HDGE
From research to production.
Free for quant researchers. Institutional-grade for funds. A quant developer costs $300–500K/year. If HDGE reclaims 50% of their time from infrastructure, that’s $150–250K returned — 1.5–2.5× ROI before counting risk reduction.
- Backtest — 2 years of historical data
- Paper trading — unlimited sessions
- Data Lab — screener, charts, 9 widgets
- 1 LLM (GPT-4o mini)
- 1 broker (Alpaca paper)
- 5 live workflows, 3 AI agents
- Retail brokers (IB, Alpaca, Binance, cTrader, Hyperliquid)
- Data Lab — screener, charts, 9 widgets
- Risk controls — drawdown limits, kill switches, position guards
- Standard SLA & onboarding
- 20 live workflows, 10 AI agents
- Data Studio — automated extraction pipelines
- Portfolio optimizer & Monte Carlo VaR
- Audit trail & compliance documents
- Dedicated onboarding & quarterly reviews
- Unlimited workflows & agents
- Institutional brokers (FIX, GS Marquee, MS, Bloomberg EMSX)
- Dedicated infrastructure & custom compute
- On-premise data residency
- Dedicated success manager & SLA
Every plan includes 69+ integrations · 26+ node types · 20 indicators · unlimited backtesting & paper trading
Before & after HDGE
| Before | With HDGE | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to production | 6–18 months | 48 hours to first paper trade |
| Engineering overhead | 3–5 engineers on plumbing | Quants focus on alpha |
| Cost | $300–500K/yr | From $20K/yr |
| Integrations | Fragmented, one broker | 69+ integrations, one platform |
| Risk management | Manual monitoring | Automated kill switches & alerts |
| Compliance | No audit trail | Every decision logged |
| Vendor lock-in | Tied to one ecosystem | Broker-agnostic, FIX Protocol |
Common Questions
Who is HDGE Research for?
HDGE Research is our free tier for quant researchers, university labs, and PhD candidates. It gives full access to our visual builder, backtesting engine, paper trading, and Data Lab — everything you need to design and validate strategies. It does not include live deployment, multi-broker routing, or data export. When you’re ready to go live, upgrading to Core is seamless.
What’s included in onboarding?
Broker and data feed integration, initial workflow configuration with your team, risk rule setup, and a training session for portfolio managers. Core+ and Enterprise tiers include a dedicated onboarding manager and quarterly strategy reviews.
Can we start with a pilot before committing?
Yes. Most funds start with a 30–60 day pilot on a subset of strategies, running in paper-trading mode against live feeds. Pilots are scoped during the demo call and typically convert to annual contracts.
How does billing work?
Annual contracts, billed upfront or quarterly depending on the tier. Pricing scales with live workflows and agents deployed, not with AUM or trade volume. Enterprise customers can negotiate custom billing schedules. No per-trade fees, no AUM-based commissions.
What happens if we need more workflows?
You can add live workflows beyond your plan’s included allocation, or upgrade to the next tier. Core to Core+ is seamless — your workflows, agents, credentials and history carry over. Enterprise is unlimited. No downtime, no data loss.
Is there a discount for multi-year commitments?
Multi-year terms are available on Core+ and Enterprise. Pricing details are shared during the demo — we structure deals around your fund’s growth trajectory.
How is HDGE different from QuantConnect or Zipline?
QuantConnect and Zipline are excellent backtesting environments, but they’re code-first and lock you into their execution ecosystem. HDGE is broker-agnostic (Interactive Brokers, Alpaca, Binance, cTrader, FIX Protocol, with GS Marquee, Morgan Stanley and Bloomberg EMSX on Enterprise), visual-first so portfolio managers can read strategies without learning Python, and includes risk controls and audit trails as first-class platform primitives.
Is HDGE custodial?
No. Strictly non-custodial. Your capital stays in your brokerage accounts. Credentials are encrypted at rest in an isolated vault. HDGE never holds, transfers, or has withdrawal access to client funds.
30-minute call with a founder.
We’ll walk through how HDGE connects to your prime broker, show a live backtest, and scope a pilot for your fund.
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