{
  "site": "The Agentic Trader",
  "updated": "2026-10-20",
  "disclaimer": "Educational only. Not financial advice. No signals. Automated trading can lose money; start on paper and set hard limits. Paper first. Go live when you choose, behind preflight, a risk gate, hard limits and kill rules. Not financial advice.",
  "start": "https://theagentictrader.com/start",
  "llms": "https://theagentictrader.com/llms.txt",
  "llmsFull": "https://theagentictrader.com/llms-full.txt",
  "search": "https://theagentictrader.com/api/search",
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      "slug": "desk",
      "title": "Build your trading desk in Grok Bot",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/desk",
      "summary": "Flagship series. One seat at a time, on Grok Bot or a similar host. Episode 1 is the research desk."
    },
    {
      "slug": "research-desk",
      "title": "Research desk",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/desk/research",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/research-desk.md",
      "summary": "Org chart, one-page charters, newsletter and email ingestion, due tracking, Head of Research review, pack versioning, morning and evening checks, handoff, field lessons, and copy-ready bot descriptions."
    }
  ],
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      "name": "Agentic Trading",
      "description": "Staff your desk with AI agents: seats, hand-offs, a staged autonomy ladder from research to live execution, and the controls that go with it.",
      "seats": [
        "research",
        "risk",
        "execution"
      ],
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/agentic-trading",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/agentic-trading.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/agentic-trading/SKILL.md"
    },
    {
      "slug": "options",
      "name": "Options",
      "description": "Calls, puts, Greeks, volatility, assignment and the risk discipline of an options desk.",
      "seats": [
        "technicals",
        "execution"
      ],
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/options",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/options.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/options/SKILL.md"
    },
    {
      "slug": "futures",
      "name": "Futures",
      "description": "Contract specs, margin, mark-to-market, rolls, sessions and futures risk sizing.",
      "seats": [
        "technicals",
        "risk"
      ],
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/futures",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/futures.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/futures/SKILL.md"
    },
    {
      "slug": "equities",
      "name": "Equities",
      "description": "Sessions, settlement, order types, shorting, halts, corporate actions and equity desk practice.",
      "seats": [
        "research"
      ],
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/equities",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/equities.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/equities/SKILL.md"
    },
    {
      "slug": "crypto",
      "name": "Crypto",
      "description": "24/7 markets, custody, stablecoins, perps and funding, liquidation and crypto-specific risk.",
      "seats": [
        "technicals",
        "research"
      ],
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/crypto",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/crypto.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/crypto/SKILL.md"
    },
    {
      "slug": "price-map-levels",
      "name": "Price Map levels",
      "description": "A fixed ladder for the Price Map seat: pivot, inner and outer bands, extension, invalidation, and a state label to score.",
      "seats": [
        "technicals"
      ],
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/price-map-levels",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/price-map-levels.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/price-map-levels/SKILL.md"
    },
    {
      "slug": "multi-timeframe-levels",
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      "seats": [
        "technicals"
      ],
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/multi-timeframe-levels",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/multi-timeframe-levels.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/multi-timeframe-levels/SKILL.md"
    },
    {
      "slug": "kill-hold-rules",
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      "description": "Mechanical lines the seat checks: valid while a close holds a level, killed by a close through another.",
      "seats": [
        "technicals",
        "risk"
      ],
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/kill-hold-rules",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/kill-hold-rules.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/kill-hold-rules/SKILL.md"
    },
    {
      "slug": "paper-live-gate",
      "name": "Paper-to-live gate",
      "description": "An ARMED or DISARMED flag, and a promotion rule of N sim sessions with zero rule breaks. The operator arms live.",
      "seats": [
        "execution",
        "risk"
      ],
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/paper-live-gate",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/paper-live-gate.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/paper-live-gate/SKILL.md"
    },
    {
