Describe what you want in plain English. MakeCents turns it into a rules-based strategy, re-checks signals continuously, and executes — across stocks, options, and crypto. No charts. No code.
Illustrative example. Backtests and simulations are hypothetical and not indicative of future results.
No coding required. Describe your strategy and let the AI translate, monitor, and execute it — with risk baked in at every step.
Describe your idea in plain English. The AI converts it into precise, executable rules — no programming needed.
Simulate with live market data at zero risk, then flip to live capital when you’re confident.
The AI continuously re-checks signals and adapts as market conditions shift.
Volatility-aware stops, regime detection, dynamic sizing, and more — enforced on every order.
Full audit trails on every decision, with performance analytics and P&L reporting.
See the reasoning behind each entry, exit, and adjustment in plain language.
New to trading? You're covered. MakeCents Virtual is an integrated paper-trading broker — no external account required to begin. Test any prompt against live market data with zero capital at risk, then connect a real broker when you're ready to go live.
Every trade is logged with full context. Review post-trade attribution to see what worked, version your prompts as you refine them, then run the backtest → optimize → deploy cycle to promote what performs. You stay in control of every change.
You define the limits; the AI stays inside them. Configure guardrails per strategy and the engine enforces them on every order.
Halt new entries once your daily loss limit is reached.
Cap the capital at risk on any single position.
Limit total and per-symbol exposure across the book.
Restrict activity to the hours you choose.
Pause trading around high-impact news events.
Enforce a pause after a losing streak.
No black boxes. Each strategy has an AI decision log on its detail page: the detected market regime, the model's confidence, and a plain-language explanation for every action it took.
Momentum confirmed above the 20-day average with rising volume; sized within the 1% per-trade risk cap.
Signal ambiguous in a choppy range; confidence below threshold, so no new position opened.
Volatility spike triggered the volatility-aware stop; exited to protect gains.
Move from a hunch to a validated edge. Diagnose weaknesses, search the parameter space, and promote only strategies that clear the validation ladder.
Surface where a strategy leaks edge across regimes and time.
Explore the parameter space and rank trials on a leaderboard.
Promote only after passing progressively stricter checks.
Ship a validated configuration to production in one click.
A live S&P 500 news feed powered by Alpaca News and SEC EDGAR filings. Each item is enriched with an LLM-generated trade thesis, so you can act on context — not just headlines. Build watchlists and filters to focus on what matters.
Optional price-reaction charting is available but disabled by default — News Trader leads with the thesis, not the chart.
Thesis: Recurring-revenue mix may support multiple expansion; watch for guidance confirmation.
Thesis: Leadership change adds near-term uncertainty; expect elevated volatility into the open.
Track performance in real time: P&L, win rate, an equity curve, open positions, and stats across your prompts and tickers.
Three steps. No coding. Just describe what you want.
Type your strategy in plain English. The AI understands indicators, conditions, and risk parameters — no special syntax.
Backtest against historical data, then validate before you commit capital.
Start in the virtual broker, move to paper, then go live with Alpaca or Coinbase. Guardrails and real-time re-evaluation run the whole time.
Market data and execution come from established providers — Alpaca for US equities, options, and news; Coinbase for crypto; plus volatility and index references like the VIX and major indices. Regime detectors re-weight signals as conditions evolve, so a single prompt can flex across trend, range, and event risk.
Start with Trader. Add News Trader with Trader Plus. Quant tooling is on the way.
Everything you need to build and run strategies.
Trader, plus the live News Trader workflow.
Backtester and AI Optimizer for power users.
Turn your ideas into automated strategies. Start in the virtual broker at zero risk, then go live when you're ready.
No credit card required to explore the virtual broker.
Trading involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Backtests and simulations are hypothetical and not indicative of future results. Nothing here is financial advice.
MakeCents.ai is a technology platform and does not provide investment, financial, legal, tax, or other professional advice. We are not a registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, or fiduciary. All trading and risk decisions are solely your responsibility, and trading involves significant risk of loss. See our Terms of Use for details.