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PROCESS

How a private build works.

Seven steps, in writing, in this order. Nothing touches a funded account before it has passed a paper period. The strategy logic stays yours.

01
Application

Three minutes: markets, platform (MT4, MT5, NinjaTrader, Tradovate), account and prop firm, your own strategy or a done-for-you system, budget range.

SAME DAY · cotrader.pro/apply
02
Call

Fifteen minutes. We confirm the fit, the firm's rules, and what the system must and must not do. No price is quoted before this call.

WITHIN 48 HOURS
03
Written quote and rules specification

A fixed price and a plain-English specification: entry, exit, stop, sizing, sessions, news windows, daily and trailing limits, kill switch. You sign it off before any code is written. Anything that cannot be tested is not in it.

1 TO 3 DAYS
04
Deposit

50% to start. It is credited to the build and is not refundable once work begins. Both halves and the handover terms are written in the quote before you pay.

PAYMENT LINK IN THE QUOTE
05
Build and backtest

The system is built with automated checks on every path: data, signal, risk, order. It is backtested on years of historical data and the numbers are shared as numbers, with the word backtest attached, never as a promise. A first-run self-check runs on your own machine before anything trades.

1 TO 3 WEEKS DEPENDING ON SCOPE
06
Paper validation

Two weeks on a simulated account with a weekly written review from the journal: what followed the plan, what did not. Live mode opens only after a set number of clean paper days. You can stop, change a cap, or switch a model off at any time.

2 WEEKS · WEEKLY REVIEW
07
Install, handover, support

Install on your machine or VPS, a recorded walkthrough, a written handover, a licence bound to your account, and support after delivery. The second 50% is due at handover.

SUPPORT INCLUDED · UPDATES AS SIGNED FILES

What passes and what fails paper validation

CHECKPASSFAIL
RulesEvery entry inside the written specOne trade outside a session or a locked window
ProtectionStop and target at the broker on every fillAny unprotected position, even for seconds
LimitsDaily stop and firm limits never breachedA breach, or a limit that could be widened from the client side
RestartOrders survive a platform restart and are re-adoptedOrphaned or duplicated orders after restart
FlatFlat at the agreed time, proven in the log, every dayAny overnight position not in the spec

A fail is fixed and the paper clock restarts. Profit in paper is not a pass criterion; following the rules is.

What we do not do

Run your code on our machines. Hold your API keys. Trade a live account during the build. Promise returns, win rates or payouts. Build martingale, grid or averaging-down systems. Share your strategy with anyone.

Typical scope

Your strategy, coded (one platform, one market, risk gate, prop-firm presets): from a few days of work. Full AI system (your strategy plus the agent team: research, risk check, news lock, review, Telegram): the longest build. Exact scope and price come with the written quote.

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Not financial advice. Trading involves substantial risk of loss. Backtested results are hypothetical.
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