What is Alphrex?
A systematic trading research platform with backtests, comparison, bounded research, signals, and forward paper tracking.
FAQ
Short answers on fit, plans, coverage, paper evidence, and the trust boundary between research and live execution.
Fit and workflow
Use Alphrex when the hard part is deciding whether a strategy deserves trust, not when the only job is chart inspection or broker routing.
Who is Alphrex for?
Self-directed traders and retail quants who want a more disciplined workflow than charting-only tools.
Where should I start?
Start in the Strategy Library or a concrete use case, pressure-test the idea in Backtest and Compare, then promote only the survivors into Paper.
Why not just use a charting platform?
Charting platforms are better when the chart is the main object. Alphrex is for when validation, benchmark context, and forward evidence need to stay in one workflow.
Plans and coverage
The paid boundary is about deeper operating room and broader support, not about locking away the basic research loop.
What does Free vs Pro change?
Free keeps the core research loop usable. Pro adds extended best-effort ticker coverage, weighted benchmark baskets, public sharing, and deeper interpretation layers.
How broad is ticker coverage?
Free stays intentionally narrow around the core liquid universe. Pro expands into extended best-effort coverage, but it is not marketed as blanket long-tail support.
Can I use weighted benchmark baskets?
Yes. Alphrex supports benchmark inputs such as SPY:0.60,IEF:0.40 so benchmark design does not collapse into a single blunt proxy.
Can I share results publicly?
Yes, but the public-sharing layer is saved-result sharing, not raw-code community distribution. Public result sharing belongs to Pro.
Trust boundaries
The product is explicit about what it can help you study and what it still refuses to claim.
Is Research Lab arbitrary code execution?
No. Research Lab is bounded task-level Python on cached market data.
Do scoreboards rank backtests or forward records?
Scoreboards rank stored forward paper histories, not saved backtests. They exist to compare ongoing evidence after the historical study phase.
Is paper tracking the same as a live track record?
No. Paper tracking is useful forward evidence, but it is still a product-layer simulation rather than broker-audited live execution history.
Does Alphrex place live trades?
No. Alphrex stops at research, diagnostics, and paper tracking. It does not route broker orders.