.env.template

# Telegram Bot — get from @BotFather on Telegram
# 1. Open Telegram, search @BotFather
# 2. Send /newbot, follow prompts → get token
# 3. Send a message to your new bot
# 4. Visit https://api.telegram.org/bot<YOUR_TOKEN>/getUpdates → find chat_id
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=

# Alpaca Paper Trading — for order validation before executing on Robinhood
# 1. Sign up at https://alpaca.markets (free paper account)
# 2. Go to Paper Trading → API Keys → Generate
# 3. Paste your key and secret below
ALPACA_API_KEY=
ALPACA_SECRET_KEY=

# Dashboard Auth — required when dashboard is exposed on LAN (0.0.0.0)
# Generate a random token: python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(32))"
# Access dashboard with: http://192.168.x.x:8080/?token=YOUR_TOKEN
# Leave empty for localhost-only use (no auth needed)
DASHBOARD_TOKEN=

# Alpha Vantage — fundamentals, earnings, economic indicators
# Free tier: 25 requests/day (cached locally to stay within limits)
# Get key at https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#api-key
ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY=