Initialize trading project — Bill & Colette learning tracks

Two-person trading team setup: Bill (quant/algorithmic) and Colette (market observer).
Includes phase-by-phase curriculum, separate sprint tracks, trade journal templates,
roadmap to prop firm challenge, and agent handoff documentation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

AGENT_HANDOFF.md

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+# Agent Handoff Note
+
+This file is for Claude (or any AI assistant) picking up this project mid-stream.
+Read this before touching anything in this repo.
+
+---
+
+## What This Project Is
+
+Bill and his mom Colette are learning to trade together with the goal of passing a prop firm challenge and managing a firm account for income.
+
+Bill is a data scientist with ML and cybersecurity/scripting skills.
+Colette is new to trading but actively watches financial news and markets.
+
+They operate as a two-person team:
+- **Bill** = quant/engineer — builds models, scripts, backtests, automation
+- **Colette** = market observer — spots macro themes, news catalysts, trade ideas
+
+Colette surfaces ideas. Bill validates them with data. They decide together.
+
+---
+
+## Current State
+
+- TradingView installed on Bill's Ubuntu Linux machine (`~/trading/` is the project root)
+- Both tracks are in **Phase 1 / Sprint 01** — nothing has been built yet
+- No prop firm has been chosen yet (decision due end of Sprint 01)
+- No asset class has been decided yet (stocks, futures, or forex)
+
+---
+
+## Directory Structure
+
+```
+~/trading/
+├── README.md                        ← project overview
+├── ROADMAP.md  (in shared/)         ← timeline, prop firm options
+├── AGENT_HANDOFF.md                 ← this file
+├── shared/
+│   ├── ROADMAP.md
+│   ├── curriculum/
+│   │   ├── README.md                ← team model overview
+│   │   ├── bill-track.md            ← Bill's 5-phase quant curriculum
+│   │   └── colette-track.md        ← Colette's 5-phase observer curriculum
+│   ├── sprints/                     ← shared sprint files (currently empty)
+│   └── resources/                   ← links, PDFs, reference material
+├── bill/
+│   ├── sprints/sprint-01.md        ← data pipeline + Pine Script setup
+│   ├── journal/template.md
+│   ├── backtests/
+│   ├── watchlists/
+│   ├── notes/
+│   └── scripts/                    ← Python scripts live here
+└── colette/
+    ├── sprints/sprint-01.md        ← chart literacy (TradingView basics)
+    ├── journal/template.md
+    ├── backtests/
+    ├── watchlists/
+    └── notes/
+```
+
+---
+
+## Key Decisions Already Made
+
+- No HFT — target is algorithmic swing/day trading on daily or hourly timeframes
+- Paper trading first, then simulated prop challenge passes, then real challenge
+- Colette's track avoids heavy math — she communicates ideas in a structured format, Bill backtests them
+- Sprint cadence: separate sprints per person, reviewed together
+
+---
+
+## What To Do When Helping
+
+**For Bill:** He can handle Python, ML, Pine Script, scripting, and data pipelines.
+Jump straight to implementation — he doesn't need concepts explained from scratch.
+Frame suggestions in terms of data quality, edge validation, and risk math.
+
+**For Colette:** She reads this repo too. Keep language clear and non-condescending.
+Her intuition about markets and news is an asset, not a liability.
+When she asks questions, connect the answer to something she already understands.
+
+---
+
+## Next Steps (as of project init)
+
+1. Bill: complete Sprint 01 — build `fetch_data.py` data pipeline
+2. Colette: complete Sprint 01 — TradingView chart literacy exercises
+3. Both: decide asset class focus and target prop firm
+4. Bill: set up TradingView alerts → webhook pipeline
+5. First collaborative milestone: Colette flags a setup, Bill backtests it
+
+---
+
+## Technical Environment
+
+- OS: Ubuntu Linux
+- Shell: bash
+- Python: available (venv to be set up in `bill/scripts/`)
+- TradingView: installed as .deb
+- Git remote: Gitea at borgswarm:3000
+- SSH key: `~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub`