Written first, obeyed after.
Every entry, exit, and position size follows criteria fixed in advance. The system has no discretion to talk itself into a trade at 3 p.m.
A quiet
machine for
loud markets.
Tickerward is a private, self-hosted algorithmic trading system. It reads the tape, sizes risk, and places its own orders — under rules written down before the market opens.
It is not a product, a fund, or a service. There is nothing here to buy, subscribe to, or sign up for.
The brakes come before the engine.
Hard per-trade and per-day limits, a kill switch, and a ledger that records what was actually sent to the broker — not what was intended.
Nothing goes live on a hunch.
The system trades on paper against live data for a fixed evaluation window. Real capital is a decision taken afterwards, on the record, or not at all.
Currently in paper trading.
- Status
- Evaluation window open — simulated orders only
- Capital at risk
- None
- Availability
- Private. Operated by and for its author; not offered to third parties.
- Dashboard
- Access-controlled, on a separate host. Not reachable from this page.
- Last updated
Questions, answered plainly.
What is Tickerward?
Tickerward is a private, self-hosted algorithmic trading system for Interactive Brokers. It combines LLM-based reasoning with deterministic, rule-based execution to size risk and place its own orders under limits fixed in advance.
Does Tickerward trade with real money?
No. Tickerward is currently in a paper-trading evaluation window against live market data, so no capital is at risk. Real capital would only follow an out-of-sample backtest and weeks of validated paper trading, decided on the record.
How does the two-speed design work?
A slower 'brain' (seconds to minutes) uses multiple AI models to build a catalyst-driven trade thesis per symbol. A faster, deterministic 'reflexes' layer (sub-second) watches live data and executes against that thesis inside hard risk limits, with no LLM in the execution hot path.
Can I sign up for Tickerward or invest through it?
No. Tickerward is not a product, a fund, or a service: there is nothing to buy, subscribe to, or sign up for. It is operated privately by its author for a personal Interactive Brokers account.
Is anything on this site financial advice?
No. Nothing published here is investment advice, an offer, or a solicitation to buy or sell any financial instrument, and past or simulated results say nothing about future outcomes.