There's a spectrum of Trading 212 automation, from scheduled Pie deposits to a fully autonomous AI working your account. This page maps the whole spectrum honestly, including where blank sits and where it doesn't.
Trading 212's built-in AutoInvest deposits into a basket you define, on a schedule you define. Zero decisions get made for you. Perfect for passive index-style saving; useless for reacting to the market.
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 on you, at whatever moment your phone buzzes.
Your own code placing orders on fixed conditions. Fast and obedient, but blind: a rule can't read an earnings surprise or an analyst note. It executes yesterday's plan in today's market.
An AI advisor that gathers evidence each cycle (news, social chatter, filings, options flow), reasons over it, places the order with a stop armed, and writes down why. Automation of the decision itself.
Any automation you use, blank included, authenticates 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 goes dark immediately, blank included. |
blank stores your key and secret encrypted at rest, holds them in memory on your machine while the app runs, and validates them scope by scope when you connect. Full detail on the privacy page.
You open the desktop app and start the advisor. While the app is open it works UK and US stocks on your account: researching, entering, sizing, exiting, journalling. Close the laptop and it stops placing orders; the iPhone app stays your window and kill switch. No cron jobs, no VPS, no maintenance weekend.
→ The technical FAQ covers the engine, the data and the loop
Practice mode is included while your plan is active. Go live only when you've watched it work.
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