This project implements the "Touch & Turn" scalping strategy (Opening Range Liquidity Reversal) in Python for the Trading212 API. It is optimized for UK traders using ISA and optional CFD accounts.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This software is for educational purposes only. Trading in financial markets involves a high degree of risk. Always use the practice/demo environment (demo.trading212.com) to test strategies before using real money.

Strategy Overview

The strategy capitalizes on the initial liquidity and volatility of the US market open (09:30 EST).

The Setup: Captures the 15-minute opening candle.
The Filter: Minimum range of 25% of 14-day ATR.
The Trigger (Split-Account Optimized):
- LONG (Bearish candle): Bot executes a Market BUY in the ISA account.
- SHORT (Bullish candle):
  - ISA Option: Buys a 3x Inverse ETP (if available).
  - CFD Option: Performs a Direct SELL in the CFD account (if SPLIT_ACCOUNT_MODE=True).
The Targets:
- Stop Loss (SL): Physical broker-side order with ATR-based padding.
- Take Profit (TP): Manually monitored by the bot to hit 38.2% Fibonacci retracement.
Time Exit: All positions forcefully closed at 11:00 EST.

Installation & Setup

Setup environment:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Configure .env:

# Primary Account (ISA)
TRADING212_API_KEY_ID=...
TRADING212_API_KEY=...
TRADING212_BASE_URL=https://demo.trading212.com/api/v0/

# Secondary Account (CFD - Optional for Shorting)
CFD_API_KEY_ID=...
CFD_API_KEY=...
CFD_BASE_URL=...

SPLIT_ACCOUNT_MODE=True
VIRTUAL_STARTING_BALANCE=250
ISA_MODE=True

Split-Account Mode

To overcome the lack of Inverse ETPs for certain stocks, the bot can use a Trading212 CFD account for shorting.

How it works: When a Short signal is found, the bot checks if an Inverse ETP exists. If not (or if Split-Account mode is preferred), it routes the trade to the CFD account as a direct SELL order.
Benefit: 100% coverage of all market opportunities.

Risk Management

5% Risk Rule: Risks 5% of the Virtual Balance (£250 starting point) per trade.
Capital Partitioning: Automatically divides capital among active trades to prevent over-exposure.
ATR Padding: Stop losses are automatically widened to at least 10% of daily ATR to avoid premature stop-outs from noise.

Monitoring

Journal: Monitor via journalctl -u touchturn.service.
Logs: Real-time mirrored logs in logs/bot_YYYY-MM-DD.log.
PnL: Performance ledger in pnl_tracking.csv.

Architecture

main.py: Daily orchestrator with dual-account routing.
src/execution/manager.py: Hybrid exit management (Broker SL / Bot TP).
src/strategy/touch_turn.py: Logic engine with ATR padding.
src/strategy/inverse_mapping.py: ISA-specific shorting map.