Automate Trading 212 without the spreadsheet era.
Trading 212 automation runs from scheduled Pie deposits at one end to an AI advisor working your account at the other. This page sets out the whole range, including where blank sits and where it does not.
The automation ladder.
Scheduled investing (Pies)
Trading 212's built-in AutoInvest deposits into a basket you define, on a schedule you define. No decisions are made for you. Good for passive index-style saving. No use for reacting to the market.
Alert-driven, human-fired
Price alerts, watchlist screeners, a notification at 2pm you may or may not see. The research is automated. The decision and the order are still yours, at whatever moment your phone buzzes.
Scripted rules on the API
Your own code placing orders on fixed conditions. Fast and obedient, but blind. A rule cannot read an earnings surprise or an analyst note. It runs yesterday's plan against whatever the market is doing now.
Autonomous reasoning (blank)
An AI advisor that gathers evidence each cycle (news, social posts, filings, options flow), reasons over it, places the order with a stop armed, and writes down why. The decision itself is automated.
Key safety, in plain terms.
Any automation you use, blank included, signs in with an API key you generate inside the Trading 212 app. Three things matter:
| Rule | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| You choose the scopes | The key only permits what you tick when you create it: account data, portfolio, orders, history. |
| Keys cannot move money out | The Trading 212 API has no withdrawal capability. The worst case for a leaked key is unwanted trades, not an emptied account. |
| Revocation is instant | Delete the key in the Trading 212 app and every connected tool is cut off at once, blank included. |
blank stores your key and secret encrypted at rest, holds them in memory on your machine while the app runs, and checks them scope by scope when you connect. Full detail on the privacy page.
What full automation looks like day to day.
You open the desktop app and start the advisor. While the app is open it works UK and US stocks on your account: research, entries, sizing, exits, journal. Close the laptop and it stops placing orders. The iPhone app stays your window and your kill switch. No cron jobs, no VPS, no maintenance weekend.
→ The technical FAQ covers the engine, the data and the loop
Automate the decisions, not just the deposits.
Practice mode is included while your plan is active. Go live only after you have watched it work.
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