Choose Your Trading Strategy

What type of trading interests you?

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Day Trading

Fast trades, multiple times per day

📊 Time commitment: High
💰 Avg monthly return: +5-15%
👥 Active users: 1,245

Best for traders with experience + time to monitor

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Swing Trading

Hold positions 5-30 days, catch trends

📊 Time commitment: Medium
💰 Avg monthly return: +3-10%
👥 Active users: 3,847 ⭐ Most Popular

Best for balanced traders, good risk/reward

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Long-Term Investing

Buy and hold for months/years

📊 Time commitment: Low
💰 Avg annual return: +8-20%
👥 Active users: 892

Best for passive investors, compounding wealth

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Crypto Trading

24/7 markets, high volatility, DeFi

📊 Time commitment: High
💰 Avg monthly return: +10-50%
👥 Active users: 2,134

Best for risk-tolerant traders, 24/7 opportunity

Name Your Bot

Give it a cool name and set initial capital

Bot Name

Choose a memorable name you'll recognize

Initial Capital ($)

Paper trading? Set to any amount. Live trading requires actual capital.

Trading Account Type

📋 Paper Trading (Practice, no real money) 💰 Live Trading (Real money)

Start with paper trading to test your strategy risk-free. Learn more →

ℹ️ Connected to your Alpaca account

Already connected? Great! Your capital limits are enforced automatically.

Choose Your Starting Skills

Pick 3-5 complementary skills to get started

💡 Recommendation for your strategy: Buy the Starter Pack to get 5 perfectly matched skills at 40% off.

Selected Skills (0/5)

No skills selected yet

Regular price: $0
Total: $0

Set Your Risk Parameters

Define how much risk you're comfortable with

Max Loss Per Trade (%)

If a trade loses more than this %, it stops. Typical: 1-3%

Example: At $10K capital, 2% = $200 max loss per trade

Max Daily Loss (%)

Bot stops trading if daily loss reaches this. Typical: 5-10%

Example: At $10K capital, 5% = $500 daily loss limit

Position Size (Number of Shares/Contracts)

How many shares per trade? Higher = riskier. Start conservative.

Typical: 50-200 shares depending on stock price

Maximum Positions Open

How many simultaneous trades? 1-3 = conservative, 5+ = aggressive

📊 Your Risk Profile Summary

Per-trade risk: $0
Daily loss limit: $0
Max simultaneous positions: 3

Risk Level: Conservative ✅

Review & Deploy Your Bot

Everything looks good? Let's deploy!

Bot Configuration

Strategy:
Name:
Capital: $
Account Type:

Skills Selected

Total: $

Risk Settings

Max Loss/Trade: %
Max Daily Loss: %
Position Size: units
Max Open Positions:

✅ All settings validated

✅ Capital limits confirmed

✅ Risk parameters set

🚀 Ready to deploy!

After Deployment:

Monitor your bot on the dashboard
Watch your first few trades execute
Access the Safety Center for real-time health monitoring
Review your P&L after 24 hours
Optimize based on performance

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Your Bot is Live!

is now active and trading.

📊 View Dashboard

Watch your bot in action and monitor performance

Go to Dashboard

🛡️ Safety Center

Real-time health monitoring and incident alerts

View Safety Center

📚 Learn More

Take courses to improve your trading

Browse Academy

🏘️ Join Community

Share your bot and compete on leaderboards

Join Community

💡 Tip: Check back daily to see how your bot performs!