Automate stock trades based on daily AI sentiment analysis

Each day the system reads news sentiment, rebalances a paper trading portfolio, and logs every trade.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Every path runs; all paths must finish before it continues.

Pattern: Parallel Split (2) ยท Synchronisation (3)

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Starts itA stepA record or sheetEvery pathWaits for allResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Spreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market IntelligenceSurvey & Feedback
Connects
AlpacaGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Keeping up with market news and rebalancing a portfolio by hand takes constant attention, and it's easy to miss the right moment to act. Manually logging every trade for later review adds even more work.

Who it fits

Best for an individual investor or trader who wants to test a systematic, news-driven trading strategy.

How it works

  1. On a daily schedule, the system checks your current account balance
  2. It reads the latest stock sentiment scores from your research
  3. It decides which positions to sell and which new stocks to buy
  4. It places the buy and sell orders through your trading account
  5. Every trade and your daily performance are logged to a spreadsheet
What you get

Trades placed without watching the market

Each day, your paper trading portfolio is automatically rebalanced based on the latest stock sentiment, with every trade logged for you.

What you get

A daily-rebalanced trading portfolio with a complete spreadsheet log of every trade and account balance.

What you need

An Alpaca trading account and a Google Sheets account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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