🚀 Getting Started Guide¶

Time: 15 minutes
Level: Beginner

✅ Prerequisites¶

Trading Assistant installed (Installation Guide)
API keys configured (API Setup)

📝 Step 1: Verify Installation¶

ta --version

Expected output:

OpenClaw Trading Assistant CLI v1.3.0

📝 Step 2: Configure API Keys¶

Create .env file in your working directory:

# Create .env file
cat > .env << EOF
TWELVE_DATA_API_KEY=your_key_here
ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY=your_key_here
LANGUAGE=en
EOF

→ Detailed API Setup

📝 Step 3: Setup Watchlist¶

Create watchlist.txt with stocks to monitor:

cat > watchlist.txt << EOF
NVDA
AAPL
MSFT
GOOGL
TSLA
EOF

→ Watchlist Configuration

📝 Step 4: Run Your First Analysis¶

Interactive Mode¶

ta

You'll see:

============================================================
  OpenClaw Trading Assistant CLI
  Version: 1.3.0
============================================================

ta>

Type commands:

ta> help
ta> sig
ta> exit

Direct Command¶

# Analyze all stocks in watchlist
ta all

📊 Understanding Output¶

Trading Signals Example¶

📈 Generating signals...

NVDA:
  RSI: 52.34 [Neutral]
  MACD: 0.1234 [Bullish]
  Moving Averages: [Bullish]
  Combined: Bullish (score: 3)
  Recommendation: BUY (Confidence: Medium)

✅ Done!

What it means: - RSI: Momentum indicator (30-70 is neutral) - MACD: Trend indicator (positive = bullish) - Moving Averages: Price trend direction - Combined: Overall signal - Recommendation: Action suggestion

🎯 Common Workflows¶

Daily Market Check¶

# Quick signals for watchlist
ta sig

# Detailed analysis for specific stock
ta sig --symbol NVDA

# All analysis (SR + Signals + Position)
ta all

Position Planning¶

# Calculate position for trade
ta pos --symbol NVDA --price 175 --capital 10000 --risk 2

# Output shows:
# - Shares to buy
# - Position value
# - Risk amount
# - Stop loss level

Price Alerts¶

# List existing alerts
ta alerts list

# Create new alert
ta alerts create --symbol NVDA --entry 175 --stop 170 --target 185

# Check if alerts triggered
ta alerts check

📚 Learn More¶

CLI Commands¶

Command	Description
`ta`	Interactive mode
`ta sig`	Trading signals
`ta sr`	Support/Resistance
`ta pos`	Position calculator
`ta alerts`	Price alerts
`ta all`	Full analysis

→ Full CLI Reference

Advanced Topics¶

❓ Troubleshooting¶

"API Key Invalid"¶

Check your .env file:

cat .env

Make sure keys are correct (no extra spaces).

"No stocks in watchlist"¶

Create watchlist.txt:

echo "NVDA" > watchlist.txt
echo "AAPL" >> watchlist.txt

"Command not found: ta"¶

Make sure installation completed:

# For pip
pip show openclaw-trading-assistant

# For npm
npm list -g @xuxuclassmate/openclaw-trading-assistant

🎉 You're Ready!¶

Now you can: - ✅ Generate trading signals - ✅ Analyze support/resistance - ✅ Calculate position sizes - ✅ Set price alerts

Next: Trading Signals Guide