Trading Stocks with Google Cloud Functions

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In this video, we create and deploy a Google Cloud Function that buys and sells stocks using the Alpaca API.

[@parttimelarry]

I'm starting a new channel on AI at youtube.com/@parttimeai

[@alanb43computerscience35]

Consistently awesome content doesn't go unnoticed. Thank you!

[@brobytes4153]

Love the integration of new technologies you implement in you videos! It’s nice to keep learning more in this space!

[@jamie9870]

Thank you for putting together this video! I am always in awe of the effort that goes into these videos, for them to just be shared for our benefit.

[@codingguild]

Thanks Larry! Keep killing it

[@indywtf9766]

best teacher on earth. Thank you!

[@agatinofasanaro281]

That's super cool! having a function checking on schedule a stock quote and trade Rocks!!

[@luvrahooo]

Great video, thanks! :)

[@tondevelopment]

great content waiting for a long time for this video. thank you very much.

[@JohnDoe-vo6uf]

I am learning from you. love you.

[@nordboern87]

love your videos,

[@ignaciomg8201]

Great videos. I really like how you're integrating Clouds on algorithmic trading. It would be nice if you could use other APIs beside Alpaca API to make it easier for those of us non-US suscribers. Thanks!

[@justinb217]

Great content

[@saraleo3348]

Wow great as always! Love Python

[@ZeroDay-gn2cw]

Thank you

[@edwardhasekamp3104]

Great content as always. Thank you.

[@ricardomarchao5435]

nice work! looking forward to see more on this series of trading using GCP, a few ideas for things t could be interesting to see: a trading bot with interactive brokers running on GCP, I guess in that case a VM would be needed to install TWS, see streaming of price data with a pub/sub subscription, storing data into BQ etc, sending emails with trade confirmations

[@parttimelarry]

Will see what I can do here. I need to do some kind of survey - maybe I will make a video for feedback. I am unsure of how many people use each broker, so makes it hard to focus on one. The niche content for Interactive Brokers is definitely necessary - but not sure what percent of the audience is using it.

[@SuperDstiles]

Thanks for another great post. You mentioned you might cover something more detailed on authentication at some point later, that would be something I'd really like to learn more about.

[@user-wr4yl7tx3w]

Can you talk about security and other issues one needs to consider before making into a production quality cloud function. For a future video.

[@kimblylabs7137]

What can one achieve by deploying a trading bot as Google functions? Trading bots don't just buy & sell. Bots run for a really long period of time, usually a full day. Google function will timeout within 60 minutes. I think we need an app Engine or compute to host a bot.

[@ishudshutup]

Would you consider doing a series on TensorTrade? There's not much content out there and would fit nicely with all the content you've created so far! :)

[@vamsyrraju]

Larry, how about the cold boot time?

[@k00a7]

Hi Larry, I remember you telling that there would be paid course. I like your programming teaching style. Any details when the course would be ready

[@parttimelarry]

I have went back and forth on this. Part of me just wants to post free KZbin videos since there are so many people selling courses. I think if I made a paid course, I would package things up much nicer though with written versions of the vids and better editing. I do have an outline of what this would look like, but I haven't dedicated enough time to this yet....maybe next year?

[@rishim6816]

Well explained.. could you also cover how to debug line-by-line in VSCode while running the function using functions framework?

[@jdenefleh4349]

cool thanks

[@fauziyahaya2124]

Dude, please please please. Keep continuing to teach us and share your knowledge on youtube. You maybe have a low view and subs right now but you have helped me a lot! Any private channel that we can subscribe and have a discussion with you? or mentoring session?

[@sherlock27]

Hi Larry, would love to see integration between Tradingview webhook, google cloud and interactive brokers. Is it possible to execute based on tradingview alert/webhook? Thanks! Hope to see your new videos every week. It inspires me to become a better investor/trader.

[@Foss98]

Awesome video. Can you show how to do the same with Interactive Brokers but on Google cloud?

[@jackroark6928]

⭐❤

[@CadeArnel]

Hi Larry. Love the channel. Just wondering would it be possible to use google cloud for the full stack trading app you created some time ago? Or do you recommend some other way?

[@jaumebaro8960]

Awesome content! I've got a question: What should you put in "quantity" to sell all your amount of Bitcoin at the moment?

[@rverm1000]

where did you learn to code? i can follow what your doing very well while others who try to teach , teach code in a convoluted way. its hard to follow.

[@parttimelarry]

Like a lot of people, I started with making simple web pages. Then you copy-paste some JavaScript to make it a bit more interactive. Then eventually want to store data, so hook it up to a database and throw in some PHP. And then I tried out Python, which opened up some new possibilities with data analysis, image processing, etc. I have spent some time teaching kids in the classroom, so learned how to prepare a lesson, build things up, and talk about what I'm doing. Most importantly, I try to make practical projects where real shit happens -- Computer Science in textbooks is very abstract and most people (including myself) are more motivated to learn when they clearly see a practical application of what they are learning.

[@findinghugo]

Would you be able to explain the use of static external IP using VPC and cloud NAT? Most exchanges rejects API trades submitted from US IP addresses, and unfortunately Google Cloud Function often submits the execution using dynamic IP addresses from the US even if the code is hosted in Europe or Asia... Been trying very hard for a solution for a few months, but no success. Would you be able to shed some quick insight here for all of us?

[@michaelscoleri8679]

I am trying to send the POST request for custom orders as you did around minute 14. I keep receiving the error: "Failed to decode JSON object: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)". Any ideas on how to fix?

[@blurrguy]

could you do a tutorial on linking google clouds api to kucoin futures please?

[@hermannandarusdy9277]

Anothee nice video. Thanks Larry. do you mind to try to develop and backtest strategies of quantitative trader by jim Simons? I am still researching their main strategies, but one of them is mean reversion perhaps?

[@parttimelarry]

Do you have a link to the material you mentioned here? I could check it out and see what I can do

[@athirababu2140]

Have doubt can we connect a table data with Google function. To insert data into table and analysis

[@parttimelarry]

Good call, will add some content on connecting to a relational database (or NoSQL) in a follow up.

[@athirababu2140]

@@parttimelarry can we join two functions in a cloud function ?

[@athirababu2140]

Sir I have one more serious doubt ? Can we a access a database table in bigquery using external website?

[@tradewithme2626]

Hi larry..i am a daytrader with 12 yrs of experience..want to contact you with a software idea..would love to colab with u on that..pls msg me back..

[@parttimelarry]

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