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Paper trading by default

How it works

Set it up once. It trades by itself.

Vrot runs on your Windows computer and trades your own brokerage account: Alpaca today, more brokers coming soon. Here’s what each part does and how it keeps you safe.

Part one

Daily stock part

Each trading day it looks at about 2,400 US stocks and uses one simple rule: the 20/50-day moving average crossover.

  • The 20-day average climbs above the 50-day: it buys 1 share.
  • The 20-day drops back below: it sells.
  • Orders go in once a day, at the opening auction.
  • It only uses your cash. It never borrows.
  • Spare cash waits in the S&P 500 fund (SPY).

It remembers every signal and grades it once the result is in. A learning filter relearns from those results every week, its misses included, and acts only after passing a test on results it hasn’t seen. It hasn’t passed yet, so for now it watches and doesn’t change any trade.

Illustration of a moving average crossoverA made-up price line with its 20-day and 50-day averages. Where the 20-day line climbs above the 50-day line there is a buy point. Where it drops back below there is a sell point. Not real market data.Buy 1 shareSell20-day50-dayEarlierToday
IllustrationA made-up price line, not market data.
Part two

24/7 part

It trades crypto around the clock, plus 50 US stocks in their extra hours.

  • About $1,000 a buy.
  • A trading model decides what to buy.
  • Each pick is graded a day later, after costs, and the model relearns from them every week.
  • It only trades while the app is running.
  • Switch it on or off in the app, any time.

Honest note: its trading model hasn’t shown an edge over a simple rule.

Illustration of a day in New York time. The 24/7 part's ring goes all the way round. The daily stock part runs once, at 9:00 AM. 12 AM 6 AM 12 PM 6 PM 24/7 New York time
  • 24/7 part
  • Daily part, 9:00 AM
IllustrationA day in New York time. Not real trades.

The dashboard

See what it’s doing, any time.

One screen shows both parts, your account and anything that needs you.

IllustrationMade up to show the layout. Not real results.
  1. 1

    Your account

    Its value and cash, next to the S&P 500. A badge says paper or real money.

  2. 2

    Each part

    Whether it’s on and when it runs next.

  3. 3

    What it holds

    Every holding, with a small trend line for each.

  4. 4

    Every trade

    A journal of each buy and sell.

Safety

Paper by default. Real money only if you choose.

It starts on paper and stays there unless you switch. Here’s what stands between you and a mistake.

  1. 01

    Paper by default

    Every new install trades a practice account.

  2. 02

    Three steps to real money

    The Pro plan, your own live Alpaca keys and a typed confirmation in the app.

  3. 03

    Capped orders

    Real-money buys stop at $2,000 each, or your own cap in Limits. It never borrows.

  4. 04

    Back to paper any time

    Switch back whenever you like.

Alerts in plain words.

If Alpaca refuses your keys, the internet drops or your license is ending, it tells you in plain words.

  • Your Alpaca keys stay on your computer.
  • Alerts pop up on Windows and show in the dashboard.
  • Alpaca refused your keysOpen Settings and check them.
  • No internet connectionIt can’t trade until you’re back online.
  • Your license ends in 3 daysCheck your plan on your account page.
IllustrationExample alerts. The wording in the app may differ.

What you need

Not much.

You need

  • A Windows 10 or 11 computer, 64-bit
  • It on and awake at 9:00 AM New York time
  • An internet connection
  • An Alpaca paper account, free at alpaca.markets
  • A free Vrot account for your license key

You don’t need

  • To write any code
  • A server or a cloud account
  • Any money, to start on paper

Vrot AI isn’t affiliated with Alpaca.

Try it on paper first.

Free to start, with both parts and the full dashboard. Switch to real money only if you want to.

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