Automated strategy research

Find strategies worth testing—without building every idea yourself.

Choose a market and timeframe. One Discovery search tests up to 96 strategy variations, investigates the strongest areas, and returns the strategy families that passed—or explains what came closest. Research Pro can actively search up to 1,920 variations across 20 searches every 30 days.

Start a 7-day trial with 3 complete Discovery searches.A payment method is required. Unless cancelled first, the trial automatically renews as the monthly or annual Research Pro plan selected at checkout.
What one search does64 broad strategy checks, followed by up to 32 nearby refinements. Qualifying local variations are grouped into understandable strategy families while their exact rules remain available.

Discovery provides historical research evidence. It does not place trades, promise future returns, or include a completed ready-made algorithm.

Cost assumptions: Managed benchmark results use the recorded historical bid/ask spread with no separate commission. Slippage and overnight financing are not included. The robustness check doubles the recorded spread. Actual broker costs can differ.

Research Pro: $29 USD/month or $290/year
Up to 1,920 strategy variations across 20 Discovery searches, plus 100 exact backtests, every 30 days. Includes H1/H4/D1 research, saved strategies, reports and comparison. Unused allowances do not roll over; technical failures restore the affected search credit.

Discovery

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Themes and indicators are optional. Leave them blank and we decide what to explore. Trial searches support H4 and D1.

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Use the deterministic backtester to test the strategy exactly as supplied.

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Use Discovery to explore and narrow many combinations automatically.

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Browse separately reviewed ready-made algorithm packages when available.

Real Discovery outputs

Three searches. Three honest answers.

These are completed historical searches under the current managed benchmark—not interface examples. A qualifying result, a useful near-match, and a rejection are all valid outputs.

Qualified exampleGold (XAU/USD) · H4

Donchian breakout · Buy

96 tested · 32 refined · 0 replay errors · 13 qualifying variations

PeriodModelled returnPFTrades
Full five years+79.14%2.04137
Earlier 70%+32.88%1.6793
Screening holdout 30%+34.82%3.2144
Screening decision

Every fixed screening check passed.

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2021-08-24 to 2026-08-24 UTC · Scientific result 3ff1def2de66e66788545a128b46d675e140a8255d60518e607c3f7b5d645eb7

Near-match exampleGBP/USD · H4

EMA cross · Sell

72 tested · 8 refined · 0 replay errors · 0 qualifying variations

PeriodModelled returnPFTrades
Full five years+3.09%1.05126
Earlier 70%-0.15%1.0187
Screening holdout 30%+3.25%1.1639
Screening decision
  • Earlier-period profit factor was below 1.2.
  • Screening-holdout profit factor was below 1.2.
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2021-08-24 to 2026-08-24 UTC · Scientific result a2e19f6f2afa8d8be119560dfa13deb7abfbc1790c6db122fd888e4dc64e9c5d

No-qualifier exampleEUR/USD · H1

SMA cross · Buy

64 tested · 0 refined · 0 replay errors · 0 qualifying variations

PeriodModelled returnPFTrades
Full five years+9.51%1.09187
Earlier 70%-7.98%0.92136
Screening holdout 30%+19.01%1.6451
Screening decision
  • Earlier-period profit factor was below 1.2.
  • Earlier-period return was negative.
  • Too few time segments were positive.
View redacted report

2021-08-24 to 2026-08-24 UTC · Scientific result d9dbaa4bec0a04bf5eab6e9b47708c01ee7942219b10f5896678a7c233ae57b8

How to read these samples

These cases were selected after an earlier engineering batch to illustrate three different output types. They are not a random sample and do not estimate how often a search will qualify a strategy.

Qualification: At least 30 trades in both periods, profit factor of at least 1.2 in both periods, non-negative yearly return, drawdown no worse than 20R, positive results in at least three time segments, and a positive result when recorded spread is doubled.

Account model: USD 10,000 start, 1% risk per trade, compounding. Split: 70% earlier period / 30% screening holdout.

The screening holdout is used to qualify and present results; it is not a final untouched confirmation period. Historical results do not guarantee future performance.

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