Hi everyone,
I am incredibly excited to finally open this group and introduce you to ProRealQuant.
You can use for free our new web App tool here: https://www.prorealcode.com/prorealquant/
We built this tool with one goal in mind: to break “writer’s block” for algotrading. Sometimes you know how to code, but you just run out of ideas. Or maybe you have the ideas, but coding them from scratch takes too long.
What is ProRealQuant? It is an online automated generator that creates trading strategies from a curated set of indicators (Moving Averages, RSI, Breakouts, Price Action…) and tests them against your specific risk constraints.
It’s not just a randomizer; it’s a filter. You tell it what a “good strategy” looks like to you (Min Profit Factor, Max Drawdown, Stability score…), and it hunts for logic that fits.
How to use it:
- Choose your Mode: Use “Generate & Backtest” for a quick batch of 200 strategies, or hit “Start Continuous” to let the engine run in the background indefinitely (like a mining rig for alpha!).
- Set your Filters: Be strict! You can enforce a specific Risk/Reward ratio, require a minimum number of trades, or limit the “Max Time in Market”.
- Get the Code: When you see a nice equity curve, click “View”. You will see the human-readable logic (e.g., “SMA(20) crosses over SMA(50)”) and the ProBuilder code ready to copy/paste into your ProRealTime platform.
The “Seed” Feature: Found something interesting but lost it? The generator uses a Seed. If you keep the same seed and settings, you get the exact same result. This is perfect for sharing a strategy with a friend here: just give them the Seed ID!
👇 Your Mission: Go give it a try. I want to see what you find! Please use this group to:
- Share the wildest equity curves you generated.
- Ask questions about the filters or the logic.
- Report any bugs or suggest new indicators for the generator.
- Suggest new way of orders management.
I prefer for now to not go too deep in presentation and explanation and let users experiment the tool. I tried to make everything straight forward for a fast understanding, but hey, don’t hesitate to post questions.
Disclaimer: Remember that ProRealQuant is a research tool. It generates ideas, but you are the trader. Always re-test everything in ProRealTime with spread and slippage before even thinking about live trading.
Let the hunt begin!
Exciting new Tool Nicolas Big Thank You!
You have so worked soo hard on it all – the whole new PRC website.
I could barely believe it when when I ‘dropped’ on the ProRealQuant app this morning.
There is only 1 Timeframe available in the settings – 1 Day – in the Generator … or am I missing something?
Thanks GraHal, much appreciated 👍
Currently yes, only daily timeframe is available. It’s a bit early to add more timeframes by now, as I’d like to gather reports from users on how it goes for now.
How is experience so far? Is it fast enough to generate in continuous mode?
I’ll try soon to make some videos for the basis of the tool.
Idea! 🙂
Each week, change the single Timeframe available on the Generator?
We’ve had 1 Day TF for a few weeks, now could we have 1 Hour TF Nicolas please?
Yes, why not. I just have to find the time. ProRealQuant exists only since 3 weeks 🙂
Thank you for the idea!
What is below (under date settings) supposed to be used for?
Fixed: Start+200 to Last Bar
It looks like it should have a radio button to select 200 bars etc? Currently it seems to do nothing?
This information indicates that regardless of the start date for backtesting, the previous 200 candlesticks will be used to calculate the indicators. This is crucial to ensure the backtesting engine has the correct information to initiate the first orders as soon as the requested start date is reached. Note that if the earliest date is selected, backtesting will obviously begin 200 bars later, since there is no historical data prior to that date.
FYI: all history data have been updated + added IG DAX 40 1-hour timeframe (1 year only for testing purpose).
I have just added this data:
- DAX40 index 1-hour timeframe (GMT+0 – NO DST) Data range: 2015-01-01 → 2026-02-11 (58465 bars)
Be aware that this represents many more candlesticks to test than the daily timeframe and that this will notably impact the speed of backtest generation.
Congratulations Nicolas, a very interesting tool. Regarding the instruments, I understand that ProOrder Auto only allows trading futures, and ProRealQuant doesn’t offer futures, I believe… Is it possible to change this? Micro E-Mini XXX, for example?
Hi, and thanks for the kind words!
You raise a good point about futures data. Unfortunately, futures data (including Micro E-Mini contracts) is not freely available. Intraday and even daily data for futures comes from exchanges like CME, and they charge licensing fees for redistribution. There’s simply no way to offer that kind of data on a public website without paying for expensive data feeds, which is not realistic for a free community tool.
That said, I want to clarify something about ProOrder: it’s not limited to futures only. You can also run automated strategies on CFDs through IG, which is directly integrated with ProRealTime. Many traders in the community use ProOrder with IG CFDs on indices, forex, commodities and even stocks. So the strategies generated by ProRealQuant on the available instruments can absolutely be used in live automated trading via CFDs, you don’t necessarily need futures contracts for that.
Regarding the data situation more broadly, improving the range of available instruments is my top priority right now. I want to add more indices, some forex pairs, commodities, and ideally more timeframes too. The goal is to give the community enough variety so that we can explore many different markets together and find uncorrelated strategies across asset classes.
It’s a work in progress, but it’s coming. Stay tuned!
