FAQ

Questions,
answered.

Does ezpztrader hold my money?

No. ezpztrader is non-custodial — your funds stay in your own brokerage accounts at all times. We hold an authorisation to place and cancel orders on your behalf, and nothing more. We cannot deposit, withdraw or transfer funds.

Do you provide trading signals or advice?

No. ezpztrader does not generate signals, publish research, or offer trading advice of any kind. You bring the strategy; we execute what it tells us to.

How does a signal actually reach my broker?

Each strategy you create gets its own webhook URL. When your chart, bot or script sends a signal to that URL, we validate it, apply your position sizing and risk rules, then submit orders to every broker account subscribed to that strategy — in parallel.

Can one signal trade several accounts at once?

Yes, and that's the main reason people use it. Connect as many accounts as your plan allows, and each one can follow the same strategy at its own position size.

Which platforms can send signals?

TradingView and TrendSpider alerts, Discord bots, and any custom code that can make an HTTP request. The payload is plain JSON — a ticker and an action is enough to trade.

How fast is it?

Our own processing typically takes a few hundred milliseconds. The larger variable is your signal source: alerts from third-party charting platforms can take a second or more to leave their servers, and that delay is outside anyone's control but theirs.

Is this suitable for high-frequency trading?

No. ezpztrader is built for strategies on one-minute charts and slower. If your edge depends on sub-second execution, this is the wrong tool.

What happens if a broker rejects an order?

The rejection and its reason are recorded against that signal so you can see exactly what happened. Note that once an order has been submitted, a rejection is not retried automatically — you should monitor your positions rather than assume every signal filled.

Can I test before risking real money?

Yes. Every plan includes paper accounts, and several brokers also offer their own simulated environments. Run a strategy on paper for as long as you want before enabling a live account.

Which asset classes are supported?

Stocks, options, futures and spot crypto. Options are directional only — single-leg calls and puts, not spreads. Forex is not supported.

Do you support prop firm accounts?

Yes, through Tradovate and ProjectX. Be aware that many firms restrict or prohibit automated execution, and that staying inside drawdown and consistency rules is your responsibility, not ours. Confirm with your firm before connecting.

What does it cost?

A flat monthly or annual subscription with no per-trade fees. Plans differ by how many live and paper accounts you can connect and how many asset classes you can trade. Extra accounts can be added to any plan.

Can I cancel whenever I want?

Yes. Your subscription runs to the end of the period you've already paid for, and won't renew after that.

Is there an API?

Not yet. Today the integration surface is the inbound webhook, which is enough to place and manage trades. A read API for querying positions and orders is on the roadmap.

Do you offer analytics or a trade journal?

Not natively. Every signal, order and fill is logged so you can audit what happened, but for performance analytics we'd point you at a dedicated journaling tool — see our trade journals page.

Why did I fill at a different price than my signal showed?

That's slippage — the gap between the bid/ask spread and the price movement that happens between a signal firing and your order actually reaching the market. It's normal, and it's usually smaller the faster your signal source delivers the alert.

Does my computer need to stay on for my strategies to run?

No. Once a strategy is set up, everything runs in the cloud — your signal source, ezpztrader, and your broker connections. You can close your laptop and it keeps working.

What's the Pattern Day Trading rule, and does it affect me?

PDT is a US regulatory rule that flags an account as a 'pattern day trader' after four or more day trades in five business days, which then requires a $25,000 minimum equity to keep day trading. It's a broker/regulatory rule, not something ezpztrader enforces or overrides — check with your broker if you're near that threshold.

Can I get notified when a signal fires?

Yes — notification preferences live in your account settings, so you can see activity without needing to keep the dashboard open.

My strategy shows trades on the chart that never actually alerted — why?

That's usually repainting: an indicator recalculating its own history after the fact, so the chart shows signals that wouldn't have fired in real time. Worth testing any indicator for repainting before you automate it.