DIP-Swing MTF Trading — Action Plan

DIP swing copy trading · Georgia RIA · Robinhood → Alpaca migration path

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Growth & Profit Projection
Illustrative monthly growth — Signals Only and Fully Managed shown separately, then combined. Not a commitment, just what the math looks like at each stage.
Signals Only — $50/mo flat Fully Managed — tiered flat fee, only if profit ≥ 2× fee Combined Total Both plans: +10 customers/month · Fully Managed cohort spans $10K-$100K
Month Signals Only Fully Managed Combined Total
CustomersRevenue CustomersTotal AUMFee Revenue Total CustomersHosting CostNet ProfitTotal Revenue
Oct 202610$1,00010$550,000$2,05020$21+$3,029$3,050
Nov 202620$2,00020$1,100,000$4,10040$21+$6,079$6,100
Dec 202630$3,00030$1,650,000$6,15060$21+$9,129$9,150
Jan 202740$4,00040$2,200,000$8,20080$21+$12,179$12,200
Feb 202750$5,00050$2,750,000$10,250100$21+$15,229$15,250
Mar 202760$6,00060$3,300,000$12,300120$21+$18,279$18,300
Apr 202770$7,00070$3,850,000$14,350140$21+$21,329$21,350
May 202780$8,00080$4,400,000$16,400160$21+$24,379$24,400
Jun 202790$9,00090$4,950,000$18,450180$21+$27,429$27,450
Jul 2027100$10,000100$5,500,000$20,500200$21+$30,479$30,500
Aug 2027110$11,000110$6,050,000$22,550220$21+$33,529$33,550
Sep 2027120$12,000120$6,600,000$24,600240$21+$36,579$36,600
Year 1 Total—$78,000——$159,900—$252+$237,648$237,900
Signals Only and Fully Managed both grow by 10 customers/month, reaching 120 each by Sep 2027 — each plan's own growth curve, not a split of a shared total. Each month's 10 new Fully Managed customers are modeled across the full range the fee schedule covers ($10K, $20K, $30K … up to $100K), not all at one capital level. Hosting cost (~$250/yr, prorated to ~$21/month) is an AWS + domain estimate for the current t3.small instance and doesn't scale with customer count. Excludes your own time, taxes, and legal/compliance costs. All figures illustrative — returns are not guaranteed.

Fully Managed fee schedule: $100/month at $2,500 capital, scaling to $200/month at $10,000; $200-$250/month between $10,000 and $25,000; from $25,000, a flat 1% of capital per month ($500 at $50K, $1,000 at $100K, $5,000 at $500K). Billed only in a month where profit is at least double the fee — zero fee in a flat, losing, or merely-adequate month. At the site's ~20%/year return assumption, that means the smallest customers in each cohort typically pay nothing most months (their usual profit doesn't clear the threshold), while larger accounts typically do. The fee doesn't scale further once triggered — a customer's exceptional month earns the same fee as their merely-good one — trading upside capture for a flat, predictable, easy-to-understand price.

Note: the numeric projection table above (Fee Revenue, Net Profit, Total Revenue columns) still reflects an old schedule and a $10K-$100K cohort floor — it needs a separate recompute against the current 1%-of-capital schedule before it's trustworthy again.

