Quick Start

Connect a broker, create a strategy, deploy a bot, then send your first alert. The short path from a new account to a working automation.

Set up your first automated trading strategy from scratch.

Before you begin: Automated trading carries significant risks. Read our Risk Disclosure and Known Limitations before proceeding. Always start with paper trading.

Prerequisites

Before starting, you'll need:

A Nyria account (Sign up here)
An alert source (TradingView, Discord, TrendSpider, or your own webhook)

You do not need a brokerage account to start. Nyria Paper, the built-in simulated broker, connects in one click and is free on every plan.

Important Considerations

Paper trade first - Test for at least 1-2 weeks before going live (what paper does and does not prove)
Verify your alerts - If using TradingView, ensure your strategy doesn't repaint (learn more)
Understand delays - TradingView webhooks can be delayed 2-45+ seconds
Monitor actively - Automated trading is not "set and forget"

Step 1: Connect a Broker (1 minute)

The fastest route is Nyria Paper. No account, no keys, no redirect:

Click Integrations in the left sidebar
Click the Nyria Paper card in the Brokers grid
Click Create Nyria Paper account

✅ Your broker is now connected. It never expires and never needs reauthorizing.

Want to test against a real broker's own sandbox instead? Alpaca and Tradier both offer paper accounts; Schwab and tastytrade are live-only. See Paper Trading for the comparison.

Nyria Paper details → · Detailed integration guide →

Step 2: Create Your Strategy (10 minutes)

Basic Configuration

Go to My Strategies
Click Create strategy
Fill in details:
- Strategy Name: "My SPY Strategy"
- Public URL: "my-spy-strategy"
- Signal Source: TradingView
Click Next

Configure Trading

Asset Type: Options
Selection Method: Internal (Configure legs)
Long Behavior:
- On a long entry signal: Enter Position
- Enable exit orders: on
- Order Type: Market
Short Behavior:
- On a short entry signal: Do Nothing

Add Option Legs (For Options)

Leg 1:

Action: Buy
Type: Call
Target Method: Delta, Delta Value 0.30
DTE: 7-31 days

Click Next to continue.

Instruments

Search for "SPY"
Click to add
Click Next

Review

Check the summary
Click Create Strategy

✅ Your strategy is created, as a draft. Validating alerts is what activates it, and a draft cannot run a bot, so do Step 3 before Step 4.

Detailed strategy guide →

Step 3: Validate Alerts (5 minutes)

Creating the strategy drops you on its Integration tab. Because the signal source is TradingView, that tab runs a guided wizard: Setup → Create alert → Validate → Done.

In Create alert, copy the webhook URL and the alert message into your TradingView alert (see the setup notes below)
In Validate, paste that same alert message back and validate it
Once it passes, the strategy status flips from Draft to Active

For Discord and Custom strategies the tab shows an Alert Validation card instead: type one example alert per enabled trade type, then click Validate Alert Formats.

TradingView Setup

Critical: Ensure your TradingView strategy does not "repaint" before automating. Repainting strategies show different signals historically than they fire in real-time. Learn about repainting

In TradingView, open your chart with your strategy/indicator
Click the Alert button (clock icon) or press Alt+A
Configure the alert:
- Condition: Your strategy or indicator
- Options: "Once Per Bar Close" (fires once, on the confirmed close)
- Webhook URL: Paste your Nyria webhook URL
- Message: Your alert format, e.g., long entry {{ticker}}
Click Create

Example Alert Messages:

long entry {{ticker}}

{
  "ticker": "{{ticker}}",
  "action": "{{strategy.order.action}}",
  "marketPosition": "{{strategy.market_position}}",
  "prevMarketPosition": "{{strategy.prev_market_position}}"
}

TradingView Variables:

Variable	Replaced With
`{{ticker}}`	Symbol (SPY, AAPL, etc.)
`{{close}}`	Current close price
`{{strategy.order.action}}`	buy or sell
`{{strategy.market_position}}`	long, short, or flat

Discord Setup

Invite Nyria bot to your server
In Nyria, select your server and channel
Send test message in Discord: "spy long entry"
Use that message for validation

✅ Your strategy is now active.

Detailed validation guide →

Step 4: Deploy Your Bot (3 minutes)

From your strategy, click Deploy a bot
This strategy allows one ticker, so the wizard has no Instruments step. Work through the three steps:
- Size: A dollar budget, Budget per signal ($) 500
- Account: pick your connected broker account
On Review, check the summary
Click Deploy Bot

✅ Your bot is live. It will execute on the next matching alert.

Detailed bot guide →

Step 5: Test Your Setup

Send a Test Alert

TradingView:

Trigger your alert manually
Check Nyria strategy logs

Discord:

Send "spy long entry" in your channel
Check Nyria strategy logs

Custom:

Send POST request to webhook URL
Check Nyria strategy logs

Verify Execution

On the strategy, open the Logs tab
Look for the SUCCESS message
Open the bot's Logs tab for execution details
Verify the order in your broker account

What's Next?

Expand Your Automation

Add More Strategies - Create strategies for different instruments or alert sources
Deploy More Bots - Copy other users' strategies or deploy multiple bots
Try Different Equity Types - Explore crypto spot or complex option spreads. Perpetuals run on Nyria Paper only

The free tier is paper-only, so live trading needs either a Nyria Pro subscription or access to a paywalled strategy whose creator covers your allocation. Every Nyria Pro subscription starts with a 14-day free trial. You are not charged until it ends, and cancelling inside the trial costs nothing. See Pricing & Limits for every price and cap.

When you're ready to trade with real money:

Connect a Live integration
Create or edit a bot
Select your live integration
Start with small position sizes
Monitor closely for the first few trades

Before going live, ensure you have:

Paper traded successfully for at least 1-2 weeks
Verified your TradingView strategy doesn't repaint
Sufficient capital for both entries AND exits
A plan for monitoring positions daily
Read and understood all Known Limitations

What to Monitor

Once live, you must actively monitor:

✅ Daily: Check open positions match expectations
✅ Daily: Review bot logs for any errors or warnings
✅ Weekly: Verify broker connection status
✅ Ongoing: Watch for reauth notifications (OAuth tokens expire)

Automated trading is NOT "set and forget." Things can and will go wrong. You are responsible for monitoring your positions and intervening when needed.