      "slug": "risk-gate",
      "name": "Risk gate",
      "description": "A fixed verdict, CLEAR or SEND-BACK, handing the Rules Keeper checklist to the risk veto.",
      "seats": [
        "risk"
      ],
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/risk-gate",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/risk-gate.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/risk-gate/SKILL.md"
    },
    {
      "slug": "options-income-rules",
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      "description": "Education-only covered-call rules: only at the top of a structural range, strikes above the outer band, buy back on a confirmed breakout, and a written roll.",
      "seats": [
        "technicals",
        "execution"
      ],
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      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/options-income-rules.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/options-income-rules/SKILL.md"
    },
    {
      "slug": "crypto-etf-options",
      "name": "Crypto ETF options",
      "description": "How FBTC and IBIT options differ from 24/7 spot bitcoin: ETF hours, option hours, and the gap between them.",
      "seats": [
        "technicals",
        "execution"
      ],
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/crypto-etf-options",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/crypto-etf-options.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/crypto-etf-options/SKILL.md"
    },
    {
      "slug": "no-trade-ticket",
      "name": "No-trade ticket",
      "description": "A null ticket the desk files when the session output is no trade. It sits next to the missed-trade log.",
      "seats": [
        "ops"
      ],
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/no-trade-ticket",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/no-trade-ticket.md",
      "skill": "https://theagentictrader.com/skills/no-trade-ticket/SKILL.md"
    }
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      "title": "Research & Idea Generation agent team",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/research-idea-generation"
    },
    {
      "slug": "watchlist-building",
      "title": "Watchlist Building agent team",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/watchlist-building"
    },
    {
      "slug": "thesis-check-devils-advocate",
      "title": "Thesis Check & Devil's Advocate agent team",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/thesis-check-devils-advocate"
    },
    {
      "slug": "position-sizing-risk-check",
      "title": "Position Sizing & Risk Check agent team",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/position-sizing-risk-check"
    },
    {
      "slug": "trade-journal",
      "title": "Trade Journal agent team",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/trade-journal"
    },
    {
      "slug": "weekly-review",
      "title": "Weekly Review agent team",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/weekly-review"
    },
    {
      "slug": "earnings-transcript-summary",
      "title": "Summarize an earnings call transcript",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/earnings-transcript-summary"
    },
    {
      "slug": "10k-risk-factor-diff",
      "title": "Compare 10-K risk factors year over year",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/10k-risk-factor-diff"
    },
    {
      "slug": "8k-filing-alert-explainer",
      "title": "Explain a new 8-K filing in plain English",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/8k-filing-alert-explainer"
    },
    {
      "slug": "morning-news-digest",
      "title": "Daily news digest filtered to your watchlist",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/morning-news-digest"
    },
    {
      "slug": "x-sentiment-scan",
      "title": "Scan X sentiment on a theme",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/x-sentiment-scan"
    },
    {
      "slug": "macro-calendar-brief",
      "title": "Weekly macro calendar brief",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/macro-calendar-brief"
    },
    {
      "slug": "fred-chart-explainer",
      "title": "Explain a macro data series",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/fred-chart-explainer"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sector-primer",
      "title": "One-page sector primer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/sector-primer"
    },
    {
      "slug": "competitor-map",
      "title": "Map a company's competitors",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/competitor-map"
    },
    {
      "slug": "kpi-tracker",
      "title": "Track a company's key KPIs over time",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/kpi-tracker"
    },
    {
      "slug": "screener-criteria-writer",
      "title": "Turn a vague idea into screener criteria",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/screener-criteria-writer"
    },
    {
      "slug": "screener-output-triage",
      "title": "Triage a long screener result",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/screener-output-triage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "alert-trigger-writer",
      "title": "Write watchlist alert conditions",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/alert-trigger-writer"
    },
    {
      "slug": "crypto-watchlist-onchain",
      "title": "Crypto watchlist with on-chain context",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/crypto-watchlist-onchain"
