Cortex Autopilot
Self-learning crypto automation that certifies playbooks before it trades live, plus self-rebalancing Full Auto portfolios.
Explore Cortex AutopilotAPEX OS / STRATEGY ARENA + BLUEPRINT STUDIO
Build, backtest and paper trade
before a strategy goes live.
Strategy Arena and Blueprint Studio turn a trading idea into a tested strategy. Draw it node by node, import it from TradingView Pine Script or let Strategy Forge generate candidates. Every strategy proves itself in Shadow and Paper before it touches real capital.
- Included from
- Trader plan, $249 per month
- Live trading
- Premium plan, $495 per month
- Builder
- Visual, node by node, no code
- Import
- TradingView Pine Script v6
- Lifecycle
- Shadow → Paper → Live
- Markets
- Spot and futures, long and short
What is Strategy Arena?
Strategy Arena is the strategy lab of Apex OS. Its builder, Blueprint Studio, lets you connect triggers, regime filters, AI scores, risk gates and execution nodes into a trading strategy without writing code.
Strategy Arena replays each strategy on stored market history with fees, runs it in Shadow (signals only) and in Paper (simulated capital on live order books), and ranks every strategy on its results. Only strategies that earn it move on to Live, where they trade a budget you set.
Blueprint Studio: draw a strategy node by node
A strategy in Blueprint Studio reads like a flowchart: a trigger fires, a regime filter checks the market state, an AI score weighs the setup, a risk gate sizes it and an execution node sends the order. You see every step, so you know why a strategy traded and why it stayed out.
- Long and short logic for spot and futures in one blueprint
- Tests inside the studio before a strategy enters the arena
- Strategy Performance: detailed Shadow and Live outcomes per strategy
- Share blueprints, Pine scripts and trade plans in the Community
Bring your TradingView strategies: Pine Script v6
Already have a strategy on TradingView? Pine Studio is a Pine Script v6 editor with a validator, chart studies and a strategy tester. Import your script into Blueprint Studio and it runs through the same replay, Shadow and Paper stages as any other strategy.
Backtesting that counts the costs
A backtest without fees and slippage flatters every strategy. Strategy Arena replays stored history with fees included. For deeper testing, Backtest Foundry runs parameter sweeps with out-of-sample and overfitting statistics, including a deflated Sharpe ratio, and Monte Carlo Studio simulates bracket probabilities and execution costs.
Read more on the quant research page.
Crypto paper trading on live order books
Paper trading in Apex OS is not a separate simulator with its own prices. Paper strategies trade simulated capital against the live order books of your exchanges, so results include the real spread and depth at the moment of the signal. Shadow mode goes one step earlier: it records signals without any orders, simulated or real.
Strategy Forge: generated and evolved candidates
Neural Strategy Forge is a GPU research factory: it evolves strategy candidates, replays them on the server, ranks them and imports the best as inactive drafts into Blueprint Studio and Shadow. Generated strategies go through exactly the same tests as hand-drawn ones. Strategy Forge is available on request.
Auto Optimize keeps live strategies tuned
Markets change, and a strategy tuned for last month can drift. On the Premium plan, Auto Optimize re-tunes your own strategies as market behaviour shifts, and direct shadow publishing puts new versions into Shadow straight away, so every change is tested before it trades.
Trade Planner and Probability Lab
Not every idea needs a full strategy. Trade Planner lets you draw a single trade as a flowchart, read its odds in the Probability Lab and let the bot execute it once. The Trader plan holds 8 active plans; Premium holds 16.
From idea to live strategy in five steps
Draw or import
Build the strategy in Blueprint Studio or import Pine Script v6.
Replay with fees
Replay it on stored market history, fees included.
Shadow
Let it produce signals on live markets without sending orders.
Paper
Trade simulated capital on live order books and compare it in the arena.
Live
On Premium, give it a live budget behind your PIN, limits and kill switch.
Plans with Strategy Arena
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.
Starter$129 / monthPine Studio (Pine Script v6 editor, validator and strategy tester) and the Community.
Trader$249 / monthStrategy Arena on Shadow and Paper, Blueprint Studio, Strategy Performance, Backtest Foundry, Monte Carlo Studio and Trade Planner with 8 active plans.
Premium$495 / monthLive strategies and live budgets, Auto Optimize, direct shadow publishing and Trade Planner with 16 active plans.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to code to build a strategy?
No. Blueprint Studio is visual: you connect nodes for triggers, filters, scores, risk and execution. If you do write Pine Script, you can import it.
Can I import my TradingView Pine Script strategy?
Yes. Pine Studio validates Pine Script v6 and tests it, and the strategy can be imported into Blueprint Studio to run in Shadow and Paper like any other blueprint.
What is the difference between Shadow and Paper?
Shadow records the signals a strategy gives, without orders. Paper also simulates the trades, with simulated capital on live order books, so you see fills, costs and results.
Does backtesting include fees?
Yes. Replays include fees, and Backtest Foundry adds out-of-sample tests and overfitting statistics such as the deflated Sharpe ratio.
Which plan do I need to run a strategy live?
The Premium plan. Trader runs strategies in Shadow and Paper; Premium adds live strategies with live budgets and Auto Optimize. See pricing.
Turn your idea into a tested strategy.
Request access and we show you Blueprint Studio and Strategy Arena with your own markets.
Trading crypto-assets involves a high risk of loss. Apex is software, not investment advice.