Alpaca paper trade account https://app.alpaca.markets/paper/dashboard/overview
Alpaca py SDK https://alpaca.markets/sdks/python/
Old day trading tutorial https://medium.com/automation-generation/build-a-day-trading-algorithm-and-run-it-in-the-cloud-for-free-805450150668
Polygon API docs https://polygon.io/docs/stocks/get_v1_indicators_macd__stockticker 4 TI that Polygon offers
Polygon dashboard https://polygon.io/dashboard
SMA EMA MACD RSI
- Build backtesting framework
- Build websocket connections
- Test various combinations of criteria. For example, trading indicators such as MACD crossover - see https://www.investopedia.com/trading/macd/
- Run in cloud
Alpaca currently does not allow shorting, I believe... but it does have options but options are a lot more complicated due to IV Alpaca does have crypto. Generally I prefer day trades to start but swing trades (particularly for crypto) are also possible.
Volume requirement Momentum Trend following Sentiment analysis Twitter influencers Pairs trading convergence net neutral basis Calendar volatility