    },
    {
      "slug": "options-flow-sanity-check",
      "title": "Sanity-check an options-flow alert",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/options-flow-sanity-check"
    },
    {
      "slug": "options-payoff-explainer",
      "title": "Explain an option structure's payoff",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/options-payoff-explainer"
    },
    {
      "slug": "bull-bear-debate",
      "title": "Run a bull vs bear debate",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/bull-bear-debate"
    },
    {
      "slug": "pre-mortem",
      "title": "Pre-mortem a trade idea",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/pre-mortem"
    },
    {
      "slug": "base-rate-check",
      "title": "Check the base rate for a setup",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/base-rate-check"
    },
    {
      "slug": "valuation-sanity-check",
      "title": "Valuation assumptions sanity check",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/valuation-sanity-check"
    },
    {
      "slug": "position-size-calculator",
      "title": "Position-size math on your rules",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/position-size-calculator"
    },
    {
      "slug": "rules-checklist",
      "title": "Pre-trade rules checklist",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/rules-checklist"
    },
    {
      "slug": "correlation-check",
      "title": "Check portfolio concentration and correlation",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/correlation-check"
    },
    {
      "slug": "drawdown-stress-test",
      "title": "Stress-test your portfolio against past drawdowns",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/drawdown-stress-test"
    },
    {
      "slug": "event-risk-calendar",
      "title": "Event-risk calendar for open positions",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/event-risk-calendar"
    },
    {
      "slug": "voice-note-journal",
      "title": "Voice-note to trade journal",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/voice-note-journal"
    },
    {
      "slug": "auto-log-journal",
      "title": "Auto-log journal entries to a database",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/auto-log-journal"
    },
    {
      "slug": "journal-export-analysis",
      "title": "Analyze a journal app export",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/journal-export-analysis"
    },
    {
      "slug": "emotion-tagging",
      "title": "Tag emotions and process mistakes",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/emotion-tagging"
    },
    {
      "slug": "missed-trade-log",
      "title": "Log the trades you didn't take",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/missed-trade-log"
    },
    {
      "slug": "no-trade-ticket",
      "title": "File a no-trade (null) ticket",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/no-trade-ticket"
    },
    {
      "slug": "weekly-stats-summary",
      "title": "Weekly process stats",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/weekly-stats-summary"
    },
    {
      "slug": "one-commitment-coach",
      "title": "Pick one commitment for next week",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/one-commitment-coach"
    },
    {
      "slug": "monthly-performance-report",
      "title": "Monthly performance & attribution report",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/monthly-performance-report"
    },
    {
      "slug": "thesis-review-check",
      "title": "Revisit old theses",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/thesis-review-check"
    },
    {
      "slug": "scheduled-desk-routine",
      "title": "Run your desk on a schedule",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/scheduled-desk-routine"
    },
    {
      "slug": "crewai-research-crew",
      "title": "Code a research crew in Python",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/crewai-research-crew"
    },
    {
      "slug": "data-api-agent-tool",
      "title": "Give a custom agent market data",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/data-api-agent-tool"
    },
    {
      "slug": "fact-check-agent-output",
      "title": "Fact-check another agent's output",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/fact-check-agent-output"
    },
    {
      "slug": "learning-plan",
      "title": "Personal trading-education plan",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/use-cases/learning-plan"
    }
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    "checkout": "open",
    "bundleCheckout": "open",
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    "validator": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/desk-kit/validate_limits.py",
    "tests": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/desk-kit/test_validate_limits.py"
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    "deskReview": "https://theagentictrader.com/samples/desk-review"
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      "slug": "agent-order-check",
      "title": "Agent Order Check: test your AI agent's order",
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      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/check",
      "summary": "Paste the order your AI trading agent proposed. The check runs in your browser. The order stays on this page and is not sent."
