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Setup guide

Run Vrot on a cloud computer.

Vrot runs on a Windows computer that’s on at the US market open. If you’d rather not leave your own computer on, rent a small Windows computer in the cloud and run Vrot there, around the clock.

Why a cloud computer

The daily part trades once a day at 9:00 AM New York time, and the 24/7 part checks every 15 minutes, day and night. Both need the computer on and awake. A cloud computer never sleeps, never loses Wi-Fi and doesn’t mind a laptop lid being shut.

It’s your own computer, rented from a provider like Microsoft Azure, Amazon (AWS) or Google Cloud. You pay them, not us. Your keys stay on that computer, which only you can sign in to. Vrot works the same and costs the same.

What to rent

  • SystemWindows 11, or Windows Server 2022
  • Size2 processors, 4 GB of memory
  • Disk40 GB or more
  • WhereAny region
  • CostSet by the provider, often about US$20 to $40 a month

Prices change and differ by region. Check the provider’s current price before you start, and look for a monthly estimate that includes the Windows licence and the disk.

Step by step

About 30 minutes, once.

  1. Create the computer

    In your provider’s console, create a Windows virtual machine of the size above. Give it a strong password. If the provider lets you, allow Remote Desktop only from your own internet address.

  2. Connect to it

    Use Remote Desktop: it’s built into Windows, and there’s a free Microsoft Remote Desktop app for Mac, iPhone and Android. Sign in with the user name and password you chose.

  3. Set its time zone to yours

    In Windows Settings, Time & language, pick your own time zone and leave the time set automatically. Vrot shows every time by the computer’s clock, so this keeps the times in the app the same as yours.

  4. Install Vrot

    On the cloud computer, open Edge, go to vrot.ai/download and run the installer. Paste your license key and your Alpaca keys, just like on your own computer (how to get the keys). If you move Vrot from another computer, remove that one on your account page first.

  5. Keep it running

    In Vrot’s Settings, switch on Start when I log in. When you’re done, close the Remote Desktop window instead of signing out: Vrot keeps running in your session. Signing out would stop it.

  6. Survive restarts

    Windows restarts now and then for updates. To have it sign back in by itself (and Vrot start again), use Microsoft’s free Autologon tool on the cloud computer, and set Windows Update’s active hours around the US market open.

  7. Check it from your phone

    Switch on Phone view in Vrot’s Settings to see the balance and holdings on your vrot.ai account, and Phone alerts for trades and problems on Telegram, Discord or ntfy.

Keep it safe

It’s a computer on the internet.

  • Strong password

    Long and used nowhere else. The cloud computer holds your broker keys.

  • Lock down Remote Desktop

    Allow it only from your own address if the provider offers that, and keep Windows up to date.

  • Your account, your bill

    The rental is between you and the provider. Turning the computer off stops Vrot, and what it bought stays in your broker account.

  • Winding down

    Before you stop paying for the computer, press Stop buying in Vrot and wait for “safe to quit”.

Vrot AI isn’t affiliated with Microsoft, Amazon or Google, and doesn’t run or see your cloud computer.

Ready to set it up?

Get your free license key, then install Vrot on your cloud computer.

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