Fully automated crypto trading powered by a custom price prediction AI and a structured/tiered DCA system.

Now available in two versions:

• C Version 🚀 (High-performance, minimal dependencies)
• Python Version 🎯 (Full-featured with GUI and live APIs)

This is my personal trading bot that I decided to make open source. I made this strategy to match my personal goals. This system is meant to be a foundation/framework for you to build your dream bot!

I know there are "commonly essential" trading features that are missing (like no stop loss for example). This is by design.

I do not believe in selling worthwhile coins at a loss (and why would you trade anything besides worthwhile coins with a trading bot, anyways???).

I DO believe in crypto. I'd rather just wait and maybe add more money to my account if need be so that the bot can buy even more of the coin while the price is down.

I am not selling anything. This trading bot is not a product. This system is for experimentation and education. The only reason you would EVER send me money is if you are voluntarily donating (donation routes can be found at the bottom of this readme :) ). Do not fall for any scams! PowerTrader AI is COMPLETELY FREE FOREVER!

⚠️ IMPORTANT: This software places real trades automatically. You are responsible for everything it does to your money and your account. Keep your API keys private. I am not giving financial advice. I am not responsible for any losses incurred or any security breaches to your computer (the code is entirely open source and can be confirmed non-malicious). You are fully responsible for doing your own due diligence to learn and understand this trading system and to use it properly. You are fully responsible for all of your money and all of the bot's actions, and any gains or losses.

• 👉 C Version Guide
• 👉 Python Version Guide

Both versions use independent credentials files: rh00d.sct in each directory

• C Version: c_version/rh00d.sct
• Python Version: python_version/rh00d.sct

{
  "api_key": "rh.your_robinhood_api_key",
  "private_key": "base64_encoded_ed25519_private_key"
}

C Version:

cd c_version
cat > rh00d.sct << 'EOF'
{
  "api_key": "rh.YOUR_API_KEY",
  "private_key": "YOUR_BASE64_PRIVATE_KEY"
}
EOF
chmod 600 rh00d.sct

Python Version:

cd python_version
cat > rh00d.sct << 'EOF'
{
  "api_key": "rh.YOUR_API_KEY",
  "private_key": "YOUR_BASE64_PRIVATE_KEY"
}
EOF
chmod 600 rh00d.sct

• Created rh00d.sct in version directory
• Set chmod 600 rh00d.sct
• Added rh00d.sct to .gitignore
• Never commit credentials to git
• File permissions show rw------- only

“It’s an instance-based (kNN/kernel-style) predictor with online per-instance reliability weighting, used as a multi-timeframe trading signal.” - ChatGPT on the type of AI used in this trading bot.

So what exactly does that mean?

When people think AI, they usually think about LLM style AIs and neural networks. What many people don't realize is there are many types of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - and the one in my trading system falls under the "Other" category.

When training for a coin, it goes through the entire history for that coin on multiple timeframes and saves each pattern it sees, along with what happens on the next candle AFTER the pattern. It uses these saved patterns to generate a predicted candle by taking a weighted average of the closest matches in memory to the current pattern in time. This weighted average output is done once for each timeframe, from 1 hour up to 1 week. Each timeframe gets its own predicted candle. The low and high prices from these candles are what are shown as the blue and orange horizontal lines on the price charts.

After a candle closes, it checks what happened against what it predicted, and adjusts the weight for each "memory pattern" that was used to generate the weighted average, depending on how accurate each pattern was compared to what actually happened.

Yes, it is EXTREMELY simple. Yes, it is STILL considered AI.

Here is how the trading bot utilizes the price prediction ai to automatically make trades:

For determining when to start trades, the AI's Thinker script sends a signal to start a trade for a coin if the ask price for the coin drops below at least 3 of the the AI's predicted low prices for the coin (it predicts the currently active candle's high and low prices for each timeframe across all timeframes from 1hr to 1wk).

For determining when to DCA, it uses either the current price level from the AI that is tied to the current amount of DCA buys that have been done on the trade (for example, right after a trade starts when 3 blue lines get crossed, its first DCA wont happen until the price crosses the 4th line, so on so forth), or it uses the hardcoded drawdown % for its current level, whichever it hits first. It only allows a max of 2 DCAs within a rolling 24hr window to keep from dumping all of your money in too quickly on coins that are having an extended downtrend. Other risk management features can easily be added, as well, with just a bit of Python code!

