Pick stocks or a theme
- • Pick a few companies or a theme
- • Stax finds strong ones with you
- • No code, no jargon
Auto-trading for everyone.
Build a plan. Optimize it against thousands of market scenarios. Watch it perform live.
Where do you want to start?
Used by investors from
Cornell · Vanderbilt · Brown · UT Austin · Wisconsin · Harvard · Stanford · Penn State · UChicago · ASU · Notre Dame · Emory · UCLA · UC Berkeley · Maryland · Virginia Tech
The Stax plan
From a few stocks to a plan that trades for you
Pick what you like. Stax finds the best version and runs it for you.
Find the best version
- • Tries many versions on real history
- • Keeps the best settings for your plan
- • Proven before you risk anything
It trades for you
- • Runs on autopilot
- • See every buy and sell and why
- • Daily check-ins
How it works
Pick. Prove. Trade.
Three steps, from a few stocks to a plan that runs on autopilot.
Pick
Start with a few stocks or a theme.
Tell Stax a goal, choose a theme, or pick companies you like. No code and no jargon.
Prove
Stax finds the best version.
Stax tries many versions on years of real history and keeps the settings that worked best.
Trade
It trades for you.
Paper trade first with no real cash. When you are ready, connect your brokerage and it runs on autopilot. You see every buy and sell and why.
Stax API
Build with Claude Code
One command to install. Ask Claude to build, backtest, and iterate on investment strategies directly from your terminal.
git clone https://github.com/Stax-app/stax-skill.git ~/.claude/skills/stax- • Backtest strategies with 68 fundamental metrics and five years of history
- • Screen more than 5,000 stocks by any metric
- • Use Stax from Claude Code, any MCP client, or your own scripts
Market Intelligence
Stax Signals
Live signals that feed straight into your plan. See what Wall Street and insiders are doing, as it happens.
- • Wall Street price targets
- • AI-analyzed news
- • Insider buying
- • Social sentiment
Building the Future
What We’ve Built & What’s Next
Here’s where we are today and where we’re headed next.
Paper Trading
Completed
Simulate live execution risk-free before committing real capital.
Market Intelligence
Completed
Real-time signals from insider trades, analyst upgrades, and price targets.
Agentic Advisor
Completed
AI-powered strategy advisor that understands your portfolio context.
Advanced Optimizer
Completed
Multi-factor optimization engine for tuning strategy parameters.
Real-Money Trading
In Progress
Connect your brokerage and trade live with strategies you’ve tested.
Intraday Trading
Coming Soon
Sub-daily execution with minute-level precision and risk controls.
Options Trading
Coming Soon
Options strategy building with multi-leg support and greeks analysis.
Custom ML Models
Coming Soon
Machine learning signal generation trained on your strategy logic.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Stax Labs for?
- Who is it built for?
- Stax is built for the curious but busy investor. Whether you are a beginner who wants to stop guessing or an experienced trader tired of manual spreadsheets, Stax helps you build a data-driven plan without needing a computer science degree.
- Do I need finance experience to use this?
- None at all. Stax strips away Wall Street jargon, and the AI assistant can explain terms you do not recognize.
- Is this for long-term investing, trading, or both?
- Both. You can build for steady long-term growth or more active trading and use the evidence to see which approach fits your lifestyle and goals.
Trust, Risk & Legitimacy
- Is this financial advice?
- No. Stax Labs is an educational tool. It helps you build and test a plan, but the decisions remain yours.
- Can I lose money using these strategies?
- Yes. All investing involves risk. Historical evidence can reduce unforced errors, but it cannot eliminate market risk. Never invest cash you cannot afford to lose.
- How reliable is backtesting?
- Backtesting shows how rules would have handled historical crashes and booms. It is a powerful stress test, not a prediction of what comes next.
- Why does past performance not guarantee future results?
- Markets change. A plan that worked in one environment may struggle in another, which is why Stax supports paper trading against the current market.
How the Platform Works
- What is backtesting in simple terms?
- It means running your plan against five years of real market history to see how it would have performed before you risk real cash.
- Can I use pre-built templates?
- Yes. Starter blueprints based on established investing principles let you begin with a working structure and customize it as you learn.
Security & Connectivity
- Do you place trades for me?
- Stax identifies actions from your rules. You must authorize the connection to your broker before the plan can execute them.
- How do you connect to my brokerage?
- Stax uses a secure official broker connection. We never see your broker password, and your assets stay in your regulated brokerage account rather than at Stax.
Beginner-Specific Reassurance
- What is the safest way to start?
- Paper trading lets you practice in the live market with no real cash at risk while you learn.
- What common beginner mistake does Stax help avoid?
- Emotional trading. Rules help you avoid buying from excitement or selling from fear and make each action understandable.
- How long does it take to build a strategy?
- Using a template, you can have your first backtest running in under five minutes.
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Questions?
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