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+# Automated Crypto Trading Bot
+
+This project is a sophisticated, multi-process automated trading bot designed to interact with the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange. It features a robust data pipeline, a flexible strategy engine, multi-agent trade execution, and a live terminal dashboard for real-time monitoring.
+
+<!-- It's a good idea to take a screenshot of your dashboard and upload it to a service like Imgur to include here -->
+
+## Features
+
+* **Multi-Process Architecture**: Core components (data fetching, trading, strategies) run in parallel processes for maximum performance and stability.
+* **Comprehensive Data Pipeline**:
+  * Live price feeds for all assets.
+  * Historical candle data collection for any coin and timeframe.
+  * Historical market cap data fetching from the CoinGecko API.
+* **High-Performance Database**: Uses SQLite with pandas for fast, indexed storage and retrieval of all market data.
+* **Configuration-Driven Strategies**: Trading strategies are defined and managed in a simple JSON file (`_data/strategies.json`), allowing for easy configuration without code changes.
+* **Multi-Agent Trading**: Supports multiple, independent trading agents for advanced risk segregation and PNL tracking.
+* **Live Terminal Dashboard**: A real-time, flicker-free dashboard to monitor live prices, market caps, strategy signals, and the status of all background processes.
+* **Secure Key Management**: Uses a `.env` file to securely manage all private keys and API keys, keeping them separate from the codebase.
+
+## Project Structure
+
+The project is composed of several key scripts that work together:
+
+* **`main_app.py`**: The central orchestrator. It launches all background processes and displays the main monitoring dashboard.
+* **`trade_executor.py`**: The trading "brain." It reads signals from all active strategies and executes trades using the appropriate agent.
+* **`data_fetcher.py`**: A background service that collects 1-minute historical candle data and saves it to the SQLite database.
+* **`resampler.py`**: A background service that reads the 1-minute data and generates all other required timeframes (e.g., 5m, 1h, 1d).
+* **`market_cap_fetcher.py`**: A scheduled service to download daily market cap data.
+* **`strategy_*.py`**: Individual files containing the logic for different types of trading strategies (e.g., SMA Crossover).
+* **`_data/strategies.json`**: The configuration file for defining and enabling/disabling your trading strategies.
+* **`.env`**: The secure file for storing all your private keys and API keys.
+
+## Installation
+
+1. **Clone the Repository**
+   ```bash
+   git clone [https://github.com/your-username/your-repo-name.git](https://github.com/your-username/your-repo-name.git)
+   cd your-repo-name
+
+
+2. **Create and Activate a Virtual Environment**
+   ```bash
+    # For Windows
+    python -m venv .venv
+    .\.venv\Scripts\activate
+    # For macOS/Linux
+    python3 -m venv .venv
+    source .venv/bin/activate
+3. **Install Dependencies**
+   ```bash
+   pip install -r requirements.txt
+   
+##Getting Started: Configuration
+
+Before running the application, you must configure your wallets, agents, and API keys.
+
+1. **Create the .env File In the root of the project, create a file named .env. Copy the following content into it and replace the placeholder values with your actual keys. **
diff --git a/_data/strategy_status_sma_cross_1.json b/_data/strategy_status_sma_cross_1.json
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 {
     "strategy_name": "sma_cross_1",
     "current_signal": "SELL",
-    "last_signal_change_utc": "2025-10-18T12:29:00+00:00",
-    "signal_price": 3879.3,
-    "last_checked_utc": "2025-10-18T12:51:05.037979+00:00"
+    "last_signal_change_utc": "2025-10-18T13:02:00+00:00",
+    "signal_price": 3873.4,
+    "last_checked_utc": "2025-10-18T13:09:05.009625+00:00"
 }
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diff --git a/_data/strategy_status_sma_cross_2.json b/_data/strategy_status_sma_cross_2.json
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     "current_signal": "SELL",
     "last_signal_change_utc": "2025-10-14T00:00:00+00:00",
     "signal_price": 113026.0,
-    "last_checked_utc": "2025-10-18T12:51:02.927448+00:00"
+    "last_checked_utc": "2025-10-18T13:13:03.538350+00:00"
 }
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