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Robinhood Trading Bot

A Python trading bot that uses Robinhood to execute market orders based on various trading algorithms.

Algorithm Explanations

Moving Day Average Comparison

First, the 50-day and 200-day moving averages are calculated using historical stock prices. A buy order recommendation is made when the 50-day moving average is strictly greater than the 200-day moving average. A sell order recommendation is made when the 50-day moving average is strictly less than the 200-day moving average. No recommendation is amde when the two moving averages are equal.

Volume-Weighted Average Price Comparison

The Volume-Weighted Average Price (VWAP) is calculated by adding up the dollars traded for every transaction in a period (price times number of shares traded) and then dividing by the total shares traded in the period. When the current price of a security is below the VWAP, a buy recommendation is made. A sell recommendation is made when the currentprice of a security is above the VWAP. If neither conditions are met, no recommendation is made.

Sentiment Analysis

This algorithm sources tweets from the Twitter API that mention a company's name. A sentiment analysis is performed on each tweet and a score is assigned which details the negativity, neutrality, or positivity of the sentiment. The average sentiment score is taken and if the sentiment is positive a buy order recommendation is made, if the sentiment is negative a sell order recommendation is made, and if the sentiment is neutral no order recommendation is made.

Setting Up

You will need to have a Robinhood account and a Twitter API key. Create a file called config.py with the following lines of code, replacing the empty strings with your information: 
    TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY = ''
    TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET = ''

    ROBINHOOD_USER = ''
    ROBINHOOD_PASS = ''

After this is done, you can install dependencies:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

We are now ready for usage!!

Usage

You can choose which algorithm you want to trade with. Then call the function 
    trade(ticker, amount_in_dollars)

and your bot will trade ticker with the specified amount_in_dollars.

Have fun!

Any stock or ticker mentioned is not to be taken as financial advice. You are using this bot at your own discretion and with the knowledge that you can lose (part of) your investment.