Step 1 of 5
Connect your broker
Choose which broker your Claude agent will trade through. Each requires a one-time MCP connection.
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First time? Download Claude Desktop
This tool generates config files for Claude Desktop — the free AI app from Anthropic. You'll need it installed before connecting your broker.
Download Claude Desktop →
Robinhood
Stocks · ETFs
SOON
Webull
Stocks · Options
SOON
Alpaca
Stocks · Crypto
⚠️ Claude Pro plan required ($20/mo) for full autonomous trading. Without it, scheduled scans won't run automatically — you'll need to open Claude Desktop and manually prompt each scan yourself. The strategy still works the same way, but you'll trigger each scan and confirm each trade manually. Claude Code (CLI) — included with Claude Pro — is what enables fully automated, hands-free operation.
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Add Robinhood connector in Claude Desktop
1. Open the Claude Desktop App
2. Go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
3. Paste this MCP link:
https://agent.robinhood.com/mcp/trading
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Test your connection
Ask Claude: "What is my account balance and account number?"
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Confirm everything is working
Step 2 of 5
Build your watchlist
Choose sectors to browse popular tickers in that category, or add your own manually. Primary = your main scan focus. Secondary = fallback when primary is weak.
Primary watchlist — your main scan focus
Secondary watchlist — fallback when primary is red
Step 3 of 5
Set your trading rules
These become hard rules in your CLAUDE.md. Claude follows them without exception.
Intraday
Same-day entries and exits. All positions closed by market close.
Swing
Hold 1–5 days. Rides multi-day momentum on strong catalysts.
Position
Hold weeks to months. Macro thesis-driven, wider stops.
Strict
Named event only — earnings, contract, analyst upgrade, breaking news.
Moderate
Catalyst preferred but strong technical breakout on volume also qualifies.
Technical
Pure price action. Breakouts, reclaims, volume surges — no news required.
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Whole shares only
Never buy fractional shares — required for stop-loss orders on most brokers
Autonomous execution
Claude executes trades on your account without asking for confirmation. ⚠️ Claude Pro plan required ($20/mo) for full autonomous trading.
Premarket entries allowed
Allow new positions to be opened before 9:30 AM ET during premarket hours
Re-entry allowed
Allow the agent to re-buy a ticker it already sold today if a new setup forms
Sector concentration limit
Block a 3rd open position in the same sector to avoid overexposure
Position Quality Review
How it works
At every scan your agent reviews each open position and asks two questions: (1) Is the original catalyst still fresh and not yet priced in? If not — exit immediately, before the stop fires. (2) Is the realistic upside larger than the distance to the stop? If not — exit. This is what keeps average losses small even with wide stops.
e.g. You bought NVDA on an earnings beat. Three days later the beat is fully priced in and the stock is flat. The stop is still 6% away — but PQR catches the dead thesis at the next scan and exits at −1.5% instead of waiting for the full loss.
At every scan your agent reviews each open position and asks two questions: (1) Is the original catalyst still fresh and not yet priced in? If not — exit immediately, before the stop fires. (2) Is the realistic upside larger than the distance to the stop? If not — exit. This is what keeps average losses small even with wide stops.
e.g. You bought NVDA on an earnings beat. Three days later the beat is fully priced in and the stock is flat. The stop is still 6% away — but PQR catches the dead thesis at the next scan and exits at −1.5% instead of waiting for the full loss.
Position Quality Review
Run thesis + R/R check at every scan — exit dead positions early before the stop fires
Thesis check
Exit if the original catalyst is stale or fully priced in — even if the position isn't at its stop
R/R check
Exit if downside to stop exceeds realistic upside to profit target — bad risk/reward
No-progress rule
Exit if held for the set number of days without reaching the first profit target
Post-earnings stall rule
Exit if stock gapped 10%+ on its own earnings in the last 5 days and has since stalled
Exit triggers
⚡ Stop-loss orders execute automatically inside Robinhood — no scan required, any plan.
🔁 All other exit triggers (force-exit time, SPY circuit breaker, profit stages, thesis check, etc.) only fire when a scan runs. Without Claude Pro scheduled scans, you'll need to manually open Claude and prompt each scan yourself.
🔁 All other exit triggers (force-exit time, SPY circuit breaker, profit stages, thesis check, etc.) only fire when a scan runs. Without Claude Pro scheduled scans, you'll need to manually open Claude and prompt each scan yourself.
Trailing stop after Stage 1
After Stage 1 triggers, trail remaining shares by the stop-loss % instead of a fixed breakeven
Force-exit time 3:55 PM ET
Close all intraday positions by 3:55 PM ET regardless of P&L — no overnight holds on intraday mode
SPY circuit breaker
Exit all positions and halt new entries if SPY drops more than 2% in a single session — market going risk-off
VWAP break exit
Exit a position if price closes a 5-min candle below VWAP after entry — setup has lost institutional support
Volume dry-up exit
Exit if volume drops below 30% of opening hour volume mid-hold — momentum fading, setup losing steam
Failed breakout exit
Exit if price breaks out then fades back below the breakout level within the same session
Sector reversal exit
Exit if the stock's sector ETF reverses more than 1.5% against the trade direction mid-hold
RSI exhaustion exit
Exit long positions if RSI(14) hits 80+ without a fresh catalyst — overbought signal, take the gain
Negative news exit
Exit immediately on any negative headline for the held ticker — don't hold through bad news
Pre-earnings auto-exit
Auto-close any open position 1 day before its earnings report — avoids binary event risk on existing holds
Options trading COMING SOON
Buy calls/puts on catalyst entries instead of shares — same rules, leveraged exposure.
Short selling COMING SOON
Short bearish setups — in testing, not yet available
Step 4 of 5
Set scan schedule
Choose which scans run automatically each trading day. Each fires a Claude session that checks positions and screens for entries.
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Scheduled scans require Claude Pro
Automated scans use Claude's scheduled tasks feature, which requires a Claude Pro plan ($20/month) or higher. The free plan does not support scheduled tasks — scans will not run automatically without an active subscription.
Upgrade to Claude Pro →
Pre-market
8:15 AM ET
Market open
9:45 AM ET
Mid-morning
10:30 AM ET
Late morning
11:30 AM ET
Midday
12:30 PM ET
Early afternoon
1:30 PM ET
Power hour
3:00 PM ET
EOD report
4:15 PM ET
Weekly review
Fridays 4:00 PM
Custom scans
Step 5 of 5
Generate your agent
Your config is ready. Download the files and follow the 3-step deploy guide to go live.
strategy.md
Your full ruleset — position sizing, entry criteria, exit rules
~4 KB
SKILL.md × 9
All scan agents pre-configured with your rules and watchlist
~18 KB
setup-guide.md
Step-by-step deploy instructions including MCP connect command
~2 KB
lessons-learned.md
Live trading discoveries since the inception of Robinhood MCP trading — gotchas, rule refinements, edge cases
~6 KB
✓ Ready to deploy
Your agent is configured with your rules. After downloading, run the setup script — your scan agents will be live in under 5 minutes.