Doofclunk Trades connects to your Alpaca brokerage account. Your money is held by Alpaca Securities LLC, a FINRA member and SIPC-protected broker. Doofclunk never has direct access to withdraw your funds — he can only place trades through the Alpaca API. You can revoke access at any time from your Alpaca dashboard.

Doofclunk uses a multi-layered analysis engine to decide when to buy and sell:

1. Technical Analysis — He reads 90 days of price history and calculates four indicators: MA crossover (20/50-day), RSI (momentum), ADX (trend strength), and volume confirmation. All four must agree before he acts.

2. Choppy Market Filter — If the ADX shows no clear trend (below 20), Doofclunk holds. No more buying into sideways chop.

3. Overbought/Oversold Protection — RSI above 70 blocks buys (too late), RSI below 30 blocks sells (possible bounce).

4. Volume Confirmation — Signals require at least 80% of average daily volume. Low-volume moves are ignored.

5. AI Context Filter — Doofclunk reads live news from multiple sources (Alpaca + Finnhub) and runs AI market-context analysis. On conservative tiers, the AI can block or reduce trades when it detects high risk. On Growth and Aggressive tiers, the AI can also trigger entries on bullish events and add to winning positions when momentum is strong.

6. Signal-Weighted Allocation — Capital is distributed based on signal quality, not equally. Stronger signals get more capital. The weighting intensity depends on your risk tier.

7. Protective Orders — Every buy attempts to include a bracket order with stop-loss and take-profit levels. If the bracket is accepted, your downside is capped automatically. If not (e.g. for fractional shares), Doofclunk places a standalone trailing stop as backup protection.

8. Drawdown Breaker — If your portfolio drops too far from its peak, Doofclunk stops trading entirely until you reset it. A circuit breaker for your account.

Doofclunk has 5 risk tiers controlled by the Risk Score slider. Each tier has its own watchlist, stop-loss settings, AI behavior, and capital allocation strategy:

Conservative (0–20) — SPY, DIA, TLT, GLD. Stop-loss 3%. AI can block trades. Equal allocation across all symbols.
Cautious (21–40) — SPY, QQQ, DIA, IWM, TLT, VYM. Trailing stop 4%. AI can block trades. Slight signal-weighting.
Balanced (41–60) — SPY, QQQ, AAPL, MSFT, XLF, XLV. Trailing stop 5%. AI protects positions — blocks risky buys and triggers partial exits on extreme bearish news (25% sell at 90%+ AI confidence). Signal-weighted allocation, HOLD symbols redistributed.
Growth (61–80) — QQQ, AAPL, NVDA, AMZN, AMD, SOXX. Trailing stop 8%. AI reacts to news — triggers entries on bullish events, blocks buys on bad news, triggers partial exits on bearish events, and adds to winners. Strong signal-weighting.
Aggressive (81–100) — TQQQ, NVDA, AMD, AAPL, TSLA, SOXX. Trailing stop 12%. AI actively trades on breaking news — triggers entries on rallies, sells 50% on high-confidence bearish events, adds to winning positions, and overrides cooldowns on strong momentum. Maximum signal-weighting.

Free and Trades ($10) users have access to Conservative, Cautious, and Balanced tiers — all of which use AI to advise or protect your positions. Smash ($20) users unlock Growth and Aggressive, where AI actively triggers entries on rallies and larger partial exits on bearish news.

When auto-trading is enabled, Doofclunk checks the market on one global server schedule — even when you're not using the app. He runs the full analysis pipeline (technicals, AI, news) and places trades if all conditions are met.

All users get the same check interval. Free-tier users can auto-trade with paper money. Paid users trade with real money.

Connect using Paper Trading mode when linking your Alpaca account. Paper Trading uses Alpaca's virtual cash to place simulated trades that track real prices — zero risk, real market conditions.

Doofclunk uses your full account balance (paper or live), split across your watchlist symbols. When you're ready for real money, switch to Live mode in Account Settings.

Quick guide:
• Paper Trading = virtual money trades, no risk
• Live Trading = real money trades

1. Click the Paper Trading button at the top of the app
2. Select Live Trading
3. Agree to the confirmation pop-up
4. Click Continue
5. Click Connect to Alpaca

That's it — no new keys or extra steps. To switch back to paper, follow the same steps and select Paper Trading instead.

To deposit funds for live trading:

1. Go to app.alpaca.markets
2. Click Alpaca Connect
3. Select Add Funds and follow the prompts

Your money goes directly into your Alpaca brokerage account — Doofclunk never touches or holds your funds. Deposits typically arrive in 1–3 business days via ACH bank transfer. There's no monthly fee — Alpaca accounts are free.

