--- title: "Trado Strategy Lab: the AI-first algo trading platform" description: "Describe a strategy in plain words, backtest it on years of 1-minute data for 900 crypto perpetuals after every cost, see where it works, paper-trade it." canonical: "https://algo.trado.trade" lastModified: "2026-10-06" --- # 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. ## Backtests lie. Ours prices the cost. > My backtest said +300 %. My account said −40 %. 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](https://algo.trado.trade/learn/why-backtests-lie.md). ## Coding should not be the gate. > I can see the pattern. I can't write the code. 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](https://algo.trado.trade/learn/algo-trading-without-code.md). ## Data should not be a chore. > Getting clean data is a part-time job. 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](https://algo.trado.trade/learn/crypto-data-for-backtesting.md). ## One lucky backtest is not an edge. > I optimized it and it got worse. 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](https://algo.trado.trade/learn/overfitting-in-backtests.md). ## Going live should not mean starting over. > Backtest to live is a cliff. 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](https://algo.trado.trade/learn/from-backtest-to-live.md). ## Leverage kills quietly. We show the number. > Leverage looked free until it wasn't. 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](https://algo.trado.trade/learn/leverage-and-liquidation-explained.md). ## Pay for work, not for a subscription you barely use. > Another subscription for a tool I use twice a month. 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](https://algo.trado.trade/learn/what-algo-trading-tools-cost.md) or see [pricing](https://algo.trado.trade/pricing.md). ## There should be someone to ask. > There is no one 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](https://algo.trado.trade/learn/learn-algo-trading-with-ai.md). ## 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. 1. **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. 2. **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. 3. **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. 4. **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. 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. ## Honest by design Three things most backtests skip, and what the Lab does about each of them. - **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. - **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. - **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](https://algo.trado.trade/bring-your-own-ai.md). - Claude - Cursor - ChatGPT One line connects Claude Code: ```sh claude mcp add --transport http trado-lab https://algo.trado.trade/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer " ``` ## Pay for the work you run Building and editing strategies is free. Backtests, optimizations, Copilot replies and paper or live deployments use credits, priced by how much work they are, and you see the price before you run. See [pricing](https://algo.trado.trade/pricing.md) for the live price list. Waitlist members start with 500 launch credits on top of the 25 welcome credits every account gets. Founding members also pay the Starter price for their first plan order for any monthly plan above Starter. ## Join the waitlist: founding member benefits The Lab opens on 1 November 2026, 00:00 IST. Waitlist members get in first and get more. 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. - 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. ## Questions ### Is Trado Strategy Lab live yet? Not yet for the public. The Lab launches on 1 November 2026, 00:00 IST. Until then the site takes waitlist sign-ups, and the team already uses the Lab. ### Which markets does it cover? Binance USDⓈ-M perpetual futures: 900 coins with years of 1-minute data, plus funding rates and each coin's instrument rules. Backtests run on 1-minute bars, exact exits on the trade tape, or trade-level. ### Do I need to code? No. Describe the idea in plain words, or build it in the form builder or on the canvas. If you do code, Python strategies run in a sandbox against a small SDK. See [the AI strategy builder](https://algo.trado.trade/ai-strategy-builder.md). ### Will it trade my money for me? Only if you tell it to. Backtests and paper trading never touch a real account. Live trading needs an exchange adapter that you set up and a separate approval from you in the browser. See [paper trading](https://algo.trado.trade/paper-trading.md). ### Is this investment advice? No. The Lab is software for testing and running rules you decide on. A backtest describes the past, trading leveraged derivatives can lose more than you expect, and nothing here is a promise of profit. ### What does it cost? Building and editing strategies is free. Backtests, optimizations, Copilot replies and paper or live deployments use credits, priced by how much work they are, and you see the price before you run. See [pricing](https://algo.trado.trade/pricing.md). ## Next steps - [Join the waitlist](https://algo.trado.trade/waitlist) - [See pricing](https://algo.trado.trade/pricing) ## Related - [Crypto backtesting after every cost](https://algo.trado.trade/backtesting.md): Backtest crypto perpetuals on years of 1-minute data for 900 coins, after fees, funding, slippage and liquidation, with a verdict that admits weak evidence. - [AI strategy builder, no code needed](https://algo.trado.trade/ai-strategy-builder.md): Describe a trading idea in plain words and the Copilot drafts the rules. Refine them in a form or on a canvas, or write Python. No code required. - [Paper trading for crypto strategies](https://algo.trado.trade/paper-trading.md): Take a backtested strategy to paper trading in one click. The same rules run on live Binance prices; going live is a separate step you approve. - [Bring your own AI via MCP](https://algo.trado.trade/bring-your-own-ai.md): Connect Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT to Trado Strategy Lab over MCP. Your agent builds strategies, runs backtests and reads reports for free; runs use credits.