Helmsman watches the most liquid names, puts the setups on the table, and opens only if you confirm — always with a stop. No naked entries. No size invented in chat. You pick the broker.
01 · Scan — watch the liquid names, skip the rest.
HelmsmanTrading main
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Scanning liquid markets…
⏺ scan_market liquidi
⎿ WMT skipped below SMA
⎿ NVDA skipped rule did not fire
⎿ SLV locked ATR breakout · long
⏺ preview_trade SLV · multi-day
Size887
Stop58.76
Target61.70
⎿ preview_id pv_8f3a91
no order sent
No order has been sent. You hold the helm.
Confirm?
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⏺ confirm_trade pv_8f3a91
⎿ submitted Alpaca paper
⎿ client_order_id helmsman_a1b2c3d4e5f6
⎿ OTO · stop attached
Opened. Stop already attached. The position is yours.
01Scan
02Propose
03You confirm
04Open covered
❯Ask Claude…
Multi-broker slides · only venues whose APIs the model can speak
A
Alpaca
Paper adapter
T
Tradier
Sandbox adapter
IG
IG
Demo adapter
IB
Interactive Brokers
Mock adapter
SX
Saxo ★
Next
OA
OANDA ★
Next
Lm
lemon.markets ★
Next
cT
cTrader
To build
TB
Tiger Brokers
To build
TV
Tradovate
To build
Q
Questrade
To build
MA
MetaApi
To build
S
Charles Schwab
To build
TS
TradeStation
To build
tt
tastytrade
To build
W
Webull
To build
E
E*TRADE
To build
212
Trading 212
With friction
eT
eToro
With friction
D
Directa
With friction
m
moomoo
With friction
A
Alpaca
Paper adapter
T
Tradier
Sandbox adapter
IG
IG
Demo adapter
IB
Interactive Brokers
Mock adapter
SX
Saxo ★
Next
OA
OANDA ★
Next
Lm
lemon.markets ★
Next
cT
cTrader
To build
TB
Tiger Brokers
To build
TV
Tradovate
To build
Q
Questrade
To build
MA
MetaApi
To build
S
Charles Schwab
To build
TS
TradeStation
To build
tt
tastytrade
To build
W
Webull
To build
E
E*TRADE
To build
212
Trading 212
With friction
eT
eToro
With friction
D
Directa
With friction
m
moomoo
With friction
Marks belong to their owners: they name the venues, they do not imply a partnership. Gold = adapter already in code. The slide shows only retail APIs that fit. Fineco, DEGIRO, Robinhood and the rest without an official trading API stay off it.
For people who trade, not people who ship bots
A quieter trading day
We are not asking for another chart, another language, another account. We take the dirty work: scan, filter, size, cover. You keep the decision.
Elena
Swings around a day job. Cannot sit the book. Wants three liquid proposals at the close, not fifty alerts.
David
Knows «just this once without a stop» is how accounts die. Wants the entry born covered — or not born at all.
Sara
Already has a broker, maybe two. Does not want another terminal: she wants a bridge that speaks to APIs that exist.
Paul
Already asks an AI «what would you do in SLV». He does not want invented lots. He wants one true line: size, stop, target — and his yes.
Covered positions
No naked entries. Full stop.
A market order with no stop is not «fast»: it is uncovered. Helmsman opens only when the cover is there — a stop, and a target when the rule calls for one. If that broker cannot cover, it does not open.
You see size and stop before you confirm.
The numbers come from the risk engine, not from chat.
After entry, the position is yours: Helmsman does not «manage» it for you.
Valid entry
TypeStop + target
YouConfirm
EngineComputes size & SL
Naked marketRejected
The loop
Four steps. No theatre.
01
Scan
Looks at liquid markets. Stale data or a rule that does not fire: skip. It does not invent the trade.
02
Propose
One line: symbol, side, size, stop, target. Enough to say yes or no — not a 40-page memo.
03
You confirm
Helmsman is the helmsman, not the captain. Without your yes, nothing is sent.
04
Open covered
The entry hits the broker you connected, already protected. Then the position is yours.
If a broker offers an API, Helmsman should speak it — with that venue’s rules. In code today: Alpaca paper, Tradier sandbox, IG demo and IBKR mock, plus PaperSim locally. Saxo, OANDA, lemon.markets and the other retail APIs are to build. Fineco, DEGIRO, Robinhood have no official trading API: they stay off the slide. A practice account, if and when there is one, is for clients — not a button on the site.
The broker on your account is the final executor. Helmsman is middleware: it translates, vetoes, forwards. The LLM (Claude or other) can be wrong; you hold the yes and the keys. We are not advisers, not the model, not the venue. If the order exists, it exists after your yes — and capital risk stays yours.
Which skills are live?
Five long-only: ATR-BREAKOUT (trend), CONNORS-MR (buy the dip), VOL-SQUEEZE (compression), QUALITY-DIP (oversold megacaps), AVWAP-RETEST (institutional reclaim). The catalog is moving fast: more in the queue, validated on liquid reference markets before they ship. Not tips: yes/no bools on the tape.
Which tickers does it scan?
A curated universe of 52 liquid names and ETFs — tech, blue chips, sectors, indexes and metals. It will not screen ten thousand symbols: skills work where the book exists. Detail on the Universe page.
Do I need to code?
No. Helmsman is for traders, not bot authors. You see proposals, read size and stop, say yes or no. The stack stays under the hood.
Does it trade without me?
No. You get a preview (symbol, side, size, stop, target). The order goes out only if you confirm. You hold the helm: this is not autopilot.
What is a «covered» position?
Every entry ships with protection: a stop, and a target when the rule calls for one. No naked market orders with a promise to add the stop later. If the broker or the rule cannot cover, Helmsman does not open.
Does the AI pick position size?
No. A model can help you read context; size and stops come from the risk engine, with fixed rules on your account. No quantities invented in chat.
Which brokers?
In code today: Alpaca (paper), Tradier (sandbox), IG (demo) and IBKR (mock, live pending), plus a local PaperSim bench. Saxo, OANDA, lemon.markets and the other retail APIs are to build. Fineco, DEGIRO, Robinhood have no official trading API: they stay off the slide. A new adapter brings its own rules, not an Alpaca copy.
Is this live money already?
We are in early access. When a client is in, they operate in paper: it is not self-serve. Live comes when the bridge, the covers, and the engagement rules are ready. We do not sell magic on real capital.
Which markets does it scan?
Liquid names and ETFs, where getting in and out is realistic. If a rule does not apply — price under the average, dead tape, stale data — it skips the trade. It does not invent one.
What does it cost?
We are in early access. Skills and broker adapters are moving fast. You can pre-register: leave email and venue, we write if and when there is a seat. No fake price list, no credit card to «try it».
Does it manage the position after entry?
No. Helmsman opens covered and stops. Managing the position is your discipline. We do not sell automatic trailing or an overnight bot.
Are the broker logos a partnership?
No. The marks name venues with an API the model can speak. Gold on the tile = adapter already in code (Alpaca, Tradier, IG, IBKR). Grey = to build. Venues without an official retail trading API stay off the slide.
Do I need a new account?
No. The account stays yours. The bridge lengthens toward the broker you already use. On the pre-registration, name which one: that is the queue, not a pitch.
