The AI-first algo trading platform
Describe it. Test it honestly. Paper-trade it. Bring your own AI.
Trado Strategy Lab is for crypto perpetuals. Say what you want in plain words, backtest it on years of 1-minute data for 900 perpetuals after every cost, see where it works and where it does not, then paper-trade it.
Opens 1 November 2026, 00:00 IST
- 500 launch credits, on top of the 25 welcome credits every account gets.
- Early access by invitation, about a week before launch.
- First month of a higher plan at the Starter price.
Eight ways a good idea dies on the way to a trade
Eight things traders say about algo trading, in their words, and what the Lab does about each. Tap a card for the longer answer.
“My backtest said +300 %. My account said −40 %.”
The LabEvery trade is priced after fees, funding, slippage and liquidation.
HowHideBacktests lie. Ours prices the cost.
Most backtests ignore fees, funding and slippage, peek at the future by accident, and never check whether the position would have been liquidated. The result looks good because it was never charged for anything.
Every Lab trade is priced after costs, liquidation is modelled for isolated and cross margin, optimizations keep a holdout period aside to validate on, and the report's verdict will not give a green light for paper gains. Read why backtests lie.
“I can see the pattern. I can't write the code.”
The LabDescribe the idea in plain words and the Copilot drafts the rules.
HowHideCoding should not be the gate.
Pine Script, Python and exchange APIs keep many people with good market ideas from ever testing them.
Describe the idea in plain words and the Copilot drafts the rules. Use the form builder or the canvas to refine them. When you want code, write Python against a small SDK and the engine runs it. Read about algo trading without code.
“Getting clean data is a part-time job.”
The Lab900 perpetuals, years of 1-minute bars, funding and rules: already there.
HowHideData should not be a chore.
Downloading, cleaning and storing years of 1-minute bars is a project before it is a strategy.
The Lab already holds years of 1-minute data for 900 Binance perpetuals, with funding rates and instrument rules, refreshed twice a day. Pick coins and dates and run. Read about crypto data for backtesting.
“I optimized it and it got worse.”
The LabA holdout, walk-forward testing and an evidence meter say where it works.
HowHideOne lucky backtest is not an edge.
A strategy tuned until the past looks perfect usually fails on the future.
The optimizer validates on a holdout and walks forward through time. Insights say where a strategy works and where it does not, with regime tables and an evidence meter that reads Not enough, Weak, Moderate or Strong. Read about overfitting in backtests.
“Backtest to live is a cliff.”
The LabThe same rules run on paper with one click; live waits for your approval.
HowHideGoing live should not mean starting over.
Rewriting a backtested idea for a bot, wiring webhooks and redoing the sizing maths is where good strategies get lost.
The same rules run on paper and live through the Lab's runner, using the same decision and position code as the backtest. One click starts a paper run; live goes through an exchange adapter and your explicit approval. Read about moving from backtest to live.
“Leverage looked free until it wasn't.”
The LabA liquidation guard and a leverage audit put the number in front of you.
HowHideLeverage kills quietly. We show the number.
At 20×, a move of about 4.5% against you loses the whole margin. Most tools never put that number in front of you.
The liquidation guard stops a run whose stop-loss sits beyond the liquidation price, and the leverage audit in every report shows what each coin allowed. Read leverage and liquidation, explained.
“Another subscription for a tool I use twice a month.”
The LabCredits priced by the work you run, and your own AI agent is free.
HowHidePay for work, not for a subscription you barely use.
Charting and bot tools often bill a monthly fee for something used twice a month.
The Lab prices work in credits: you see the price before you run, you pay as you go, and building and editing strategies costs nothing. Bringing your own AI agent is free. Read what algo trading tools cost or see pricing.
“There is no one to ask.”
The LabThe Copilot explains every run, and “Ask why” sits on every result.
HowHideThere should be someone to ask.
Forums and video rabbit holes are a slow way to find out why a strategy behaved the way it did.
The Copilot explains every run, and “Ask why” sits on every result. Read about learning algo trading with AI.
AI with you at every step
The Copilot is built into the Lab. It drafts a strategy from your description, proposes sensible defaults for a run and shows what it will cost before anything is spent, runs the backtest when you confirm, and explains the result. Anything expensive, and anything that touches a live account, waits for your yes.
Here is what I drafted. Read it back before we run anything.
- Step 1 of 5
Describe it
Write the idea in plain words. The Copilot drafts the rules and reads them back to you; you change them in the form builder, on the canvas, or in Python.
