Strategy Arena
Build crypto strategies node by node, import Pine Script v6, backtest with fees and paper trade on live order books.
Explore Strategy ArenaAPEX OS / CORTEX AUTOPILOT + FULL AUTO
Crypto automation
that earns its live license.
Cortex Autopilot and Full Auto portfolios automate trading on your own exchange account. Nothing trades live until it has proved itself, and every automated path runs inside the size, loss limits and kill switches you set.
- Paper trading
- Trader plan, $249 per month
- Live trading
- Premium plan, with budget caps
- Engine
- Cortex v8, five stacked learners
- Certification
- Ghost book before live
- Markets
- Spot and futures, long and short
- Your controls
- Size, daily loss limit, kill switch
How does Cortex Autopilot work?
Cortex is the learning engine of Apex OS. Version 8 stacks five learners, sweeps every liquid coin for labelled decisions and builds a playbook for each setup, market regime and volatility level.
A new playbook first trades in a ghost book. Paper trading follows every decision, so you see what the autopilot would do. Live trading follows certified decisions only, at your position size and inside your daily loss limit.
How the autopilot decides
Cortex does not trade one fixed rule. It learns from labelled decisions across every liquid market and keeps a separate playbook per setup, regime and volatility level. Each playbook trades directional moves on spot and futures, long or short, with an exit plan tuned to the market regime.
Certified before it trades live
A self-learning system is only safe if it has to prove itself. Cortex playbooks trade a ghost book first; only certified decisions are allowed on live accounts. A self-repairing Guardian watches the engine, and on the Premium plan live trading is armed with explicit live switches and budget caps per account.
Full Auto portfolios that rebalance themselves
For spot portfolios, Full Auto trains a league of reinforcement learners on bootstrapped “multiverse” markets with crash and rally stress. A policy is adopted only after validation and a confidence test, and the Opportunity Scout re-ranks every liquid spot market every ten minutes, rotating toward strength and cutting exposure when the regime turns.
- Volatility target and expected-shortfall budget
- Drawdown cushion and crash brakes
- Daily loss limit on every rebalance
- Portfolio Manager and Portfolio Strategy Studio on paper from the Client plan
Crypto trading bot or autopilot?
A typical crypto trading bot follows the rules you configure, the same way in every market. Cortex Autopilot learns playbooks from labelled decisions and has to certify them before they trade. If you prefer your own rules, Strategy Arena runs them through the same Shadow, Paper and Live stages.
| Rule-based bot | Cortex Autopilot | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the rules come from | You write them | Learned per setup, regime and volatility |
| Before it trades live | Optional backtest | Ghost-book certification and paper |
| When the market changes | Until you change it | Playbooks keep learning |
| Risk limits | Depends on the platform | Size, daily loss limit and kill switch on every path |
Risk controls you set once
- Trading PIN and multi-factor authentication before anything goes live
- Daily loss limits and a drawdown kill switch
- The Guardian risk engine on every automated order
- Risk Atlas on the Trader plan: real and paper exposure apart, with shock scenarios
How you switch on automation
Connect
Connect your exchange with a trade-only API key. No withdrawal rights are needed.
Watch on paper
On the Trader plan, the autopilot paper trades every decision on live order books.
Set your limits
Choose position size, daily loss limit and the budget the autopilot may use.
Arm live
On Premium, arm live trading behind your trading PIN. Certified decisions only.
Plans with Cortex Autopilot
Prices per month in USD, excl. VAT. Quarterly billing saves 10%, yearly billing 20%. The pricing page also shows EUR at the live exchange rate.
Frequently asked questions
Is Cortex Autopilot a trading bot?
It is automation software, but not a fixed-rule bot. Cortex learns playbooks per setup, regime and volatility, certifies them in a ghost book and only then trades certified decisions on your account.
Can I run the autopilot on paper first?
Yes. On the Trader plan Cortex Autopilot trades on paper, against live order books. Live trading on your own exchange starts on the Premium plan.
What stops the autopilot in a crash?
Your daily loss limit, the drawdown kill switch and the Guardian risk engine apply to every automated order. Full Auto portfolios add crash brakes, a drawdown cushion and an expected-shortfall budget.
Does automated trading guarantee a profit?
No. No strategy, model or autopilot guarantees a profit, and trading crypto-assets, especially leveraged futures, can lose you money. Apex OS helps you test first and limits the damage when a model is wrong.
Which exchanges can the autopilot trade on?
The exchanges you connect to Apex OS: Binance, Bybit, OKX, KuCoin, Bitget, Gate, MEXC and other ccxt exchanges, on spot and futures where your exchange offers them.
Automation that has to prove itself first.
Start on paper, set your limits, and go live only when the results earn it.
Trading crypto-assets involves a high risk of loss. Apex is software, not investment advice.