Your money is held in your Alpaca brokerage account — Doofclunk never holds your funds. To withdraw:

1. Log in to your Alpaca account at app.alpaca.markets
2. Go to Transfers → Withdraw
3. Enter the amount and confirm

Withdrawals go back to your linked bank account, typically within 1–3 business days. Note that recently deposited funds or proceeds from recent sells may have a settlement period (T+1) before they're available to withdraw.

You can withdraw any time — there's no lock-up or penalty. Doofclunk only places trades on your behalf; your cash and positions are always 100% yours.

Doofclunk splits your cash equally across your watchlist symbols (e.g. 4 symbols = 25% each). But he only buys when all his conditions are met for a given symbol:

• All 4 technical indicators must agree (MA crossover, RSI, ADX, volume)
• RSI can't be above 70 (overbought — too late to buy)
• ADX must show a clear trend (above 20)
• On conservative tiers, the AI can block or halve trades if it detects high risk
• On Growth/Aggressive tiers, the AI can trigger entries even when technicals are neutral — if news is strongly bullish
• On Growth/Aggressive tiers, the engine adds to winning positions when momentum stays strong

If 2 out of 4 symbols don't meet the criteria, that cash stays uninvested until conditions improve. This is intentional — Doofclunk would rather hold cash than buy at a bad time.

Want more aggressive deployment? Raise your Risk Score. Higher tiers have looser entry conditions, AI-triggered entries on rallies, add-to-winners on winning positions, and maximum signal-weighting that concentrates cash into the strongest opportunities.

Market Notes is a text field where you can share your own market outlook, observations, or context with Doofclunk's AI. Whatever you type is merged with the live news feed and sent to the AI analyst on every market check.

How it affects decisions:
The AI reads your notes alongside live headlines and adjusts its bias and confidence. On all tiers, if your notes create a strong bearish signal (e.g. "recession imminent"), the AI can block or reduce buy orders. On Growth and Aggressive tiers, the AI can also trigger partial exits (selling 50% of a position) when bearish confidence is very high, and trigger new entries when bullish confidence is high — acting decisively on breaking news in both directions.

What to write: Public news you think is important, your read on a sector, earnings expectations, macro outlook. Think of it as briefing your AI analyst before it makes decisions.

What NOT to write: Material non-public information (insider information). Trading on inside information is a federal crime under SEC regulations, regardless of whether a human or an AI executes the trade. Doofclunk Trades is a tool — legal responsibility for the information you provide rests with you.

Compliance: All Market Notes are logged with timestamps as part of your activity history. These records may be provided to regulatory authorities if required by law.

Yes. Your trading data, activity logs, and Alpaca credentials are stored securely on our servers and are never shared with third parties. We don't sell your data or use it for advertising. Your Alpaca API connection uses encrypted tokens and can be revoked at any time. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

Doofclunk keeps a log of every market check, trade, settings change, and scenario you run. This data powers your analytics and helps you track performance over time.

Doofclunk Lite — Keeps your most recent 200 events
Doofclunk Trades — Keeps your most recent 2,000 events
Doofclunk Smash — Lifetime history — every event is stored permanently for full Pro Analytics reports

To switch Alpaca accounts:

1. Click Account in the top bar
2. Click Disconnect to remove your current connection
3. Click Reconnect (or use the onboarding screen) to connect a new account

You can connect via the one-click Connect with Alpaca button or enter API keys manually.

Doofclunk Trades is available as an Android app you can install directly:

Option 1 — Direct download: Visit doofclunktrades.com/download on your Android phone and tap the download button. You may need to allow installs from unknown sources in your phone's settings.

Option 2 — Add to Home Screen: Open doofclunktrades.com in Chrome on your phone, tap the three-dot menu, and select "Add to Home Screen." This installs the web app as a full-screen app on your device.

Google Play: Coming soon — we're testing a bit more before submitting to the Play Store.

The Android app is the same Doofclunk Trades experience — auto-trading runs on our servers whether the app is open or not.

To fund your Alpaca account:

1. Log in to your Alpaca Dashboard
2. Go to Banking (or Transfers)
3. Click Transfer Funds and link your bank account
4. Choose your deposit amount and confirm

Deposits typically arrive in 1-3 business days. Alpaca also supports instant deposits for smaller amounts.

Note: If you're using Paper Trading, your account comes pre-loaded with virtual cash — no deposit needed!

Pro Analytics is a premium reporting feature coming soon for Doofclunk Smash subscribers. It will use your lifetime activity history to generate detailed performance reports — including P&L breakdowns, win rate, week-over-week comparisons, and year-over-year trends. Think Power BI, but for your Doofclunk trades.