Command Your Agent.
Trade Every Market.
Coding agents have changed everything. A CLI Trader commands AI agents to research opportunities, build strategies, and execute trades — all from a single terminal. No dashboards. No spreadsheets. Just you and an agent that can think, code, and trade.
$ claude "I think AAPL is undervalued ahead of earnings. Build me an options strategy." > Researching AAPL fundamentals and options chain... > Analyzing IV rank, earnings history, flow data... > Building strategy with risk parameters... --- STRATEGY --- Based on your thesis + current market conditions: Recommended: Bull call spread $190/$200 (Apr 18) Cost: $3.20 | Max gain: $6.80 | Breakeven: $193.20 IV rank: 72nd %ile — vol is moderately cheap Historical: AAPL moves ±5.2% on earnings avg Approve this trade? [y/n]
How CLI Trading Works
Coding agents have reached a milestone — they can reason about markets, write and run code, and use trading tools autonomously. The terminal is where these agents are most powerful.
Command
Tell your agent what you're thinking in plain English. "I'm bullish on biotech ahead of FDA season" is enough.
Strategize
The agent researches data, runs analysis, backtests ideas, and constructs a concrete strategy — using every tool at its disposal.
Approve
You review the strategy, ask questions, request adjustments. The human stays in the loop — the agent waits for your green light.
Execute
One approval and the agent places the trade, sets stops, and monitors the position. From idea to execution in minutes, not hours.
Why Coding Agents Change Trading
AI coding agents — like Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf — have crossed a critical threshold. They can read documentation, write working code, use command-line tools, and reason through multi-step problems. They're already building software. Now they can build trading strategies.
The terminal is the key. It's the native environment for these agents — text in, text out, the same interface the LLM thinks in. And every brokerage, exchange, and data provider can be reached from it. When you give a coding agent access to CLI trading tools and structured data connections, it becomes something new: a trading partner that can research, analyze, code, and execute.
This isn't about replacing traders. It's about giving every trader — from complete beginners to seasoned professionals — the ability to describe what they want and have an intelligent agent build it. A beginner says "find me low-risk income strategies" and gets a researched, backtested plan. A pro says "build a gamma scalping bot for SPX 0DTE" and gets working code in minutes.
Read the complete guide →"The hottest new programming language is English... and the best environment to run agents in is the command line."
Andrej Karpathy — Former OpenAI founding team, Tesla AI Director
The Agent's Toolbox
A CLI Trader's agent is only as powerful as the tools it can access. These are the three categories of tools that extend what your agent can do.
CLI Tools
Command-line interfaces your agent runs directly — placing trades, fetching data, managing positions. The hands of your trading agent.
25 tools →MCP Servers
Structured data connections that give your agent typed, reliable access to market data, portfolios, and execution APIs. The eyes and ears.
132 servers →Skills
Packaged expertise that teaches your agent specific strategies, risk frameworks, and market knowledge. The brain of your trading agent.
12 skills →Popular CLI Tools
The most-used command-line tools for agent-powered trading
Polymarket CLI
Practical guide to Polymarket CLI for prediction-market trading, including setup, analysis workflow, and execution guardrails.
brew install polymarket ces
Cryptocurrency exchange rate tracker written in Rust for fast terminal-based price monitoring.
cargo install ces cointop
Interactive cryptocurrency tracking terminal with portfolio management, price alerts, and customizable views.
brew install cointop Popular MCP Servers
Structured data connections that give your agent market access
Alpaca MCP Server
A detailed guide to Alpaca MCP Server for structured, agent-assisted trading across stocks, ETFs, options, and crypto with safer execution workflows.
Composer MCP
A practical guide to Composer MCP for strategy design, backtesting, and automated investing workflows with AI agents and structured execution discipline.
Polymarket MCP Server
A detailed guide to Polymarket MCP Server for structured prediction-market analysis and execution with typed tools, guardrails, and hybrid CLI+MCP workflows.
Browse by Category
Find tools for your market. Each category spans CLIs, MCP servers, and Skills.
Stocks & Equities
72CLI tools, MCP servers, and Skills for trading stocks, ETFs, and equity markets. Covers brokerages, market data providers, portfolio trackers, and analysis tools worldwide.
Options
14Tools for options trading workflows — chains, greeks, open interest, strategy builders, and execution. Covers equity options, index options, and multi-leg strategies.
Futures
8Tools for futures and derivatives trading — contracts, margin, settlement, and execution across commodities, indices, and crypto perpetuals.
Forex
8Tools for foreign exchange markets — currency pairs, cross rates, economic indicators, and FX execution through terminal interfaces.
Crypto & Digital Assets
85Tools for cryptocurrency trading — spot, perpetuals, CEX and DEX access, on-chain analytics, sentiment tracking, and portfolio management across all major exchanges.
DeFi
32Tools for decentralized finance — DEX trading, liquidity provision, yield farming, cross-chain bridges, and on-chain portfolio management across Ethereum, Solana, and other chains.
Full Tools Directory
169 tools and growing. Search, filter by type and category, and find exactly what you need.
See It in Action
A complete beginner wants to explore prediction markets. They don't know any commands. They just describe what they want:
$ claude "I'm curious about prediction markets. What's interesting on Polymarket right now?" > Running: polymarket markets list --sort volume --limit 5 Top markets by volume: 1. Bitcoin above $150K by Dec? $0.67 ($2.1M vol) 2. Next Fed rate cut by March? $0.58 ($1.5M vol) 3. Will GPT-5 launch before July? $0.42 ($1.2M vol) $ claude "The Bitcoin one looks interesting. What's the risk/reward if I think yes?" At $0.67, you'd risk $0.67 to gain $0.33 per share. That implies a 67% probability. On-chain metrics and ETF flows suggest momentum is positive — but the price already reflects most of that optimism. My take: Only attractive below $0.55. Set an alert?
No commands memorized. No documentation read. The agent used the Polymarket CLI, analyzed the data, and gave a reasoned opinion — all from a conversation. Try it yourself with the 10-15 minute runbook →
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CLI Trading is for Every Level
Beginners
You don't need to know how to code. You don't need to understand options Greeks. Tell your agent "I have $5,000 and want low-risk income" and it will research strategies, explain the tradeoffs, and only execute what you approve. The agent is your teacher and your trading desk.
Intermediate Traders
You have market intuition but not enough hours in the day. Your agent scans for setups matching your criteria, backtests your ideas against historical data, and monitors positions while you sleep. You go from 2 trades a week to 20 — all with better research.
Advanced / Professional
You think in terms of vol surfaces and cross-asset correlations. Your agent writes custom analytics, builds execution algorithms, and deploys strategies across multiple exchanges simultaneously. The CLI becomes your programmable trading infrastructure.
Learn the Language
New to CLI Trading? Our glossary defines every term from agentic trading to MCP servers.
Your agent is ready. Are you?
Install a CLI, open your agent, and complete your first safe trade workflow in 10-15 minutes. No programming required.