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What is PhantomAlgo?

A Windows desktop futures-trading terminal for Tradovate: a chart-first backtester, an optimizer, and manual chart trading with guardrails, plus optional automation you switch on yourself. It is software, not a signal service.

Which brokers does it work with?

Tradovate only, demo or live. Prop-firm evaluation accounts on Tradovate work. You log in to Tradovate inside the app and the connection stays on your machine.

What runs automatically, and what needs me?

Nothing trades until you switch it on, and everything starts OFF each time the app opens. Manual orders need the ARMED switch in the header. Auto-trading sits behind a separate master Automation switch, and each strategy stays off until you turn it on, with a confirmation step first. Strategies can also run in practice mode with no real orders.

What safety controls does it have?

The ARMED gate on manual orders, a master Automation switch that resets to OFF on every launch, a confirm step before any strategy goes live, order size from your risk per trade and stop distance, a global kill switch, a one-click Flatten button, per-account risk limits on every order, and a daily cutoff guard that flattens positions ahead of the close (4:10pm ET by default). Canceling, closing and flattening always work, even with everything off.

How does the backtester work?

Run strategies on stored historical data right on the chart, edit every input, then stress the result with the optimizer: an unseen-data holdout check and walk-forward testing. Backtested results are hypothetical and not a promise of future results. See the Risk Disclosure.

Is this financial advice?

No. It's software. Your trades, your decisions, your risk. See the Risk Disclosure.

Can my prop firm ban me for automation?

Automation rules are the firm's call, and following them is your responsibility. Check yours; automation ships off by default.

Mac?

Windows only, for now.

How do updates work?

The installed app updates itself, and new versions are included with your membership.

How does billing work?

Membership is billed through Whop and you can cancel anytime.

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RISK DISCLOSURE: Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. You may lose more than your initial investment. Past performance and backtested, hypothetical, or simulated results are not indicative of future results. PhantomAlgo is software, not financial, investment, or trading advice, and nothing on this site or in the app is a recommendation to buy or sell any contract. No representation is made that any account will achieve profits or losses similar to anything shown. You are solely responsible for your trading decisions, your account, and your compliance with your prop firm's rules and your broker's terms. Use of automation features may be restricted by your prop firm; it is your responsibility to verify and comply. See the full Risk Disclosure.
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