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Required APIs

Data APIs

You will need Alpha Vantage API for fundamental and news data (default configuration).

export ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY=$YOUR_ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY

Note: We are happy to partner with Alpha Vantage to provide robust API support for TradingAgents. You can get a free AlphaVantage API here, TradingAgents-sourced requests also have increased rate limits to 60 requests per minute with no daily limits. Typically the quota is sufficient for performing complex tasks with TradingAgents thanks to Alpha Vantage's open-source support program. If you prefer to use OpenAI for these data sources instead, you can modify the data vendor settings in tradingagents/default_config.py.

LLM Provider APIs

🎉 NEW: Multi-Provider AI Support! TradingAgents now supports multiple AI/LLM providers:

• ✅ OpenAI (GPT-4, GPT-4o, GPT-3.5-turbo) - Default
• ✅ Ollama (Local models - FREE! Llama 3.2, Mistral, etc.)
• ✅ Anthropic (Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, Haiku)
• ✅ Google (Gemini Pro, Gemini Flash)
• ✅ Groq (Fast inference)
• ✅ OpenRouter (Multi-provider access)
• ✅ Azure OpenAI, Together AI, HuggingFace

For OpenAI (Default):

export OPENAI_API_KEY=$YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY

For Ollama (Free & Local):

# No API key needed! Just install Ollama and pull models
ollama pull llama3.2  # Recommended - supports tool calling

For Other Providers:

# Anthropic
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-your-key-here

# Google Gemini
export GOOGLE_API_KEY=your-google-key-here

# Groq
export GROQ_API_KEY=gsk-your-groq-key

# See docs/LLM_PROVIDER_GUIDE.md for complete setup

Alternatively, you can create a .env file in the project root with your API keys (see .env.example for reference):

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your actual API keys

📚 Complete Provider Setup Guide | Quick Examples

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