Independent backtest audits

Know if a trading strategy actually works — before you risk money on it.

Send me the rules of any strategy — one you built, or one you're about to pay for — and within 72 hours you get a graded, walk-forward-tested, cost-stressed, Monte-Carlo'd report. I sell nothing else. I'm not affiliated with any course, signal group, or broker. The report says what the data says.

Get your strategy audited See a real report first
D Golden Cross (SMA 50/200)+279% in 14 yrs — buy & hold made +781% C RSI(2) Mean Reversionreal signal, but the edge halves when costs double C MACD Crossover175 trades — fees ate 46% of the profit B Turtle Breakout on BTCthe first to pass — proof the grader isn't rigged

Why this exists

I spent months building a trading bot chasing 20% per month, because that's what the internet told me was realistic. Then I built a proper backtesting engine — honest fills, real costs, out-of-sample testing — and it told me the truth: the target was fantasy. The strategies that looked incredible on screenshots fell apart the moment you removed the luck, the hindsight, and the free fills.

That machine now runs on other people's strategies. Most of what it grades fails. If yours survives it, you'll know it earned the grade — and if it doesn't, a report costs a lot less than finding out with your savings.

How it works

STEP 1

Describe the strategy

Fill in the intake form below. Plain English is fine — "buy when RSI(2) drops under 10 in an uptrend, 2×ATR stop, sell when RSI passes 70." Screenshots of the seller's rules work too. You don't need code.

STEP 2

I formalize & you approve

I translate your rules into an exact, testable spec and send it back so you confirm it's the strategy you meant. If it can't be tested from what you have, full refund — no argument.

STEP 3

Report in 72 hours

A graded A–F report with the equity curve, every simulated trade, out-of-sample results, Monte Carlo drawdowns, cost stress tests — and a plain-English verdict.

What every audit tests

Pricing

First 10 clients

Founding Autopsy

$99 / strategy
  • Full graded report + trade log
  • 72-hour delivery
  • In exchange for honest feedback & a testimonial
  • Price locks for your future audits
Claim a founding slot

Standard Autopsy

$199 / strategy
  • Full graded report + trade log
  • 72-hour delivery
  • One revision if I misread your rules
  • Private — never published
Start an audit

Seller Verification

$499 / strategy
  • For course/EA/signal sellers
  • Publishable report you can link on your sales page
  • "Independently audited" badge
  • Re-verified quarterly (optional add-on)
Get verified

Guarantee: if your strategy can't be tested from the information available, you get a full refund.

Start an audit

You'll get a payment link and a formalized version of your rules to approve before anything is charged. Prefer email? Send the same details to support@tradingautopsy.com.

Questions people ask

Will you tell me the strategy is good so I keep paying you?

Look at the sample reports — the most-recommended strategy on the internet got a D. The grading is mechanical: out-of-sample decay, cost sensitivity, segment consistency, and drawdown math decide the grade, not me. Most strategies fail. That's the point of checking first.

Will you steal my strategy?

Private audits are confidential and never published. Bluntly: after auditing many strategies, the honest finding is that almost none are worth stealing — and if yours is the exception, the report proves it's yours first.

What can and can't be tested?

Rule-based strategies on stocks, ETFs, and major crypto: 15+ years of daily data, ~2 years of hourly. What can't be tested yet: minute-bar day-trading systems, options strategies, and anything discretionary ("I enter when the chart feels right"). If I can't test it, you don't pay.

Is this financial advice?

No. It's historical research: what would these rules have done in the past, tested honestly. It's not a recommendation to trade anything, and a good backtest is never a guarantee — the report says this too, prominently.

Why should I trust your engine?

Every report ships with the full trade log (every entry, exit, fee, and slippage charge) so anything can be independently verified. The methodology is printed inside each report: next-bar-open fills, pessimistic stop-before-target bar resolution, no look-ahead indicators, mark-to-market drawdowns.