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OpenTrade
The open-source trading harness for Claude Code / Codex agents.
77 GitHub starsYC-backed GitHub topicSource-available Elastic License 2.0Claude Code + Codex supportOfficial Robinhood MCP integration
Opportunity score
46/100
OpenTrade has a smart wedge in the AI coding agent trend, but visible traction is tiny and real-money trading creates serious legal, trust, and distribution risks.
Founder verdict
MAYBE
OpenTrade is a well-positioned developer tool in a hot AI-agent space, but real-money trading risk and tiny visible traction make it too early to call.
What is OpenTrade?
OpenTrade is an experimental macOS app that acts as a local trading harness for AI coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex. It lets agents monitor markets, schedule themselves, and execute trades through an authenticated Robinhood Agentic Trading account using the official Robinhood MCP. The product emphasizes guardrails, multi-agent orchestration, and background sessions, with the app continuing to work even when closed. It is built by Exla Corp, distributed as source-available under Elastic License 2.0, and currently shows only early public traction: 77 GitHub stars and 4 forks. Revenue and growth are unknown and not publicly disclosed.
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