Trading bots

Futures trading bot: run your own strategy

"Trading bot" covers two products: one sells you the decisions, the other executes decisions you already have. Quanify is the second.

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Two products get sold as a trading bot

One sells you decisions: someone else's model with a performance claim and a rule you can't inspect. The other executes a rule you can read, your PineScript, Python or own logic, on your own accounts. Quanify is the executor.

Automated futures trading
What you are buyingtwo kinds
A bot that decidesYou cannot inspect the rule, so you cannot tell a good month from a lucky one.Opaque
A bot that executesYou wrote the rule or you can read it. The infrastructure is the product.Yours
Where Quanify sitsThe executor. Bring a strategy; keep the source; own the decisions.Executor
What Quanify doesn't sellSignals with a promised return.

What an executor has to get right

Six things sit between a bot's signal and a filled order.

Broker session
Held on Quanify's servers, so the bot runs with your laptop shut
Sizing per account
Whole-number multiplier per sub-account, applied before the order leaves
Guards at dispatch
Fixed contract size and Allow 2+ entries run before the order
Duplicate alerts
Identical alerts within 2 seconds are dropped, so a retry lands once
Stale signals
Anything older than 30 seconds is refused instead of filled late
Off by default
New strategies and attached accounts stay disabled until you power on

How to test a futures trading bot in a week

  1. 01

    Read the rule

    If you can't see what it does, you can't tell whether a good month was the strategy or the market.

  2. 02

    Paper it with real costs

    A Quanify Paper account fills from the strategy's signals with the commission and slippage you set.

  3. 03

    Watch the losing days

    The worst stretch decides whether you can keep running it, more than the average day does.

  4. 04

    Break it on purpose

    Fire a signal twice, send a stale one, power it off mid-position. Check what each does.

  5. 05

    Size to the drawdown

    Work out the worst historical stretch at your contract count before arming a live account.

What you see while the bot runs

Fill alerts
A chime and an on-screen toast on every fill, wherever you are in the workspace.
Live P&L
Open and day P&L across every connected account, on Home and Connections.
Forward records
Published Quanify strategies show their backtest and live forward record: Sharpe, Sortino, win rate, max drawdown.
Close from the workspace
Flatten an open position from Home or Connections when you want out.

Are futures trading bots profitable?

A bot is as profitable as its rule, minus costs charged on every account it trades. Automation removes typing and hesitation; it adds no edge, and a losing rule loses faster.

Futures are leveraged, and past performance, live, simulated or backtested, doesn't indicate future results.

Risk disclosure
Questions

Common questions

Short answers to what traders ask first. Anything else, the Help Center has it.

What is a futures trading bot?

Software that places futures orders from a rule instead of a person. It has two parts: the strategy that decides and the executor that places the order. Quanify is the executor.

Does Quanify sell trading bots or signals?

Quanify executes rules you bring. Automation plans also include Quanify's own published strategies, each showing its backtest and live forward record. None comes with a promised return.

Are futures trading bots profitable?

A bot is as profitable as its rule, minus costs charged per account. Automation removes typing and hesitation; it doesn't add edge, and a losing rule loses faster.

Do I need to code to run a trading bot?

No. A TradingView alert with a webhook URL is enough, and the alert body is generated for you. Python and raw HTTP requests work the same way.

What happens if my bot sends a bad signal?

Before any order, it's checked against fixed contract size and the off-by-default Allow 2+ entries guard, which refuses to add to a position you already hold. Mute and Power off stop it entirely.

Can I test a bot without risking money?

Yes. Point it at a simulated or evaluation account, or use paper accounts, which fill from the strategy's signals with your commission and slippage.

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