THESIS Start
// alpaca ai trading bot

The AI trading bot
for your Alpaca account.

You already have an Alpaca account. You already want AI in the loop. You don't want to host Python, manage a VPS, or debug websocket disconnects at 3am. Thesis is the turnkey layer: paste your Alpaca keys, pick a plan, we do the pattern detection, AI reasoning, and order routing.

// setup

Three steps. One minute.

01
Create a Thesis account.

Email + password or Google. No credit card for the Free tier.

02
Paste your Alpaca API keys.

Paper or live — both work. Keys are encrypted with AES-256-GCM before they touch our database, using a master key held in Azure Key Vault. You can rotate or revoke anytime from the Alpaca dashboard; we re-validate on every connection.

03
Pick a mode.

Manual (you click to trade), Copilot (AI suggests, you approve), or Autopilot (AI decides and trades hands-off). Switch anytime.

// the boring parts

What you don't have to build.

The Alpaca API is developer-friendly. Wiring up a bot that actually works in production is still mostly plumbing. You skip all of it:

Your account stays under your control the whole time. We never move funds. Orders flow from us to Alpaca; fills flow back. Your money, your brokerage, SIPC-insured.

// practice first

Paper-trade before you risk real money.

Alpaca's paper API mirrors their live API with simulated funds. Connect a paper key first, watch a few trades, confirm the mode you picked behaves the way you expected. When you're ready, swap in a live key — the same product, the same risk plumbing, real orders.

Bring your keys. Keep your account.

No custody, no hosting, no 3am websocket pages.

Create free account →