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Semi Automated Trading System

Hello Everybody,

Does anybody know if it is possible to create a semi-automated trading system in Quantopian? Essentially I would like to build an algorithm that would only trade a handful of stocks. However, instead of automatically executing the order when a buy signal is generated the algorithm would send me a notification perhaps through email or something like that and I would confirm or deny that the order be placed. Then the algorithm would proceed to place the order and no further action would be needed on my part. I am looking to trade highly volatile stocks, so I would like to add in a small discretionary component to my strategy. If anybody knows if this is possible to do in Quantopian or has any advice on how I would get started on this project please help.