Alpaca equities · real shorts · beta on paper

A quant desk for your
Alpaca account

The desk's Relative Value launch style: market-neutral long/short baskets, beta hedging, and a momentum + reversal signal — the portfolio construction a hedge-fund desk runs. Validate it on a paper account now — live trading opens at launch.

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The agent recommends — the app places only what you confirm.

Neutral by construction. Tilted by signal.

The agent builds a basket that targets near-zero market exposure, so you're paid mainly for picking the right names — not for guessing market direction. Then a per-name signal tilts it toward what it expects to outperform, while staying close to neutral.

  • Market-neutral. True long/short — real short legs on margin — or long + an inverse-ETF hedge on cash accounts (a daily-reset instrument whose hedge ratio needs monitoring), solved toward net-zero estimated beta against your benchmark.
  • Momentum + reversal signal. A cross-sectional score ranks the universe; the basket tilts toward the favored names and away from the rest.
  • Risk you can see. Beta, R² vs SPY, and net exposure on every recommendation — you see the risk before you confirm.
recommended basket
1you say it
you > Build a market-neutral AI-chip spread, $10k
2the solver's inputs
universeMU · AMD · NVDA · TSM (semis)
signal σ+1.5 · +0.6 · −0.9 · −0.6
budget$10,000 gross
targetsmax signal tilt · net $0 · β-$ ≈ 0
3the recommended basket
Chip-vs-chip spreadtarget: net β-$ ≈ 0
LONGMUsig +1.5$3,000
LONGAMDsig +0.6$2,000
SHORTNVDAsig −0.9$3,000
SHORTTSMsig −0.6$2,000
Gross $10,000 · long $5,000 / short $5,000 · net $0. The bet is MU/AMD vs NVDA/TSM on a +1.9σ signal spread — hedged name-vs-name toward the solver's neutral target. Confirm to trade.

Built for equities

The same desk-grade tooling, applied to your stock portfolio.

Stocks & ETFs

Diversified long/short baskets sized under your limits — fractional notional longs, whole-share shorts — placed on your Alpaca paper account (live at launch).

Paper now, live at launch

Run the desk on an Alpaca paper account with simulated money — same engine, same risk gates, simulated fills (live executions can differ). Live trading opens at launch, and the track record you build on paper carries over.

Beta & sector measurement

Know your estimated market exposure — portfolio beta, sector tilt, and how much risk a hedge removes.

Enforced risk limits

Exposure caps and daily-loss limits are enforced across your whole portfolio; a same-instrument concentration warning counts repeated symbols. A limit that would be broken blocks the opening order before it places — exits are never blocked.

Works with your Alpaca account

Connect an Alpaca paper account in seconds — simulated money, API key or OAuth, credentials encrypted at rest. The agent reads your positions and recommends trades; you confirm every order before anything is placed. Alpaca live and Kalshi connections open at launch — events beside your stock positions under the same risk layer.

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Free in early access.

Early access runs on simulated money — research, sizing, and approval-gated paper trading across equities and prediction markets, starting with Alpaca and Kalshi. Live trading and the paid plan open at launch; early access stays free.

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Trade like a desk,
not like a tab full of tickers.

Connect an Alpaca paper account and let the agent build your first neutral basket — zero real money down.

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