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      "slug": "tradestation",
      "name": "TradeStation",
      "vendor": "TradeStation",
      "broker": "TradeStation",
      "assetClasses": [
        "equities",
        "options",
        "futures"
      ],
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      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-tradestation",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/tradestation.md",
      "pack": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/tradestation.md",
      "summary": "Expert lessons for the simulator and the live API: sessions, durations, confirm gaps, and one SIM round trip. Fetch rules.json and validate_order.py and run validate_order before every order confirm.",
      "liveTradingDefault": "off",
      "rules": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/tradestation/rules.json",
      "validator": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/tradestation/validate_order.py",
      "tests": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/tradestation/test_validate_order.py"
    },
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      "slug": "alpaca",
      "name": "Alpaca",
      "vendor": "Alpaca",
      "broker": "Alpaca",
      "assetClasses": [
        "equities",
        "options",
        "crypto"
      ],
      "url": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/alpaca.md",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-alpaca",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/alpaca.md",
      "pack": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/alpaca.md",
      "summary": "Expert lessons for paper and the live Trading API: sessions, extended hours, client order ids, and one paper round trip. Fetch rules.json and validate_order.py and run validate_order before every order.",
      "liveTradingDefault": "off",
      "rules": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/alpaca/rules.json",
      "validator": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/alpaca/validate_order.py",
      "tests": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/alpaca/test_validate_order.py"
    },
    {
      "slug": "tradingview",
      "name": "TradingView",
      "vendor": "TradingView",
      "broker": "",
      "assetClasses": [
        "equities",
        "futures",
        "crypto",
        "forex"
      ],
      "url": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/tradingview.md",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-tradingview",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/tradingview.md",
      "pack": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/tradingview.md",
      "summary": "Official MCP server at https://mcp.tradingview.com/mcp, public beta. Simple price alerts only. Study, multi-condition, watchlist, and webhook alerts are set on tradingview.com. An alert is a note, not an order.",
      "liveTradingDefault": "off"
    },
    {
      "slug": "quantconnect",
      "name": "QuantConnect",
      "vendor": "QuantConnect",
      "broker": "",
      "assetClasses": [
        "equities",
        "options",
        "futures",
        "forex",
        "crypto"
      ],
      "url": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/quantconnect.md",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-quantconnect",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/quantconnect.md",
      "pack": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/quantconnect.md",
      "summary": "Official MCP server at https://www.quantconnect.com/api/v2/mcp. A paid agent node is required. Paper first. A backtest is not a track record.",
      "liveTradingDefault": "off"
    },
    {
      "slug": "traderspost",
      "name": "TradersPost",
      "vendor": "TradersPost",
      "broker": "",
      "assetClasses": [
        "equities",
        "options",
        "futures",
        "crypto"
      ],
      "url": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/traderspost.md",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-traderspost-webhooks",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/traderspost.md",
      "pack": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/traderspost.md",
      "summary": "A webhook body with test set to true. The receiving broker's pack still applies.",
      "liveTradingDefault": "off"
    },
    {
      "slug": "mkt-trade-price-map",
      "name": "MKT.TRADE Price Map",
      "vendor": "MKT.TRADE",
      "broker": "",
      "assetClasses": [
        "stocks",
        "etfs",
        "crypto",
        "futures",
        "forex"
      ],
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      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-mkt-trade",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/mkt-trade-price-map.md",
      "pack": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/mkt-trade-price-map.md",
      "summary": "Navigator PriceMap levels for any covered symbol, yearly through daily, graded on a completed exchange hourly close. Navigator does not place the order. Not a paid placement.",
      "liveTradingDefault": "off"
    },
    {
      "slug": "research-desk",
      "name": "Research desk",
      "vendor": "The Agentic Trader",
      "broker": "",
      "assetClasses": [
        "equities",
        "options",
        "futures",
        "crypto",
        "forex"
      ],
      "url": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/research-desk.md",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/desk/research",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/research-desk.md",
      "pack": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/research-desk.md",
      "summary": "Research seat for any book the operator names. Lanes, charters, ingestion, and the Head of Research review. Research does not place orders.",
      "liveTradingDefault": "off"
    }
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      "type": "vendor-pack",
      "disclosure": "Not a paid placement.",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-mkt-trade",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/packs/mkt-trade-price-map.md"
    }
  ],
  "guides": [
    {
      "slug": "ai-agents-for-tradingview",
      "title": "AI agents for TradingView",
      "kind": "starter",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-tradingview",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-tradingview.md",
      "summary": "TradingView's MCP server is in public beta on Essential and higher plans. Only simple price alerts can be created there. Study, multi-condition, watchlist, and webhook alerts are set on tradingview.com. The server URL is https://mcp.tradingview.com/mcp. An alert is a note, not an order. LIVE_TRADING stays off until you set it."
