Guides, deep dives, and release notes from the people building Apex Automated Trade Systems.
Paper trading is how you validate the system — live trading is where it counts. Here's the exact checklist we recommend before flipping ALPACA_MODE to live, and the two config changes that matter most.
Read articleEvery week the sector rotation engine ranks 11 GICS sectors and allocates to the top two. This post walks through the scoring model, the SPY regime filter, and why we use a 5-day rolling window instead of a daily signal.
Read articleEvery other trading tool runs in our cloud and touches your broker via API on our behalf. We chose not to. Here's the reasoning — and what it means for your security, latency, and uptime.
Read articleFive minutes to configure real-time alerts for entries, exits, stops, and the daily summary. Includes how to create a bot, find your chat ID, and silence overnight alerts without disabling the integration.
Read articleThe screener runs every morning before market open. This post unpacks the three-stage pipeline: universe filter → momentum scoring → sector confirmation, and what RVOL threshold changes actually do to trade quality.
Read articleThe biggest release since launch. Elite tier is now live with access to the crypto strategy module (BTC/USD, ETH/USD, 12 others), options strategy layer with IV rank filtering, and all future modules as we ship them.
Read articleThe $12/mo Basic Droplet works — but a few system-level tweaks make it run significantly better under sustained load. PostgreSQL connection limits, swap configuration, and why you should enable DigitalOcean monitoring.
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