For determining when to sell, the bot uses a trailing profit margin to maximize the potential gains. The margin line is set at either 5% gain if no DCA has happened on the trade, or 2.5% gain if any DCA has happened. The trailing margin gap is 0.5% (this is the amount the price has to go over the profit margin to begin raising the profit margin up to TRAIL after the price and maximize how much profit is gained once the price drops below the profit margin again and the bot sells the trade.

THESE INSTRUCTIONS WERE WRITTEN BY AI! PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS OR ISSUES WITH THIS SETUP PROCESS!

If you have any crypto holdings in Robinhood currently, either transfer them out of your Robinhood account or sell them to dollars BEFORE going through this setup process!

This page walks you through installing PowerTrader AI from start to finish, in the exact order a first-time user should do it.
No coding knowledge needed.
These instructions are Windows-based but PowerTrader AI should be able to run on any OS.

IMPORTANT: This software places real trades automatically. You are responsible for everything it does to your money and your account. Keep your API keys private. I am not giving financial advice. I am not responsible for any losses incurred or any security breaches to your computer (the code is entirely open source and can be confirmed non-malicious). You are fully responsible for doing your own due diligence to learn and understand this trading system and to use it properly. You are fully responsible for all of your money and all of the bot's actions, and any gains or losses.

1. Go to python.org and download Python for Windows.
2. Run the installer.
3. Check the box that says: “Add Python to PATH”.
4. Click Install Now.

1. Do not download the zip file of the repo! There is an issue I have to fix.
2. Create a folder on your computer, like: C:\PowerTraderAI\
3. On the PowerTrader_AI repo page, go to the code page for pt_hub.py, click the "Download Raw File" button, save it into the folder you just created.
4. Repeat that for all files in the repo (except the readme and the license).

1. Open Command Prompt (Windows key → type cmd → Enter).

2. Go into your PowerTrader AI folder. Example:

   cd C:\PowerTraderAI

3. If using Python 3.12 or higher, run this command:

   python -m pip install setuptools

4. Install everything PowerTrader AI needs:

   python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

From the same Command Prompt window (inside your PowerTrader folder), run:

python pt_hub.py

The app that opens is the PowerTrader Hub.
This is the only thing you need to run day-to-day.

In the Hub, open Settings and do this in order:

• Main Neural Folder: set this to the same folder that contains pt_hub.py (recommended easiest).
• Choose which coins to trade: start with BTC.
• While you are still in Settings, click Robinhood API Setup and do this:

1. Click Generate Keys.
2. Copy the Public Key shown in the wizard.
3. On Robinhood, add a new API key and paste that Public Key.
4. Set permissions to allow trading (the wizard tells you what to select).
5. Robinhood will show your API Key (often starts with rh). Copy it.
6. Paste the API Key back into the wizard and click Save.
7. Close the wizard and go back to the Settings screen.
8. NOW click Save in Settings.

After saving, you will have two files in your PowerTrader AI folder:
r_key.txt and r_secret.txt
Keep them private.

PowerTrader AI uses a simple folder style:
BTC uses the main folder, and other coins use their own subfolders (like ETH\).

Training builds the system’s coin “memory” so it can generate signals.

1. In the Hub, click Train All.
2. Wait until training finishes.

When training is done, click:

1. Start All

The Hub will:
start pt_thinker.py, wait until it is ready, then it will start pt_trader.py.
You don’t need to manually start separate programs. The hub handles everything!

• These are signal strength levels from low to high.
• Higher number = stronger signal.
• LONG = buy-direction signal. SHORT = sell-direction signal.

A TRADE WILL START FOR A COIN IF THAT COIN REACHES A LONG LEVEL OF 3 OR HIGHER WHILE HAVING A SHORT LEVEL OF 0!

1. Open Settings
2. Add one new coin
3. Save
4. Click Train All, wait for training to complete
5. Click Start All

PowerTrader AI is COMPLETELY free and open source! If you want to support the project:

• Cash App: $garagesteve
• PayPal: @garagesteve
• Patreon: patreon.com/MakingMadeEasy

PowerTrader AI is released under the Apache 2.0 license.

IMPORTANT: This software places real trades automatically. You are responsible for everything it does to your money and your account. Keep your API keys private. I am not giving financial advice. I am not responsible for any losses incurred or any security breaches to your computer (the code is entirely open source and can be confirmed non-malicious). You are fully responsible for doing your own due diligence to learn and understand this trading system and to use it properly. You are fully responsible for all of your money and all of the bot's actions, and any gains or losses.