README.md

Stock-Trader

Python

• Use Python 3.7 or above (virtual environment recommended)
  • python3 -m venv .venv
  • source .venv/bin/activate
• Install requirements: pip install -r requirements.txt
• Run ./trader.py --help for CLI format
  • E.g. ./trader.py --brokerage dry_run --strategy vansh -d
  • E.g. ./trader.py --brokerage dry_run --strategy vansh -e on_market_open
• Add any credentials to the config directory

Setting up Alpaca Brokerage

To use the Alpaca brokerage (paper money or real money), follow these steps:

1. Go to https://alpaca.markets/
2. Create a new account
3. Generate the Key ID and Secret Key
4. Go to the /config directory and run touch alpaca.json
5. Paste your key id and secret in the following format:

{
    "key_id": "<YOUR KEY HERE>",
    "secret_key": "<YOUR SECRET HERE>"
}