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Quickstart

1. Get Your API Key

Sign up at vectrade.io and copy your API key from the Keys page. Set it as an environment variable:
export VECTRADE_API_KEY="vq_your_key_here"

2. Install the SDK

pip install vectrade

3. Make Your First Request

from vectrade import VecTrade

client = VecTrade()
quote = client.quotes.get("AAPL")

print(f"Symbol: {quote.symbol}")
print(f"Price:  ${quote.price:.2f}")
print(f"Change: {quote.change_pct:+.2f}%")
print(f"Volume: {quote.volume:,}")

4. Technical Analysis & More

# Technical indicators
tech = client.technicals.get("AAPL")
print(f"Technical Score: {tech.technical_score}/100")
print(f"RSI: {tech.indicators['rsi']['value']:.1f} ({tech.indicators['rsi']['signal']})")
print(f"Trend: {tech.summary['trend']}")

# Analyst consensus
analyst = client.analyst.consensus("AAPL")
print(f"Rating: {analyst.consensus} (Signal: {analyst.signal})")

5. Next Steps