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-agents-for-tradestation",
      "title": "AI agents for TradeStation",
      "kind": "expert-pack",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-tradestation",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-tradestation.md",
      "summary": "Prompts that put a TradeStation agent on the simulator, name the five traps that mis-send an order, and run one sim round trip before anything goes live."
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-agents-for-alpaca",
      "title": "AI agents for Alpaca",
      "kind": "expert-pack",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-alpaca",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-alpaca.md",
      "summary": "Set Alpaca to paper, name the five traps around hours and order ids, and rehearse one paper round trip before you arm anything live. Not financial advice."
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-agents-for-mkt-trade",
      "title": "AI agents for MKT.TRADE",
      "kind": "expert-pack",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-mkt-trade",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-mkt-trade.md",
      "summary": "Ask for the symbol, asset class, and venue, then grade one completed hourly close. Navigator does not place the order. Research does not arm."
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-agents-for-quantconnect",
      "title": "AI agents for QuantConnect",
      "kind": "starter",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-quantconnect",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-quantconnect.md",
      "summary": "QuantConnect's official MCP server is https://www.quantconnect.com/api/v2/mcp. A paid node is required. Paper first. A backtest is not a track record."
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-agents-for-traderspost-webhooks",
      "title": "AI agents for TradersPost webhooks",
      "kind": "starter",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-traderspost-webhooks",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-traderspost-webhooks.md",
      "summary": "Copy-paste prompts for a TradersPost webhook with test=true, and a journal line. The receiving broker's session hours apply. LIVE_TRADING stays off until you set it."
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-agent-trading-guardrails",
      "title": "What guardrails should an AI trading agent have?",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agent-trading-guardrails",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agent-trading-guardrails.md",
      "summary": "What guardrails should an AI trading agent have? Hard limits the agent cannot write, a pre-trade check, a kill switch, a paper gate, a read-back, and a log.",
      "checked": "2026-10-20"
    },
    {
      "slug": "tradestation-mcp-claude",
      "title": "How to connect TradeStation to Claude (MCP setup)",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/tradestation-mcp-claude",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/tradestation-mcp-claude.md",
      "summary": "TradeStation MCP data says Claude Pro or ChatGPT Plus and a $10,000 balance. Its homepage says no account minimum. Both are quoted. Checked 2026-10-20.",
      "checked": "2026-10-20"
    },
    {
      "slug": "webull-mcp-setup",
      "title": "Webull MCP setup: uat vs prod before the first order",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/webull-mcp-setup",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/webull-mcp-setup.md",
      "summary": "Webull's MCP docs default to uat (sandbox), but the Claude Desktop, Cursor and Kiro configs set prod. A uat config, read-only first, and what to check.",
      "checked": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-agents-for-interactive-brokers",
      "title": "How do I connect an AI agent to Interactive Brokers?",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-interactive-brokers",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-interactive-brokers.md",
      "summary": "Paper first. The MCP drafts an instruction you submit yourself. A script uses the TWS API or the Client Portal Web API. Read-Only blocks API orders.",
      "checked": "2026-10-20"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-agents-for-tradier",
      "title": "Can an AI agent trade through the Tradier API?",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-tradier",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-tradier.md",
      "summary": "preview=true validates a Tradier order without sending it. Bearer token, sandbox host, pre and post equity limits, and per-token rate limits.",
      "checked": "2026-10-20"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-agent-paper-trading",
      "title": "How should an AI agent paper trade before going live?",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agent-paper-trading",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agent-paper-trading.md",
