Your first week on Algohelm

Most traders we talk to run into the same wall their first week: they have a platform in front of them, a dozen panels, and no idea where to start. This guide walks you through your first week on Algohelm the way we'd onboard a new teammate — practical, opinionated, and with no filler.

Day 1 — Connect your universe

Before you ask the AI anything, give it something to work with. Create your first watchlist inside the portal, add 5–15 symbols you actually care about, and let Algohelm start pulling OHLCV data in the background.

• Keep your first watchlist focused — five great tickers beat fifty you won't open.
• Mix sectors if you want diversification, or go deep on one if you want expertise.
• You can always create more watchlists later — separate intraday plays from long-term holdings.

Day 2 — Ask the AI analyst a real question

Now open the AI Trading Chat and ask it something concrete. Not "what's going to happen to the market" — something answerable. For example:

"Give me a full technical read on AAPL for the next 2 weeks. Trend, support/resistance, momentum, volume, patterns, and a trade strategy."

Notice the structure. Algohelm's AI returns reasoning, not a one-word rating. You'll see trend direction with timeframes, explicit price levels, a momentum read, volume context, and a concrete plan. Every section is collapsible and auditable.

Day 3 — Turn on your first signals

Signals are automated buy/sell/hold calls on every ticker in your watchlist. Enable them for your watchlist, check the Signals page, and you'll start seeing entries fire throughout the day. Each one includes the evidence behind it — indicators, patterns, timeframe — so you're never trading a black box.

Day 4 — Backtest a strategy you actually trust

Before you deploy any strategy with real capital, run it through the backtester. Pick a strategy, a date range, a timeframe, and run it. You'll get an equity curve, Sharpe, drawdown, win rate, and a full trade log. If it doesn't pass backtest, it doesn't pass live.

Day 5 — Paper trade, then go live

Use the Simulator to paper-trade any strategy for a few days. If the simulator results look like the backtest, promote the strategy to live execution. Connect an exchange API, set stops and sizing, and let Algohelm manage orders against your rules.

What to expect after week one

By the end of your first week you should have: a curated watchlist, one or two strategies backtested against history, a feel for how the AI reasons about your tickers, and either a paper or live trade running. That's the baseline. Everything else — custom ML models, multi-exchange setups, notifications — you can layer on as needed.