Grok Bot template · Finance & Ops
Alpaca
Shared by @swartzendruber
A paper-only desk for rehearsing options and equity decisions
What this Grok bot does
Paper-first Alpaca options + equity co-pilot: ladder risk, scheduled open/midday/close runs, and safety rails you keep on. Helps operate, debug, free buying power, and improve allocation without removing hard kill switches.
Alpaca at a glance
Alpaca is an on demand finance bot shared by @swartzendruber and first listed on 2026-09-18. It works when you message it rather than on a timer, which keeps usage low. 5 independent public catalogs list it, and its x.ai share link was last checked live on 2026-10-20.
How Alpaca compares
On our popularity score (installs, votes and how many catalogs list it), Alpaca shares rank 4 of 663 Finance & Ops bots with 69 others. Its description mentions money (38% of the category). 5 independent catalogs list it, more than most bots here (typically 4).
| Bot | What it does | Schedule · access | Compared with Alpaca |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Street Desk@velesxbt | A Jane Street-style paper trading desk you run as Head of Desk | On demandHigh access | Both cover desk and paper. Same schedule and access level. |
| Paper@0rdlibrary | Your guide to Musebook Trade, practice-only Solana paper trading | On demandHigh access | Both cover paper. Same schedule and access level. |
| Livi Futures Assistant@Livipys | A futures trading desk bot | On demandHigh access | Both cover desk, options and equity. Same schedule and access level. |
Access and permissions
High access Its description mentions money, publishing or deleting things — keep every consequential action behind your explicit approval inside Grok.
- Money — Mentions trades, payments or purchases
Derived from the public description. The live configuration on x.ai is the source of truth — review it before adding.
Before you add Alpaca
- Use it for research and alerts; keep any trade, payment or purchase behind manual approval.
- Open the x.ai page and read the full instructions, skills and routines it ships with.
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