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Review Brokerage Repo Readmes

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale

Research direction

Start by reviewing the Coinbase README and the brokerage and dataset repository READMEs, noting outdated terminal output, deployment steps, and broken links. Then locate the automated link checker mentioned in the issue; done means the README information is current, links work, and those repositories are covered by the checker.

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Description

impact-medium
Expected Behavior

The brokerage repo readmes (example) have up-to-date information and all links are functional

Actual Behavior

These brokerage repo readmes fall out-of-date over time. For example, one of the terminal outputs on the Coinbase repo includes brokerages that we don't even support anymore.

    $ lean live 'My Project'
     
    Select a brokerage:
    1. Paper Trading
    2. Interactive Brokers
    3. Tradier
    4. OANDA
    5. Bitfinex
    6. Coinbase Pro
    7. Binance
    8. Zerodha
    9. Samco
    10. Terminal Link
    11. Atreyu
    12. Trading Technologies
    13. Kraken
    14. FTX
    Enter an option: 

The Coinbase repo even includes steps in the deployment process that are no longer required. For example, the deployment wizard support existing holdings now, but the repo doesn't reflect this.

Moreover, the readmes have broken links. We should extend the automated link checker to scan the links on these brokerage/dataset repos.

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