Once past 5 clients in a single state, Georgia's de minimis exemption no longer covers you there — see the state client count item in Phase 3 below.
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Phase 1 — Platform Build
Aug 2026
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Technology
DIP-at-support scanner
Hourly scan for stocks down ≥8%, price within ±3% of a key EMA/SMA support, mkt cap ≥$2B. Runs via launchd, results at Live Signals.
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Admin portal (serve_dip.py)
Multi-page authenticated portal: Live Signals, Past Signals, Robinhood, Alpaca, Customers Tracking, Strategy, Workflow, Roadmap.
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Admin buy / close on Robinhood
One-click buy (limit order) and close (market sell) from the Robinhood page. Fires copy_trade to all active customers immediately.
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Copy trade engine (dual-broker)
copy_trade.py mirrors every master trade to all active customers simultaneously — Alpaca and/or Robinhood per customer. Log with fill details.
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Alpaca API integration
alpaca_api.py: buy, sell, positions, portfolio history (daily/weekly/monthly P&L). Supports both paper and live accounts.
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Customer onboarding form
Broker selector (Robinhood / Alpaca / Both), credential capture, duplicate email guard, pending → active admin workflow.
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Customers Tracking page
Live capital, daily/weekly/monthly P&L, open positions per customer fetched from broker API. Copy trade log with fill status.
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End-to-end pipeline test
Submit onboarding → activate in Customers → place buy on Robinhood page → copy fires to Alpaca account. Full flow verified.
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Production deployment on AWS
EC2 + nginx + systemd, real domain (dip-swing.com) with a trusted TLS certificate, encrypted EBS storage. Site is live and publicly reachable 24/7.
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Real session authentication
Signed, HttpOnly session cookies for admin login — closes the hardcoded-password-in-JS gap that had to be fixed before the site could go public.
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Per-customer client portal
Each customer gets a personal access link — no shared password. Separate "Your Account Performance" page shows their real broker account, distinct from the shared strategy log.
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Mobile-responsive site
Every page — admin, client portal, landing, onboarding — works on a phone: hamburger nav, no more clipped account stats.
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Proactive account & trial monitoring
Hourly checks email the admin when a customer's broker credentials fail, a copy trade permanently gives up after retries, or a Robinhood-only trial expires — instead of finding out reactively.
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Market-holiday-aware scanner
Scanner and Market Open/Closed indicator both know the NYSE holiday calendar, so a closed-market day never gets mislabeled as a fresh live scan.
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Phase 2 — First Customers & Track Record
Sep – Dec 2026
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Business
Onboard 1–3 beta customers (friends/family)
Start with trusted people at low/no fee. Validate copy trading, reporting, and communication end-to-end before charging.
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Run live copy trading for 30 days
Verify every master trade mirrors correctly to customer accounts. Review fill quality, timing, and sizing accuracy daily.
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Build 3–6 month verified track record
Verified performance history is the #1 asset for attracting customers. Document every trade, P&L, and drawdown before marketing publicly.
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Record Robinhood token setup video
5-min screen recording of the browser DevTools token flow. Embed in rh-token.html so customers can self-serve.
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Get domain + business email
dip-swing.com is registered and live, with support@dip-swing.com as the professional contact/reply-to address on Google Workspace.
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Strategy
Exit rules for losing positions — no stop-loss
Red positions are not force-closed. We add to them at the next support/reversal level to improve the average entry and work the trade back to profitable. Kept in check by position sizing (≤10% of capital per initial trade), not a stop — expected to affect roughly one or two trades a month.
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Phase 3 — Legal & Foundation
Q1 2027 — when ready to expand
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Legal
Form business entity (LLC)
Separates personal liability from business. Required before opening a business bank account.
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Legal
File Georgia RIA registration with TSSB
Investment Adviser registration required before managing customer money at scale. Georgia TSSB handles state-level RIA filings.
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Legal
Prepare Form ADV (Part 1 & 2)
Required disclosure document for RIA registration. Part 2 is your plain-English "brochure" given to clients.
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Draft Investment Adviser Agreement (IAA)
Contract every customer signs. Covers fee structure, risk disclosures, the tiered Fully Managed fee schedule, withdrawal terms.
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Open business bank account
Separate account for performance fee income. Required for LLC. Mercury or Relay are good options for small businesses.
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Get domain + business email
dip-swing.com is registered and live, with support@dip-swing.com as the professional contact/reply-to address on Google Workspace.
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Set up monthly fee billing process
Calculate realized P&L per customer monthly, check it clears 2× the customer's tiered flat fee, invoice only when it does.
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Customer reporting — monthly statements
Monthly P&L statement emailed to each customer. Trades, fees, net return. Required for RIA compliance.
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Legal
Monitor state client count (≤5 per state)
Georgia RIA gives de minimis exemption of 5 clients per state. Track by state to avoid triggering multi-state registration requirements.
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Phase 4 — Scale
2027+
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Activate landing page marketing
Deploy landing.html publicly with track record stats. Add verified performance numbers once 6-month history is built.
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Automate fee calculation
Build a script that calculates realized P&L per customer, checks it against their tiered flat fee's 2× threshold, and generates monthly fee invoices automatically.
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Full Alpaca Broker API for all customers
All customers on official Alpaca sub-accounts. No Robinhood dependency. Full compliance, no ToS risk.
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Legal
Evaluate SEC registration if AUM grows
At $25M+ AUM, consider switching from state (TSSB) to SEC registration. At $100M, it becomes mandatory.
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Explore crypto DIP strategy via Alpaca
Alpaca supports crypto trading. Apply the same 15m DIP + EMA support strategy to BTC/ETH as a second offering.