What's the difference between an Alert and a Strategy Bot?

An Alert posts from one account-level URL and reaches one strategy. Its note can use %alert_symbol%, %last_price%, %alert_name%, %alert_note% or %price_action_event%. A Strategy Bot posts its own URL and body. Each bot can reach a different strategy, with %bot_symbol%, %bot_status%, %bot_name% and %bot_timeframe%.

Does Nyria hold my E*TRADE password?

No. You sign in on E*TRADE's own page. Nyria stores the consumer secret and session tokens encrypted at rest.

Can I test before trading real money at E*TRADE?

Nyria connects live E*TRADE accounts only, so run the strategy on Nyria Paper first. When the log reads the way you expect, deploy a second bot on the E*TRADE account.

Alerts to orders · Checked Nov 2026

Automate TrendSpider alerts to E*TRADE

Nyria lets you auto trade each TrendSpider alert in your E*TRADE account.

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A stocks strategy: the long and the short entry set to enter a position at market, exits set to close at market, then the review of what each alert does

Setup steps

Point a TrendSpider Alert or Strategy Bot webhook at a Nyria strategy. Then connect your E*TRADE account in Nyria with your own consumer key. Each alert becomes an order in your own E*TRADE account. Nyria connects live E*TRADE accounts only, so test it free on Nyria Paper first.

1Connect E*TRADE. Request your own production key on E*TRADE's API key request page. In Nyria open the E*TRADE card on Integrations and paste the consumer key and consumer secret. Nyria opens E*TRADE's sign-in in a new tab. Log in, accept access and paste the verification code. Sign in again each day, because E*TRADE ends access at the end of each day, US Eastern.
2Create a strategy. In Nyria, select Create strategy and pick TrendSpider as the alert source. Choose stocks or options as the asset type. Set what an entry and an exit do on each side.
3Add the webhook in TrendSpider. Copy the webhook URL from the strategy's Integration tab. For an Alert, set it as the account webhook URL. That is under Account & Settings in TrendSpider. For a Strategy Bot, put it in the bot's own URL field. Write the body there. Fill the note or body with TrendSpider's %variables%, such as %alert_symbol%.
4Fire a test alert. Fire a test alert or bot message. The strategy stays inactive until Nyria reads one correctly. The Logs tab shows what it read. TrendSpider needs a plan that includes webhook alerts.
5Deploy a bot. On the strategy, select Deploy bot. Pick the E*TRADE account on the Account step and set a Budget per entry. Live bots need a Nyria Pro plan or a Premium strategy you have bought. The next alert becomes an order.

What a TrendSpider alert must say

Nyria needs the ticker, the side, and whether it opens or closes a position. It reads plain text or JSON in your own wording. There is no template to follow. For options, Provided in alert reads the strike, expiry and call or put. From my rules picks the contract.

TrendSpider has no action or quantity variable. Write "action": "buy" into a buy alert and "action": "sell" into a sell alert. Use %alert_symbol% for the ticker.

An alert cannot set the size: each bot's budget per entry does. Exits come from your exit alerts.

A stock entry

{
  "symbol": "%alert_symbol%",
  "action": "buy",
  "price": "%last_price%"
}

Buy the alert's symbol at the last price when it fired.

A bot exit

{
  "symbol": "%bot_symbol%",
  "action": "sell",
  "status": "%bot_status%"
}

Close the position matched against what the bot is holding.

What E*TRADE does with it

E*TRADE connects with your own consumer key and E*TRADE's sign-in, so the password never reaches Nyria. Nyria stores the consumer secret and session tokens encrypted at rest. Access ends at midnight US Eastern each day, and an alert that arrives before you sign in has no live session to trade on.

Options go to E*TRADE as single legs or two-leg spreads in one order. Three- and four-leg shapes are not placed. E*TRADE needs options approval at the level the trade requires.

A crypto alert places no order on this connection. Use Alpaca or Nyria Paper for crypto.

Each alert becomes a market or a limit order, as the strategy sets it. Nyria previews each order with E*TRADE and then places it. Nothing waits at E*TRADE between alerts. The exit comes from your alert.

Questions

What's the difference between an Alert and a Strategy Bot?: An Alert posts from one account-level URL and reaches one strategy. Its note can use %alert_symbol%, %last_price%, %alert_name%, %alert_note% or %price_action_event%. A Strategy Bot posts its own URL and body. Each bot can reach a different strategy, with %bot_symbol%, %bot_status%, %bot_name% and %bot_timeframe%.
Does Nyria hold my E*TRADE password?: No. You sign in on E*TRADE's own page. Nyria stores the consumer secret and session tokens encrypted at rest.
Can I test before trading real money at E*TRADE?: Nyria connects live E*TRADE accounts only, so run the strategy on Nyria Paper first. When the log reads the way you expect, deploy a second bot on the E*TRADE account.
How fast does an alert become an order?: Sub-second, alert to order.