Ztrader · Zalpha

Research & paper trading workspace

Scanner, Allocator, Backtest, Journal, and research labs in one Mission Control desk. Start free with shared trial credits; Pro unlocks more research automation (not live broker automation). Not investment advice.

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Modules

Turn validated strategies into a risk budget and approval proposal.

Researcher / risk student

Log trades, score process, import CSV, then review strategies.

Look up Bitcoin addresses, txs, blocks, and fee/settlement stress.

Crypto researcher

Desk stages: Data → Factors → Signals → Strategy → Backtest → Book → Reports.

Quant / Researcher

One-click ticker desk: resolve → Run Desk → numbers / valuation / docs.

Equity researcher

Browse systematic / multi-strategy research templates and instantiate into your registry.

Find opportunities, then create strategies from higher-scoring scanner hits (research scores, not recommendations).

Validate a strategy on a dataset before spending risk budget.

Publish Desk thesis → template → Bloomberg-style chart pack.

Trader / Researcher

Structure volatility trades around a symbol and event.

See which market regime you are in before sizing risk.

Balance risk across sleeves, then hand off vols to Allocator.

Risk / Allocation

Read tape / flow pressure around a symbol.

Execution / Trader

Attribute PnL and exposure to style factors.

Upload fills and decompose slippage, basis twist, and implementation shortfall.

Futures / options / algo desk

Rates, credit, metals, and energy tape with notes. Chart uses zchart series. Chat stays on this desk.

Researcher / PM

Upload raw files that become datasets for labs.

Inspect and promote datasets used by Backtest and Quant Lab.

Ops desk for data pipelines and system checks.

See book positioning and concentration risk.