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+# Trading Bot v4 - Docker Ignore File
+# Reduces build context size and prevents sensitive data from being copied
+
+# Dependencies (CRITICAL: Must be first to override any later includes)
+**/node_modules
+node_modules/
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+# Next.js
+.next/
+out/
+build/
+dist/
+
+# Environment files (NEVER copy these!)
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example
+.env.local
+.env.development
+.env.test
+.env.production
+
+# Private keys and secrets
+*.pem
+*.key
+*.p12
+*.pfx
+*-key.json
+secrets/
+credentials/
+
+# Testing
+coverage/
+.nyc_output/
+*.test.js
+*.spec.js
+__tests__/
+test/
+tests/
+archive/
+*.test.ts
+*.spec.ts
+
+# Logs
+logs/
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+# OS files
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+*~
+
+# IDE files
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*.swn
+.vs/
+
+# Git
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.gitattributes
+
+# Docker
+Dockerfile*
+docker-compose*.yml
+.dockerignore
+
+# CI/CD
+.github/
+.gitlab-ci.yml
+.travis.yml
+azure-pipelines.yml
+
+# Documentation (optional - uncomment if you want to exclude)
+# *.md
+# docs/
+
+# Development tools
+.eslintrc*
+.prettierrc*
+.editorconfig
+tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
+
+# Database files
+*.sqlite
+*.sqlite3
+*.db
+
+# Prisma migrations (include if needed)
+prisma/migrations/
+
+# Screenshots and media
+screenshots/
+*.png
+*.jpg
+*.jpeg
+*.gif
+*.mp4
+*.mov
+
+# Temporary files
+tmp/
+temp/
+*.tmp
+
+# Backup files
+*.bak
+*.backup
+*~
+
+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+.Python
+*.so
+
+# Python virtual environments (CRITICAL: 100+ MB each!)
+.venv/
+.backtester/
+**/.venv/
+**/venv/
+
+# Large files
+*.zip
+*.tar
+*.tar.gz
+*.rar
+
+# Cluster data and results (143MB!)
+cluster/chunks/
+cluster/data/
+cluster/distributed_results/
+cluster/.venv/
+cluster/*.csv
+cluster/*.db
+cluster/*.log
+
+# Backtester data
+backtester/
+data/*.csv
+*.csv
+exploration.db
+
+# Archives
+*.backup
+*_backup_*.sql