TradeLayout Docs
Introduction to TradeLayout

Build, test and automate your trading ideas, without code.

Turn a trading idea into a strategy on a visual canvas, test it on years of market data, and move to live trading only when you're ready.

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  • No code
  • Tick-level backtests
  • AI-assisted
  • Free plan
TradeLayout strategy builder with nodes, indicators, parameters and backtest results
One platform

From idea to automation

01BuildDraw your strategy on a canvas, or describe it to AI. 02BacktestTest it on historical data, down to the tick. 03SimulateReplay a past session and watch every decision. 04Paper tradeFollow live prices with simulated orders. 05AutomateConnect your broker and deploy.
Visual programming

Your rules, not a template's.

Moving averages, RSI, price action, several timeframes at once: assemble exactly how you read the market from connected blocks.

  • Conditions from indicators, joined with AND and OR
  • Actions for entries, exits, stop-loss and target
  • Rules for position size, re-entries and parameters you can retest
Explore the strategy builder
Strategy builder canvas: Start, EMA Cross and RSI joined by AND, then Buy and Exit
AI assistant

From plain language to visual logic.

Say it the way you'd explain it to a friend. The assistant asks about anything unclear, then shows you the plan before it builds.

You typeWhen RSI(14) falls below 30, wait for price to cross above the 20 EMA, then buy. Exit when RSI rises above 70.
It asks, rather than guessing. "Below 30" on every candle, or only when it first crosses? You decide.
Build a strategy with AI
Plain-language request turned into a visual strategy in the builder
Backtesting

Six good months can be luck. Test years.

See how your strategy behaves through trending, sideways and volatile markets before real money is at stake.

  • Profit, trades, win rate and maximum drawdown
  • How parameter changes move the results

Why tick-level data? When one candle touches both your target and your stop-loss, candle data can't say which came first. Tick data can, where it's available.

Evidence, not a promise. Slippage, latency and costs still affect live results.
Read backtest results
Backtest results with equity curve, drawdown, win rate and yearly performance
Test the hype

Saw "80% returns" online? Ask four questions.

1

Which period was tested, with how many trades?

2

Were brokerage and other costs included?

3

How deep was the worst drawdown?

4

Does it still work on data it wasn't built on?

A high win rate can still lose money. Judge a strategy by its evidence, not its promises.

Why TradeLayout

Templates are rigid. Code is a project. There's a middle way.

Templates

  • Only the rules the template allows
  • Backtesting built in
  • No code to maintain

TradeLayout

  • Your own rules, built from blocks
  • Backtesting with tick data built in
  • Broker, orders and hosting handled
  • Read the canvas, not code

Your own code

  • Anything you can program
  • Build data, backtests, broker links and hosting yourself
  • Review all of it, AI-written code included

Start free

The free plan includes limited credits to explore building and backtesting. Paid plans add more as you grow.

Plans and usage

Your broker, your keys

TradeLayout uses your broker's API credentials, not your login password or OTP. Check the permissions and how to revoke them before you connect.

Never share your broker password or OTP with anyone.
Connect your broker
Your path

Idea to live in eight steps

  1. 1CreateOn the canvas or with AI
  2. 2Set the rulesEntries, exits and parameters
  3. 3BacktestOn historical data
  4. 4ReviewProfit, drawdown and trades
  5. 5ReplaySee the order of events
  6. 6Paper tradeLive prices, no real orders
  7. 7ConnectYour supported broker
  8. 8Deploy and monitorOnce you understand the risks
Ready when you are

Build your logic. Test your assumptions. Automate with confidence.

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