Agentic Trading vs Auto Trade

Agentic Trading is goal-driven (Alphio AI plans and executes). Auto Trade is rules-driven (you configure parameters, Alphio executes them).

Find it at: /agentic-trading

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1. Side-by-side comparison

Dimension	Agentic Trading	Auto Trade
Who decides what to trade	Alphio AI researches, plans, and proposes trades to meet your stated goal	You — Alphio executes the exact rules you configured
How instructions are given	Plain-language objective in chat (e.g. "Build a balanced AI exposure with $5k")	Structured parameters (ticker, trigger, sizing, stop-loss, schedule)
Approval gating	Approval-gated by default — Alphio AI proposes, you confirm	Rules-driven — no per-trade confirmation once the strategy is live
Best for	Open-ended goals, multi-step research-driven entries, idea exploration	Repeatable mechanical setups: DCA, breakouts, conditional closes
Setup time	Seconds — describe the goal in one sentence	Minutes — define triggers, sizing, and exit rules
Risk control	Per-trade approval plus account-level strategy settings (max position, max loss)	Rules you configure: stop-loss, max position, max-loss kill switch

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2. When to use Agentic Trading

Pick Agentic Trading when the decision itself is what you want help with:

• "Research NVDA earnings and open a hedged position if guidance beats."
• "Allocate $10k across the top 5 AI infrastructure plays."
• "Rotate my crypto book out of memecoins into majors over the next week."
• "If the FOMC minutes lean dovish, scale into long-duration tech."

Agentic Trading is the right surface when you can describe an outcome but don't want to pre-define every trigger by hand.

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3. When to use Auto Trade

Pick Auto Trade when the decision is already made and you just want execution discipline:

• DCA: "Buy $100 of BTC every Monday at 9:00 AM ET."
• Breakout: "Long NVDA at $1,000 if 4h volume exceeds the 30-day average."
• Conditional close: "Sell my AAPL position if price drops 5% from today's open."
• Earnings event: "Enter a 1% SPY position 5 minutes after the next CPI print."

Auto Trade is the right surface when the rule is the strategy — you want it to fire reliably without manual confirmation.

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4. Both can run simultaneously

Agentic Trading and Auto Trade share the same trade execution rails (Stock Trading, Hyperliquid Perpetuals, Prediction Markets), so positions opened on one surface are visible to the other.

warning

An Auto Trade rule that targets the same ticker can close a position you opened manually or via Agentic Trading. Before enabling Auto Trade on tickers you also trade manually, scope its rules narrowly (e.g. by tag, position size, or time window) to avoid unintended closes.

Review Strategy Settings under /agentic-trading to see how account-level limits apply across both surfaces.