What do I need to get started?
Python 3.10 or newer and a computer. AlgoDeploy runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. For live trading, you'll need a brokerage account — a free Alpaca Markets account, or Interactive Brokers (via TWS/IB Gateway). No other subscriptions or data feeds required.
Is this investment advice or a trading platform?
No. AlgoDeploy is software middleware — development tools and infrastructure. It does not make trading decisions, provide trading signals, recommendations, or advice. You bring your own strategies and logic. You are solely responsible for all trading decisions and outcomes. Backtested results are hypothetical and do not guarantee future performance.
Is AlgoDeploy a backtester or a live-trading tool?
Both — it's one engine. You write a strategy once (no-code dashboard, YAML, or Python) and the same engine backtests it and then trades it live, so results stay consistent. Backtesting is a core capability, not an add-on: a dual-mode engine (vectorized for fast parameter sweeps, event-driven for realistic next-bar-open fills with no lookahead), plus walk-forward optimization, Monte Carlo simulation, regime filters, and full interactive HTML reports. It's a full backtesting-and-execution framework — not a webhook or alert-relay that just forwards TradingView signals.
What brokers are supported?
Alpaca Markets (US equities & crypto) and Interactive Brokers (US equities, single-leg options & crypto) — both support paper and live trading. Schwab is on the roadmap. Active Maintenance subscribers receive new broker integrations automatically. The broker interface is abstract, so you can also implement your own adapter.
What can I trade through Interactive Brokers?
US equities, single-leg US equity options (via standard OCC symbols), and crypto. You connect your own IBKR account — paper or live — through Trader Workstation (TWS) or IB Gateway running on your machine with the API enabled. Multi-leg option spreads, futures, forex, and non-US exchanges are on the roadmap. Outside the US? You can trade US markets through your IBKR account from anywhere IBKR operates. Live option quotes require an OPRA market-data subscription through IBKR; backtesting data does not.
What asset classes can I trade?
U.S. equities and ETFs through Alpaca at launch. Cryptocurrency is also supported — AlgoDeploy auto-detects crypto symbols (like BTC/USD or ETH/USD) and routes them through Alpaca's crypto data feed. See examples/crypto_btc.yaml for a complete crypto config. Single-leg US equity options are supported through Interactive Brokers (standard OCC symbols). Multi-leg option spreads, futures, and forex are not yet supported.
Can I get alerts on Telegram or Discord?
Yes. The notification system has native Telegram and Discord channels in addition to generic webhooks (Slack, PagerDuty, etc.). Configure them from the dashboard's Build Config tab or directly in your YAML. Critical events (order failures, broker errors, risk halts) trigger alerts; everything is also logged locally to the immutable audit log regardless.
Do I need the maintenance subscription?
No. Your one-time purchase gives you a perpetual license — the version you buy is yours forever. The optional $10/mo (or $100/year) Maintenance & Community plan gives you all future updates, new broker integrations, priority email support, and private Discord access. Cancel anytime.
What happens if I cancel the subscription?
You keep the version of the software you had at the time of cancellation, forever. You can resubscribe anytime to get the latest updates and features.
What happens to my strategies if AlgoDeploy goes away?
Nothing — that's the point of self-hosted. AlgoDeploy runs entirely on your own machine, and every paid license includes the full source code. There's no cloud service to shut off. Even in a worst case where development stopped, the version you own keeps running on your hardware indefinitely, and you have the source to maintain or extend it yourself.
Do I get the source code, or is it a black box?
Paid licenses include the full Python source. You can read exactly how the backtester, risk checks, and live runner work, audit the order logic before trading real money, and modify it for your own needs. Nothing is obfuscated or phoned home to a server.
Is my broker connection secure?
Your broker API keys live in your own environment and are used only to talk directly to your broker (Alpaca or Interactive Brokers). AlgoDeploy has no cloud backend — your keys, strategies, and trading data never leave your machine, and there's nothing for us to leak because we never receive them.
What data sources can I use?
Yahoo Finance (free, daily data), Alpaca Markets (free, intraday from 1-minute to daily with years of history), CSV files, or any custom source you implement. The DataSource interface is simple to extend for any API or database.
Do I need to know Python?
No. You can build and backtest strategies entirely from the dashboard UI or a simple YAML config file — no code required. Power users who want full control can write Python classes with the event-driven or vectorized API. All three methods use the same engine.
Will my backtest results match live execution?
The live trading runner uses the same signal evaluation, risk checks, and position sizing code as the backtester — there is no separate implementation. Paper trading (dry-run mode) is built in so you can validate before risking real capital. That said, no system can guarantee perfect backtest-to-live parity. Slippage, fill timing, and market impact are real. The backtest engine supports configurable slippage and commission modeling to help you account for this, and every live order is logged to an immutable audit trail for comparison.
What's your refund policy?
Your 7-day free trial is your guarantee — you don't pay anything until day 8, so you can install, backtest, and paper-trade the full product before spending a dollar. Not for you? Cancel before day 8 and you're never charged. Questions after purchase? Email support@algo-deploy.com and we'll make it right.
