Trading 212 has an official API, which means your account can be automated without hacks, scrapers or shared passwords. blank is an AI trading advisor that does it end to end: research, orders, stops, and a plain-English reason for every move. UK and EU.
Before you trust any automation with a brokerage key, know what the key actually permits. Trading 212's API is deliberately scoped, and that's good for you.
| Capability | Possible via the official API? |
|---|---|
| Read your cash, portfolio and order history | Yes (with the scopes you enable) |
| Place and cancel orders on UK and US stocks | Yes |
| Trade CFDs or use leverage | Not through blank. Cash equities only. |
| Withdraw or transfer your money | No. The API has no withdrawal capability at all. |
| Change your bank details or password | No. |
That last section is why a properly built Trading 212 bot is safer than it sounds: the worst a key can do is trade inside your account, and you can revoke it in the Trading 212 app at any moment.
Built into Trading 212 itself. Great for passive, scheduled investing into a fixed basket, but it follows your plan; it doesn't research news, react to catalysts, or manage exits. Automation without decisions.
The API is clean enough to script against. You'll own signal research, order management, stop logic, error handling, rate limits and monitoring. A rewarding project, and a second job.
An AI advisor that does the whole job: a research swarm reads news, social chatter, filings and options flow; a frontier reasoning model decides; orders go in with stops armed; and every move is journalled in plain English you can question in chat.
| DIY script | blank | |
|---|---|---|
| Decision engine | Rules you wrote once | Frontier reasoning model, fresh evidence each cycle |
| News & catalyst awareness | Whatever you wire up | Research swarm across news, social, filings and flow |
| Risk management | Yours to build and test | Kelly-fraction sizing, ATR stops, regime-aware exposure |
| Explains its trades | No | Plain-English journal + chat |
| Maintenance | Evenings and weekends | None. It's a product. |
One honest caveat: no bot, hand-rolled or otherwise, removes market risk. blank manages risk; it does not abolish it. Losing days and losing months happen.
Create a blank account, install the desktop app, and paste in a Trading 212 API key with the scopes you choose. Not ready for a real key? Run practice mode first: the same advisor against a £100 virtual sandbox on live market data, included while your plan is active.
£10 one-off for a trading week, or £35 per rolling 30 days. Flat 5% commission on realised profits only.
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