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A free AI trading team (TradingAgents)

A real trading firm pays analysts, researchers, traders and risk managers millions a year. This free download gives you the same team as AI workers: they study a stock, argue both sides, make a call, and a risk team checks it, then you get a clear buy, sell or hold with the reasoning.

01Quick steps

  1. 1Download it free: github.com/TauricResearch/TradingAgents (113k+ saved it).
  2. 2It runs on an AI model (Claude), so add your Anthropic key, pay as you go, a few cents a run.
  3. 3Install it with the one line in the README, open it, and type a stock (like AAPL) and a date.
  4. 4The AI team debates it and hands you a buy, sell, or hold with the reasoning.

03Full tutorial

Install Python 3.10+ and git if you don't already have them, these are the only things TradingAgents needs to run on your own computer.

Download it free from github.com/TauricResearch/TradingAgents (113k+ people saved it): click Code then Download ZIP, or run git clone on the repo link.

Open the folder in your terminal and run the one install line from the README, which sets up the Python packages the team needs.

Get an Anthropic API key at console.anthropic.com, since the team thinks using Claude, and add a few dollars of pay as you go credit, a single run costs only a few cents.

Paste that key where the README says, usually an environment variable named ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, so the tool can reach Claude.

Start it the way the README shows, then type a stock ticker like AAPL and a date when it asks.

Analysts study the stock, a bull and a bear argue both sides, a trader makes the call, and a risk team checks it.

Read the final buy, sell, or hold it hands you, with the reasoning laid out so you see why, not just what.

Before trusting any live call, run it on several old dates first and compare its past calls to what actually happened. It is a research tool, not financial advice, and most people lose money trading.

TradingAgents is a free download from GitHub that copies a real trading firm as a team of AI workers. Instead of one chatbot, it is several specialists that each do a job, debate, and reach a decision, so you get a reasoned call instead of a guess.

Get it free at github.com/TauricResearch/TradingAgents. Over a hundred and thirteen thousand people have already saved it, so it is well tested. The README has the install steps.

It thinks using an AI model, so you add your Anthropic (Claude) key and pay as you go, usually a few cents per run. That is the only cost, the tool itself is free.

Install it with the one line in the README, open the tool, and type a stock like AAPL and a date. The team goes to work: analysts study it, a bull and a bear argue it, a trader decides, a risk team checks it, and a manager approves or rejects.

You get back a clear buy, sell, or hold with the reasoning laid out, so you can see why, not just what.

Run it on old dates first and see how its calls would have done in the past before you ever act on a live one. It is a research tool, not financial advice, and most people lose money trading.

Run it on old dates first to see how it would have done before trusting a live call. This is a research tool, not financial advice; most people lose money trading.