Trading Bot

Settings

Bot configuration and account details

Account

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Risk parameters

Max risk / trade2% of equity

Max portfolio risk8% of equity

Daily loss kill-switch-3% of equity

Max concurrent positions15

Max position size10% of equity

Min position size$100

Edit these in config.py on the VPS, then restart with sudo systemctl restart tradingbot.

Going live

Before flipping to live trading: paper-trade for ≥3 months, verify drawdown stays within tolerance, setALPACA_BASE_URL=https://api.alpaca.marketsin .env, restart, and start with capital you can afford to lose 100% of.

Operating commands

# Live tail logs
ssh debian@15.204.117.68 'tail -f /home/debian/trading-bot/logs/bot_*.log'

# Restart bot (after config changes)
ssh debian@15.204.117.68 'sudo systemctl restart tradingbot'

# Status
ssh debian@15.204.117.68 'sudo systemctl status tradingbot'