Two markets,
one autopilot.
Tarzan SwingBot is an automated trading bot for crypto traders and stock traders. It hunts disciplined swing setups and manages every position with hard stops — crypto on your VALR account around the clock, and US stocks through Alpaca.
VALR & Alpaca ready · Paper trade first · Cancel anytime
Markets
Crypto. And now stocks.
Flip a single switch in the dashboard to move between markets. Separate brokers, separate rules, separate P&L — one interface.
24/7 South African crypto
BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP against ZAR on your own VALR account. The engine never sleeps, because the market never does.
- ZAR-denominated positions and P&L
- Continuous scanning, day and night
- Native VALR API execution
US equities, fully automated
SPY, QQQ, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, JNJ and KO through Alpaca — starting on a paper account so you can prove the edge before risking a cent.
- USD equity, buying power and open positions
- Market-hours, holiday and early-close aware
- Paper-first, then promote to live
Every key pair is encrypted at rest, scoped per environment, and never returned to your browser.
Engine
One engine. Two markets.
The same disciplined swing logic runs on crypto and equities — engineered for capital preservation first, asymmetric upside second.
Continuous scanning
The engine evaluates your crypto pairs and stock tickers on every cycle, hunting clean setups with favourable risk/reward.
Hard stop-loss
Every position opens with a pre-committed stop and take-profit. No emotional overrides, no widening losers.
Dual-broker execution
Signals route straight to VALR for crypto and Alpaca for US equities over their official APIs — decision to fill in under a second.
Market-hours aware
Crypto runs around the clock. The stocks engine respects the US session, holidays and early closes — no orders into a closed book.
Split P&L, never mixed
Crypto reports in ZAR, stocks in USD. Positions, win rate and trade history stay strictly separated per market.
Backtest, then lock in
Simulate years of daily candles on either market, then promote the winning configuration straight to your live rules.
Workflow
Three steps to live.
Same three steps whether you're trading Bitcoin or Nvidia.
Connect your broker
Paste VALR keys for crypto, Alpaca keys for US stocks — or both. Each key pair is encrypted at rest and kept separate per environment.
Set your rules
Trade size, stop-loss %, take-profit %, RSI ceiling, trend filter, regime buffer, daily loss limit and concurrent positions — per market.
Flip the switch
Start on paper. When the numbers convince you, promote the config and let the engine run — 24/7 for crypto, market hours for stocks.
Access
Invitation only.
Tarzan SwingBot is currently in private beta. New traders are onboarded by invitation.
Beta
During the beta period for invited traders.
- Crypto on VALR + US stocks on Alpaca
- Unlimited trade execution
- Full backtester with lock-in configs
- TOTP + passkey secured account
- Live activity log & email support
FAQ
Automated trading, answered.
- What is an automated trading bot?
- An automated trading bot is software that scans the market against a fixed set of rules and places orders through your broker's API without you watching the screen. Tarzan SwingBot applies a swing-trading strategy — momentum and trend filters for entries, and a pre-committed stop-loss and take-profit on every position.
- Can I use it for both crypto trading and stock trading?
- Yes. Crypto traders connect a VALR account and trade ZAR pairs such as BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP around the clock. Stock traders connect an Alpaca account for US equities like SPY, QQQ, AAPL, MSFT and NVDA, where the engine respects market hours, holidays and early closes. Each market keeps its own rules, positions and P&L.
- Can I test the strategy before trading real money?
- Every account starts in paper mode. You can also run the built-in backtester over years of daily candles on either market, then promote the winning configuration to your live rules with one click.
- How are my broker API keys protected?
- Keys are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM, scoped separately per environment, and never returned to your browser. Accounts are protected with two-factor authentication and optional passkeys.
- Do I keep control of my funds?
- Yes. Your money never leaves your own VALR or Alpaca account — Tarzan SwingBot only places trades through the API keys you provide, and you can pause the bot or revoke the keys at any time.