Guide
Can I trade by hand in an account my trading bot uses?
You can, but it is not a good idea. Nyria tracks the orders it placed, not everything in the account, so its record drifts from your broker when you trade the same account by hand. Give Nyria an account of its own, with no manual trades in it. If you have already mixed them, compare the Live now list with your broker's positions page.
Official documentation
Keep a bot's account clean
- 1
Compare the two records
Open Live now in Nyria and the positions page at your broker. They should match.
- 2
Find the drift
Look for positions at your broker that Nyria does not list, and the other way round.
- 3
Close the extra by hand
Close it at your broker. An exit alert sends nothing when Nyria tracks no open position.
- 4
Open a separate account
Use an account that only Nyria trades, so every position in it came from an alert.
- 5
Deploy the bot on it
Connect that account under Integrations, then deploy the bot on it.
When Nyria's record drifts
- You trade the same account by hand.
- Another system trades the same tickers.
- An order recorded as failed did execute, which is rare.
- The broker changes the position itself, as in a split or other corporate action.
What drift looks like
- Nyria logs an exit as Skipped when it tracks no open position, even if your broker holds one.
- The Live now list and the broker's positions page disagree.
Safer setups
- Open a second broker account for hand trades.
- Run the daily check: compare Live now with your broker's positions.
- Check every integration shows Connected.
Questions
- Will Nyria see my manual trades?
- No. It tracks only the orders it placed.
- What if a split changes my position?
- The broker changes the position itself, so Nyria's record can drift.
- Can another tool trade the same tickers?
- Another system trading the same tickers can also make the record drift.
- Why was my exit skipped?
- Nyria tracked no open position, so it sent nothing and logged Skipped.
- What does it cost?
- Paper is free. Live trading from $15 a month.
Next
- Paste an alert into the alert tester to see how Nyria reads it.
- Step by step for one account: how to automate TradingView to Alpaca.
- Step by step for one account: how to automate TradingView to tastytrade.
- Alert tester.
Guides
How do I close or reverse a position with a TradingView alert?
CLOSE with the direction exits. One alert that reports the flip reverses.
Read guideWhy is my trading bot not placing orders?
Open the bot's Logs tab. Seven states explain a bot that places nothing.
Read guideWhy was my trading bot's exit skipped?
Skipped exits send nothing. Five causes, one leaves a position open.
Read guideWhy does my bot say exit quantity exceeds position size?
The exit asked for more than the bot holds. Compare it with your broker.
Read guideWhy did my broker reject an automated order?
The broker's reason, and the fix for each common rejection.
Read guideTry a paper bot first
No card required. Paper is free. Live trading from $15 a month.