Autonomous AI trading bot: paper-first strategies and controls
An autonomous AI trading bot is software that watches live market data and places or closes trades by rule, without a person approving each individual order. Fincai's autonomous strategy runner is that bot: it applies entry, stop-loss, profit-target, trailing-stop, and time-stop rules to live quotes. Runs start in paper mode by default, while live mode is a separate opt-in that requires a connected brokerage and stays within the limits the user configures. A user can pause or stop a run at any time. Last updated 2026-09-01.
Paper mode uses simulated fills while the runner applies rules to live quotes. It is available in demo mode without a connected brokerage, and anonymous users are paper-only. Live mode requires a connected Robinhood Agentic Terminal and a separate opt-in for each run. Live autonomous trading is long-only in the current version, so short and volatility templates remain paper-only and are labeled.
The runner persists a durable state machine with watching, entering, in-position, exiting, closed, paused, and error states. It evaluates entry and exit triggers from quotes, re-checks position and notional caps against the live price at entry, and applies a market-hours guard to live entries and exits. A failed live order or uncertain mid-order restart state is paused for review instead of automatically repeated.
Users can monitor the active-runs view, stop an individual run, or use the global kill switch. An atomic transition guard prevents a scheduled runner tick and a manual stop from both acting on the same run. These controls address specific operational risks but cannot eliminate market loss, incorrect data, connectivity interruption, or software failure.
The templates library includes long-biased strategies that can be armed live and short or volatility structures that are restricted to paper mode in the current version. Selecting a template opens the builder with its rules prefilled so the user can review and edit the symbol, quantity, entries, exits, and limits before arming the run.
New accounts run in paper (simulated) mode by default. Live trading requires an explicit, separate opt-in.
Automated and agentic strategies can act faster than you can review them. Software fails, market data can be delayed or wrong, and connectivity can be interrupted. Risk controls reduce but do not eliminate the possibility of loss. You remain responsible for every position in your account.
You are solely responsible for the orders placed and the positions held in your account. Manual trades require your explicit confirmation before they are sent. If you arm a strategy in live mode, you authorize it to place and close orders automatically within the limits you set, without a separate confirmation for each order — you can pause or stop it at any time.
Fincai does not publish, promise, project, or imply any level of trading performance. Any results shown in product demonstrations are illustrative software behavior, not trading results.
Fincai is a software tool for market analysis and order entry. It is not an investment adviser, broker-dealer, or financial planner. Nothing Fincai produces is personalized investment advice, a recommendation to buy or sell any security, or an offer or solicitation of any kind. Fincai does not consider your financial situation, investment objectives, tax position, or risk tolerance.
Fincai is for informational purposes only and is not a registered investment adviser. It does not provide personalized financial advice. Trading stocks and options involves risk, including the possible loss of principal.
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- Paper mode is the default and anonymous users are paper-only
- Live mode requires a connected brokerage and per-run opt-in
- Entry, stop-loss, target, trailing-stop, and time-stop rules
- Position and notional caps plus a market-hours guard
- Durable states, paused error review, and idempotent transitions
- Individual stop controls and a global kill switch