: AlpacaClient) {
@@ -90,46 +98,58 @@ export class Alpaca {
         }
     }
 
+    private async retry<T>(label: string, fn: () => Promise<T>, maxRetries = 3): Promise<T> {
+        for (let attempt = 1; ; attempt++) {
+            try {
+                return await fn();
+            } catch (err) {
+                if (attempt >= maxRetries || !isTransient(err)) throw err;
+                const delay = attempt * 2000;
+                logger.info(`${label} failed (attempt ${attempt}/${maxRetries}), retrying in ${delay}ms`);
+                await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public async getAccount() {
-        return this.alpaca.getAccount();
+        return this.retry('getAccount', () => this.alpaca.getAccount());
     }
     public async getAssets() {
-        
-        return this.alpaca.getAssets({
+        return this.retry('getAssets', () => this.alpaca.getAssets({
             status : 'active',
             asset_class : 'us_equity'
-        });
+        }));
     }
     public async getAsset(symbol: string) {
-        return this.alpaca.getAsset(symbol);
+        return this.retry('getAsset', () => this.alpaca.getAsset(symbol));
     }
 
     public async getClock() {
-        const clock = await this.alpaca.getClock();
+        const clock = await this.retry('getClock', () => this.alpaca.getClock());
         logger.debug(`clock: is_open=${clock.is_open}, next_open=${clock.next_open}`);
         return clock;
     }
 
     public async getLatestAsk(symbol: string): Promise<number> {
-        const quote = await this.alpaca.getLatestQuote(symbol);
+        const quote = await this.retry('getLatestQuote', () => this.alpaca.getLatestQuote(symbol));
         logger.debug(`${symbol} ask: ${quote.AskPrice}`);
         return quote.AskPrice;
     }
     public async getLatestBid(symbol: string): Promise<number> {
-        const quote = await this.alpaca.getLatestQuote(symbol);
+        const quote = await this.retry('getLatestQuote', () => this.alpaca.getLatestQuote(symbol));
         logger.debug(`${symbol} bid: ${quote.BidPrice}`);
         return quote.BidPrice;
     }
     public async getLatestSpread(symbol: string): Promise<number> {
-        const quote = await this.alpaca.getLatestQuote(symbol);
+        const quote = await this.retry('getLatestQuote', () => this.alpaca.getLatestQuote(symbol));
         return quote.AskPrice - quote.BidPrice;
     }
     public async getLatestTrades(symbols: string[]) {
-        return this.alpaca.getLatestTrades(symbols);
+        return this.retry('getLatestTrades', () => this.alpaca.getLatestTrades(symbols));
     }
 
     public async getOrder(id: string): Promise<AlpacaOrder> {
-        return this.alpaca.getOrder(id);
+        return this.retry('getOrder', () => this.alpaca.getOrder(id));
     }
 
     private async waitForFill(orderId: string): Promise<AlpacaOrder> {
@@ -148,13 +168,13 @@ export class Alpaca {
 
     public async buy(symbol: string, dollarAmount: number): Promise<OrderFill> {
         logger.info(`buying ${symbol} for $${dollarAmount}`);
-        const order = await this.alpaca.createOrder({
+        const order = await this.retry('createOrder', () => this.alpaca.createOrder({
             symbol,
             notional: dollarAmount,
             side: 'buy',
             type: 'market',
             time_in_force: 'day',
-        });
+        }));
         const filled = order.status === 'filled' ? order : await this.waitForFill(order.id);
         logger.info(`bought ${symbol} — filled at ${filled.filled_avg_price}, qty ${filled.filled_qty}, order ${filled.id}`);
         return { price: parseFloat(filled.filled_avg_price), qty: parseFloat(filled.filled_qty) };
@@ -162,13 +182,13 @@ export class Alpaca {
 
     public async sell(symbol: string, qty: number): Promise<OrderFill> {
         logger.info(`selling ${qty} shares of ${symbol}`);
-        const order = await this.alpaca.createOrder({
+        const order = await this.retry('createOrder', () => this.alpaca.createOrder({
             symbol,
             qty,
             side: 'sell',
             type: 'market',
             time_in_force: 'day',
-        });
+        }));
         const filled = order.status === 'filled' ? order : await this.waitForFill(order.id);
         logger.info(`sold ${symbol} — filled at ${filled.filled_avg_price}, qty ${filled.filled_qty}, order ${filled.id}`);
         return { price: parseFloat(filled.filled_avg_price), qty: parseFloat(filled.filled_qty) };