How Bellwether worksGetting startedThe day's rhythm, who places trades (not you), posture vs autonomy in one line, why a new book is paused and how to start it, and what day one looks like.
Your first dayGetting startedFrom the setup link to the first morning: sign in, connect Alpaca paper, pick a posture and an autonomy level, and what to do the first time a card appears.
Posture vs autonomyGetting startedPosture is how hard the desk pushes. Autonomy is whether it asks you first. Every limit applies in every mode; the mode only decides who clicks.
Approve or reject an orderInbox & approvalsWhat Approve actually sends, what Reject tells the PM, what happens if you wait, and how it works on a phone.
The kill switchRisk & safety modelHalt is one click from every screen and never asks for a code; the three kinds of halt the banner tells apart, what a halt blocks and still lets out, where its history lives, what Resume does, and what Flatten does.
No trades todayTroubleshooting & FAQThe honest list of reasons a day ends with no orders, most common first, with where to look and what to do about each.
The twelve things operators do most, each with its click path from Overview and the one word to type into ⌘K.
Who it is for
New to Bellwether
Reading time
1 min read
Updated
Every one of these is a couple of clicks from Overview or one word away in the command palette (⌘K, or the Jump to… button in the top bar). Type a plain word such as loss, , , prompt, jim or email and pick the result. Safe destinations open straight away; anything that loosens a rule still asks for your on the it takes you to. If you cannot find something, ask Consult "where is…": it answers with the same link this list uses.
Where things live. The navigation groups screens by intent: Monitor (Overview, Inbox, Agent, Activity, Review), Shape (Strategy and Risk side by side, then Algorithms), Explore (, Markets, Research, Lab, Performance) and Manage (Accounts, Settings). Strategy and Risk are neighbours on purpose: the posture (one preset that sets every headline limit at once) is chosen on Strategy › Posture, and Risk › Limits is where those limits are fine-tuned one by one and enforced. "Posture" or "change posture" in ⌘K lands on Strategy › Posture.