"AlgoTrade team on Alpaca AI Trading Agents Hackathon Hackathon"

Team Idea

Building an autonomous AI options trading agent that detects market regimes, selects risk-adjusted options strategies, and manages positions using Alpaca’s Trading API and MCP. Looking for collaborators in AI agents, quantitative trading, options strategies, and software development.

Team Members

Chukwudike Ukeje

Ceesea

Submission

Momentum Options Agent

AI agent trading options on Alpaca via a momentum-and-pullback strategy, a hard risk governor, and an LLM reasoning layer. Built on the Alpaca CLI + Trading API, it scans movers, buys ATM calls/puts, and manages each position to a defined-risk exit.