# alpaca-llm-bot-v1

Autonomous 2-hour trading loop powered by:
- Alpaca trading API
- Ollama local model inference
- Searx web data ingestion
- FastAPI dark dashboard

## Safety defaults
- `PAPER_MODE=true`
- max order notional `$5`
- confidence gate `>= 0.55` before order placement

## Quick start
```bash
cp .env.example .env
# fill ALPACA_API_KEY / ALPACA_API_SECRET
chmod +x run.sh
./run.sh
```

Open dashboard:
- `http://<host>:8089/`

Trigger immediate cycle:
```bash
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8089/run-now
```

## Production notes
- Put behind reverse proxy + auth
- Keep paper mode until behavior validated
- Add hard stop-loss and max daily drawdown before enabling live mode