A workstation for rule-based trading.

Nydex is where you turn a trading idea into a rule you can test, save, and run the same way twice. It is not a brokerage or a signal service, and it does not show other people's trades. You use it to see whether your own setup holds up.

One workflow, four stages

01 · Scan

Score a watchlist against six rule-based strategies: VWAP confluence, Bollinger mean reversion, MACD continuation, consolidation breakouts, residual momentum, and post-earnings drift. Each ticker scores 0–4 legs and only what clears your floor is shown. No API key needed.

02 · Backtest

Every scan backtests itself on the same bars it just scored: win rate, average R/R, equity curve, per-trade log, and SPY and QQQ buy-and-hold over the same window.

03 · Execute

Account, positions and orders in one view on live market data. Trade a setup straight from its card, sized by the risk rules you set, one order at a time, each one your decision. Your own broker key, on Pro. Nydex holds no funds.

04 · Account for it

Your trade log feeds a federal and state capital gains estimate against your filing status and other income, so the tax consequence of a year's trading is a number you can look at in August rather than a surprise in April.

Pricing

Free: $0, forever. Scanner, all six strategies, automatic backtest on every scan, market data without your own API key, three saved configurations.

Pro: $30 a month. Everything in Free, plus the live cockpit, the sector view, the tax estimate, CSV export and 100 saved configurations.

Questions

Do I need a broker account to try it?

No. Scanning and backtesting run on market data Nydex supplies. You connect a broker key only for the paper account, on Pro.

Is real money at risk?

Not through Nydex. Every order goes to a paper account: simulated execution against live prices. No plan changes that.

Where do my API keys go?

Encrypted in the database and readable only by your account. While you are signed in they are never written to your browser's storage. You can revoke them at your broker at any time.

What is the market data, exactly?

The IEX feed, delayed 15 minutes. Fine for swing and position timeframes; no use for anything latency-sensitive.

Are the backtests realistic?

Simplified. 1% risk per trade, ATR targets, a 10-bar maximum hold, a 3-bar cooldown per ticker, no slippage or commission. Treat a result as evidence a rule is worth watching, not a return you would have made.

Can I cancel, and do I get a refund?

One button in Settings. You keep Pro to the end of the paid period. Within 14 days of a charge it is refunded in full, for any reason, by email.

What happens to my saved work if I downgrade?

Your 3 most recent saved configurations are kept. The rest are removed when the downgrade takes effect, so export from Settings first. Watchlists, preferences and the trade log are untouched.

Is this financial advice?

No. Nydex scores rules you chose against data. It has no opinion about what you should buy.

Terms · Privacy · Disclosures

Nydex is a software tool, not a broker-dealer or an investment adviser, and nothing here is financial advice. Orders are placed through your own broker account.