      "summary": "The agent sends paper orders and you review every fill. Live waits on a written checklist: orders reviewed, no checker rejects, and every fill reconciled.",
      "checked": "2026-10-20"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-trading-bot-kill-switch",
      "title": "How do I add a kill switch to an AI trading bot?",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-trading-bot-kill-switch",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-trading-bot-kill-switch.md",
      "summary": "A kill switch sits outside the agent, in a flag or env var it can read and cannot write. Daily loss and order-count trips stop new orders. Test on paper first.",
      "checked": "2026-10-18"
    },
    {
      "slug": "can-ai-place-trades",
      "title": "Can ChatGPT or Claude place trades for you?",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/can-ai-place-trades",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/can-ai-place-trades.md",
      "summary": "Checked Oct 2026. Some connectors let an agent submit an order, some only draft one, and some only read. Confirmation and a paper path vary by connector.",
      "checked": "2026-10-20"
    },
    {
      "slug": "does-topstep-allow-trading-bots",
      "title": "Does Topstep allow automated trading bots?",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/does-topstep-allow-trading-bots",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/does-topstep-allow-trading-bots.md",
      "summary": "Checked 2026-10-19. Topstep's API page allows a custom bot on simulated accounts, and says a Live Funded Account cannot use that API.",
      "checked": "2026-10-19"
    },
    {
      "slug": "extended-hours-options-ai-agents",
      "title": "When do select stock options trade early?",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/extended-hours-options-ai-agents",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/extended-hours-options-ai-agents.md",
      "summary": "Checked 2026-10-19. Select stock options trade 7:30 to 9:25 a.m. and 4:00 to 4:15 p.m. ET. Limit only. Read today's list before the agent sends.",
      "checked": "2026-10-19"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-agent-brokerage-password",
      "title": "Should I give an AI agent my brokerage password?",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agent-brokerage-password",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agent-brokerage-password.md",
      "summary": "Checked 2026-10-19. No. Schwab and JPMorgan block AI agents that log in with your password. Use the broker's OAuth or MCP connection, read-only first.",
      "checked": "2026-10-19"
    },
    {
      "slug": "what-is-agentic-trading",
      "title": "What is agentic trading?",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/what-is-agentic-trading",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/what-is-agentic-trading.md",
      "summary": "Agentic trading is an AI agent with tools that researches, proposes, or places trades inside limits a human sets, and the human owns the account, the rules, the limits, and the kill switch.",
      "checked": "2026-10-19"
    },
    {
      "slug": "add-pre-trade-check-to-tradingagents",
      "title": "Add a pre-trade check to TradingAgents",
      "kind": "answer",
      "page": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/add-pre-trade-check-to-tradingagents",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/add-pre-trade-check-to-tradingagents.md",
      "summary": "Add a pre-trade check after TradingAgents returns its rating and before any broker call. A kill-switch file and a paper-first default sit outside the agent.",
      "checked": "2026-10-20"
    }
  ],
  "referenceGuides": [
    {
      "id": "broker-ai-connectors",
      "title": "Which brokers have an official MCP?",
      "type": "reference",
      "url": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/broker-ai-connectors",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/broker-ai-connectors.md",
      "summary": "Is the tastytrade MCP live by default? Yes. Unset TASTYTRADE_ENV is production, and every order moves real money. Alpaca MCP defaults to paper. Eighteen official connectors, with paper or sim, orders, and the trap. Charles Schwab has no official MCP server published as of 2026-10-19. Checked 2026-10-20.",
      "checked": "2026-10-20"
    },
    {
      "id": "prop-firm-bot-rules",
      "title": "Which of these firms allow a bot?",
      "type": "reference",
      "url": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/prop-firm-bot-rules",
      "markdown": "https://theagentictrader.com/guides/prop-firm-bot-rules.md",
      "summary": "Apex and Take Profit Trader prohibit bots. Alpha Futures and Phidias prohibit a fully automated bot. The other rows are conditional. Checked 2026-10-18.",
      "checked": "2026-10-18"
    }
  ]
}