Set up your bot

Connect a paper brokerage account and pick a strategy. Your bot starts trading on the next market day β€” nothing is at risk, it's paper money.

1

Connect your brokerage account

Paper trading only during the pilot β€” no real funds at risk
Connect with Alpaca
Securely authorize on Alpaca β€” no API keys to copy or paste. You can disconnect anytime.
or connect with API keys
New to Alpaca? Step-by-step setup guide β†’ (sign up, two-factor, paper account, API keys)
Paper only during the pilot β€” your real funds are never touched. Live trading comes later.
Create paper-trading keys in your Alpaca dashboard under Paper Account β†’ API Keys. Keys are encrypted at rest and used only to run the strategy you choose.
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2

Choose your strategy

You can switch later when you're not in a trade
Strategy A
Streak-scaled
Deploys a base stake and scales it up during winning streaks, easing back after a loss. Steadier growth with smaller drawdowns.
Strategy B
Full compounding
Deploys the full account balance on every trade so gains compound fast. Higher growth, but bigger swings.
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