Building and editing strategies costs nothing.
Copilot · New strategyDraftBuy BTC when RSI crosses above 30 on the 1h; stop 2 %, target 4 %Here is what I drafted. Read it back before we run anything.
BTCUSDTRSI(14) crosses above 301hStop 2 %Target 4 %Run a backtestEdit the rulesIllustration of the Lab's screens: a sample, not a result. - Step 2 of 5
Backtest it after every cost
Fees, funding, slippage and liquidation are priced into each trade, on 1-minute bars for 900 Binance perpetuals.
You see the credit price before anything runs.
New backtestDraftCoinBTCUSDTPeriodJan 2023 – Dec 2025Bars1-minuteChargedfees · funding · slippage · liquidationPriceshown here, before you runRun backtestNothing is spent until you press it.Illustration of the Lab's screens: a sample, not a result. - Step 3 of 5
Understand it
The report shows the result by coin, by market regime and by period, and says plainly when the evidence is thin. Ask why on any result and the Copilot explains it.
A verdict in plain words, never a green light for paper gains.
Report · VerdictAfter costsBull+64 %Sideways+9 %Weak bear−12 %Strong bear−31 %Ask whyThe gain came from bull markets. Weak elsewhere.Illustration of the Lab's screens: a sample, not a result. - Step 4 of 5
Paper-trade it
The same rules run on live prices without risking money, one click from the report.
Backtests and paper trading never touch a real account.
Deployment · BTCUSDT 1hPaperLive prices, no real moneyCoin Side Entry P&L BTCUSDT Long 64,210 +15.40 ETHUSDT Long 3,142 −10.35 SOLUSDT Short 148.2 +18.90 Illustration of the Lab's screens: a sample, not a result. - Step 5 of 5
Go live, on purpose
Live trading goes through an exchange adapter that you set up, and waits for a separate approval from you in the browser.
Nothing goes live on its own, and an agent cannot approve it.
Go liveNeeds you- Paper run reviewed
- Exchange adapter connected
- Your approval, in the browser
Approve live deploymentAn agent cannot press this one.Illustration of the Lab's screens: a sample, not a result.
A backtest that does not flatter you
Three things most backtests skip, and what the Lab does about each of them.
Illustration: a sample strategy, not a result.
Costs
Fees, funding and slippage are charged on every entry and exit, so a strategy that trades often pays for it.
Proof: the report flags the cost margin and any liquidation as badges.
Run refused. Your stop is beyond the liquidation price at 20×.
Illustration: a sample strategy, not a result.
Liquidation
Isolated and cross margin are modelled the way the exchange does it, and a stop beyond the liquidation price is refused before the run.
Proof: the liquidation guard answers before you spend a credit.
Illustration: a sample strategy, not a result.
Holdouts
Optimizations validate on a period they were never tuned on and walk forward through time, so a lucky fit shows up as one.
Proof: the evidence meter reads Not enough, Weak, Moderate or Strong.
Bring your own AI. It costs nothing extra.
The Lab speaks MCP, so Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT can create strategies, run backtests and read reports with a personal access token. You pay your AI provider what you already pay them; the Lab charges nothing for the connection. See bring your own AI.
- Claude
- Cursor
- ChatGPT
- and any MCP client
claude mcp add --transport http trado-lab https://algo.trado.trade/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <token>"Questions
Is Trado Strategy Lab live yet?
Which markets does it cover?
Do I need to code?
Will it trade my money for me?
Is this investment advice?
What does it cost?
Join the waitlist. Get in first.
The Lab opens on 1 November 2026, 00:00 IST. Waitlist members get in first and get more.
- 500 launch credits, on top of the 25 welcome credits every account gets.
- Early access by invitation, about a week before launch.
- First month of a higher plan at the Starter price.
- A Founding member badge on your account.
- The Starter price applies to your first paid plan order for any monthly plan above Starter, never together with a coupon, and is available until 7 January 2027.
- Each referral who joins moves you up 5 places. Bronze at 1 referral, Silver at 3 (adds 250 credits), Gold at 10 (adds 1,000 credits). The level you hold when your e-mail is verified is the one that counts.
- Launch credits are valid for 90 days from the moment your e-mail is verified.
The benefits attach when you create your account with the same e-mail address you used on the waitlist and verify it. Joining the waitlist after launch gives no founding benefits.
Updated . Read this page as Markdown. Trading leveraged crypto derivatives can lose more than your margin; nothing here is investment advice.