# Guides

- [AI agents for TradingView](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-tradingview.md): Four prompts. You get an alert message and a journal line. An alert is not an order.
- [AI agents for TradeStation](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-tradestation.md): The prompt loads the pack as operating rules. It asks for account type, symbol, and size, then runs one sim round trip.
- [AI agents for Alpaca](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-alpaca.md): The prompt loads the pack as operating rules. Set the environment to paper, name the five traps, and run one paper round trip.
- [AI agents for MKT.TRADE](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-mkt-trade.md): Ask for the symbol, the asset class, and the venue. Then one receipt, one ladder, and a stop.
- [AI agents for QuantConnect](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-quantconnect.md): From a research cell to a paper alert. A backtest is not a track record.
- [AI agents for TradersPost webhooks](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-traderspost-webhooks.md): Copy a test signal. Leave test set to true. The URL stays out of the chat.
- [What guardrails should an AI trading agent have?](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agent-trading-guardrails.md): 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 on 2026-10-20.
- [How to connect TradeStation to Claude (MCP setup)](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/tradestation-mcp-claude.md): 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 on 2026-10-20.
- [Webull MCP setup: uat vs prod before the first order](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/webull-mcp-setup.md): 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 on 2026-10-17.
- [How do I connect an AI agent to Interactive Brokers?](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-interactive-brokers.md): 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 on 2026-10-20.
- [Can an AI agent trade through the Tradier API?](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agents-for-tradier.md): preview=true validates a Tradier order without sending it. Bearer token, sandbox host, pre and post equity limits, and per-token rate limits. Checked on 2026-10-20.
- [How should an AI agent paper trade before going live?](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agent-paper-trading.md): 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 on 2026-10-17.
- [How do I add a kill switch to an AI trading bot?](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-trading-bot-kill-switch.md): 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 on 2026-10-18.
- [Can ChatGPT or Claude place trades for you?](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/can-ai-place-trades.md): 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 on 2026-10-20.
- [Does Topstep allow automated trading bots?](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/does-topstep-allow-trading-bots.md): 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 on 2026-10-19.
- [When do select stock options trade early?](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/extended-hours-options-ai-agents.md): 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.
- [Should I give an AI agent my brokerage password?](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/ai-agent-brokerage-password.md): 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.
- [What is agentic trading?](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/what-is-agentic-trading.md): 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.
- [Add a pre-trade check to TradingAgents](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/add-pre-trade-check-to-tradingagents.md): 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 on 2026-10-20.

- [Which brokers have an official MCP?](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/broker-ai-connectors.md): Is the tastytrade MCP live by default? Yes. Unset TASTYTRADE_ENV is production, and every order moves real money. Alpaca MCP defaults to paper. Orders, paper or sim, and the trap the setup page leaves out.
- [Which of these firms allow a bot?](https://theagentictrader.com/guides/prop-firm-bot-rules.md): 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.

Automated trading can lose money; start on paper and set hard limits. Not financial advice.

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