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    "# How to create a simple stock trading bot in Python (in 10-lines of code) with Alpaca and Anaconda? For complete beginners (non-programmers / non-traders)."
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    "## The trading bot - only code version"
   ]
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    "import sys\n",
    "\n",
    "!$sys.executable -m pip install alpaca-trade-api"
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   "execution_count": null,
   "id": "5b67f10c",
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   "source": [
    "import alpaca_trade_api as tradeapi\n",
    "import time"
   ]
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  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "id": "761abe4c",
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "import time, alpaca_trade_api as tradeapi"
   ]
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    "api = tradeapi.REST(\"paste your API Key ID here\", \"paste your SECRET_KEY here\", \"https://paper-api.alpaca.markets\", \"v2\")"
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   "cell_type": "code",
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    "for x in range(10):\n",
    "    try:\n",
    "        api.get_position(\"AAPL\") \n",
    "        time.sleep(11)\n",
    "    except:\n",
    "        api.submit_order(symbol=\"AAPL\",qty=1,side='buy',type='market',time_in_force='gtc')\n",
    "        time.sleep(10)\n",
    "        api.submit_order(symbol=\"AAPL\",qty=1,side='sell',type='trailing_stop',trail_percent=1,time_in_force='gtc')"
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    "## Improved trading bot"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "id": "9a90ebfb",
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "import time, alpaca_trade_api as tradeapi\n",
    "api = tradeapi.REST(\"paste your API Key ID here\", \"paste your SECRET_KEY here\", \"https://paper-api.alpaca.markets\", \"v2\")\n",
    "while True:\n",
    "    try:\n",
    "        api.get_position(\"AAPL\")\n",
    "        time.sleep(11)\n",
    "    except:\n",
    "        api.submit_order(symbol=\"AAPL\",qty=500,side='buy',type='market',time_in_force='gtc')\n",
    "        time.sleep(10)\n",
    "        api.submit_order(symbol=\"AAPL\",qty=500,side='sell',type='trailing_stop',trail_percent=0.1,time_in_force='gtc')"
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   "execution_count": null,
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