AutoTrader Overview

Auto Trader automates stock option trading

It consists of two components:

• A server hosted in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that parses text from a Discord bot for trade signals from selected options traders and analysts
• A locally hosted client that listens to the server for new trade signals and places validated orders with a TD Ameritrade brokerage account

AutoTrader is currently a functioning prototype

Installation

AutoTrader can be cloned from GitHub

Configuration

For AutoTrader Client configuration help see "docs/Setting Up AutoTrader Client.pdf"

Using AutoTrader Client

1. Ensure you understand and have adjusted the brokerage order parameters in "config/order_guideslines.json"

• Order Value is the dollar-value upper limit to each individual order
• Buy Limit Percentage is used to calculate limit prices on a buy order. It represents how high above the signaled option contract price that a buy-limit order will be set
• SL Percentage is used to set stop-loss sell orders that accompany all buy orders. It represents the percentage below the signaled option price that a stop-market order will be set

2. Set your working directory to the auto_trader_client directory and run client.py