LaunchAgents¶

macOS LaunchAgents for automated trading and system maintenance.

Active Agents¶

Agent	Plist	Schedule	Status
Micro-Cap Paper Trader	`com.bert.micro-cap-paper-trader.plist`	Every 5 min (market hours)	Active
Micro-Cap Monitor	`com.bert.micro-cap-monitor.plist`	Every 5 min (market hours)	Active
Memory Auto-Indexer	`com.bert.memory-auto-indexer.plist`	Every 5 min	Active

Configuration¶

Micro-Cap Paper Trader¶

Location: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.bert.micro-cap-paper-trader.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.bert.micro-cap-paper-trader</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/bin/env</string>
        <string>bash</string>
        <string>-c</string>
        <string>cd /Users/bertfrichot/Development/bert-trading-personal && source .env && /Users/bertfrichot/.local/bin/uv run python3 tools/micro_cap_paper_trader.py 2>> /tmp/micro_cap_paper_trader.log</string>
    </array>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>300</integer>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <false/>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/micro_cap_paper_trader.log</string>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/micro_cap_paper_trader.log</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Management Commands¶

List All Agents¶

launchctl list | grep -E "micro-cap|bert"

Start Agent¶

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.bert.micro-cap-paper-trader.plist

Stop Agent¶

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.bert.micro-cap-paper-trader.plist

View Logs¶

tail -f /tmp/micro_cap_paper_trader.log

Troubleshooting¶

Agent Not Running¶

Check if plist is valid:

plutil ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.bert.micro-cap-paper-trader.plist

Check for errors:

grep -i error /tmp/micro_cap_*.log | tail -20

Reload agent:

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.bert.micro-cap-paper-trader.plist
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.bert.micro-cap-paper-trader.plist

Python Module Not Found¶

Ensure the working directory and .env are correct in the plist.

Last Updated: January 2026