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Shortcuts and automations for people who trade from their phone.

A library of iOS Shortcuts and Mac automations for traders — price alerts, watchlist sync, morning briefings — installable in one tap.

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  • ▹Trading-focused recipe library
  • ▹iOS + macOS coverage

lane : portfolio_briefing

portfolio-briefing.shortcutBriefings★ 4.918,420 installs

Portfolio Briefing

Pull overnight P&L, premarket movers, and today's catalysts — then speak them on your commute.

shortcut_blocks

  1. 1
    Ask for InputTrigger

    Watchlist name (default: Primary)

  2. 2
    Get Contents of URLAPI

    GET api.sharptraders.co/v1/briefing

  3. 3
    Get Dictionary ValueGet

    movers · earnings · pnl

  4. 4
    TextTransform

    Format spoken briefing script

  5. 5
    Speak TextNotify

    Voice: Siri · rate 1.05

  6. 6
    Show NotificationNotify

    Save briefing to Notification Center

One-tap installFull docs
runs_on
iPhone✓
iPad—
Mac✓
Watch✓
Siri✓

requires

  • · Stock Picks API
  • · Notifications
v2.4.12026-09-22

## Full library

Briefings★ 4.9

Portfolio Briefing

Pull overnight P&L, premarket movers, and today's catalysts — then speak them on your commute.

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Earnings★ 4.8

Earnings Alarm

Fire a silent push 15 minutes before any name on your watchlist reports — no paid alert app needed.

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Alerts★ 4.7

Price Ping

Say "Hey Siri, ping AAPL" — get last, %, and day range spoken back in under two seconds.

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Watchlists★ 4.6

Watchlist Sync

Keep your iPhone Shortcuts watchlist identical to Stock Picks — one tap, bidirectional.

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Alerts★ 4.8

Premarket Radar

At 8:55 ET, surface the five loudest premarket movers that match your sector filters.

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Journal★ 4.5

Trade Journal Entry

After you close a paper trade, dictate setup, emotion, and exit — saved as Markdown to Notes.

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Alerts★ 4.7

Gap Scanner

Scan for overnight gaps ≥ 4% with news catalyst tags — dump results into a shareable list.

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Briefings★ 4.9

Siri P&L

"Hey Siri, what's my P&L?" — live paper-account readout from Stock Picks.

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Macros★ 4.4

Focus Mode: Market Hours

At the open: enable Trading Focus, mute social, pin Stock Picks, and start a 6.5h timer.

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Earnings★ 4.6

Earnings Calendar Dump

Dump this week's earnings for your watchlist into Calendar with BMO/AMC tags.

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Macros★ 4.3

Screenshot → Ticker

OCR a chart screenshot, extract the ticker, and open it in Stock Picks instantly.

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Briefings★ 4.7

End-of-Day Recap

At 4:05 ET: day P&L, biggest winner/loser, and three lessons — emailed to yourself.

Install

## Install in one tap

install.sh
# 1. Open Stock Picks (powers signature recipes)
open "https://stockspicks.org/app?ct=appleautomate"

# 2. Tap any recipe → "Add Shortcut"
# 3. Allow network access to api.sharptraders.co
# 4. Trigger via Siri, Automation, or Share Sheet

# Example: speak your P&L
shortcuts run "Siri P&L"

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## Guides

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Micron-week Focus modes: silence noise until 4:30pm ET

Focus + Shortcuts to allow only calendar and broker alerts into the MU call window.

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Rating velocity triage with mail rules and Shortcuts

When a creator video spikes reviews, auto-file App Store emails and open your reply template.

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Paper trading Shortcut: open Stock Picks before the bell

One-tap morning automation that opens Stock Picks paper trading with your watchlist note.

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Prop-firm apps climbing charts — automation opportunities (and traps)

What to automate around evaluation apps — and what not to.

2026-09-25

Automating TestFlight → App Store promo screens for earnings week

CI-friendly mental model: simulator dump, caption swap, ASC metadata push.

2026-09-24

Previewing App Review frames with Shortcuts (no rejection bait)

Automate ASC-sized exports while keeping paper-trading labels honest.

2026-09-23

Webull vs Robinhood vs Fidelity — automate comparison screenshots

A Shortcuts recipe to capture the same ticker across three broker apps before an earnings print.

2026-09-22

Sep 29 finance charts: Shortcuts that watch TradingView & Webull ranks

Build a personal automation that logs App Store finance ranking changes without scraping gray areas.

2026-09-22

Build a Morning Market Briefing Shortcut

One tap: premarket movers, your watchlist, and today's earnings — read aloud on your commute.

2026-09-18

Price Alerts Without Installing a Single New App

Shortcuts + notifications = a free alerting stack most traders pay $30/mo for.