Research Methodology

HOW TRADEBUDDY TURNS
OBSERVATION INTO EVIDENCE

TradeBuddy is engineered around a single principle: a strategy is only as good as the evidence behind it. The research engine observes markets, tests hypotheses historically, and validates them forward against markets the strategy has never seen.

How TradeBuddy Thinks

A DISCIPLINED PATH FROM
OBSERVATION TO DECISION

Every TradeBuddy capability is a stage in one evidence-driven lifecycle — conclusions come from measured market evidence, historical context and forward validation, not intuition.

OBSERVE→MEASURE→UNDERSTAND→REMEMBER→TEST→LEARN→ASSIST
01
OBSERVE

Capture live market and option behavior.

02
MEASURE

Quantify technical conditions and market structure.

03
UNDERSTAND

Classify the prevailing market regime and context.

04
REMEMBER

Retain historical market and strategy evidence — market memory.

05
TEST

Replay strategies against historical and forward markets.

06
LEARN

Compare assumptions with actual forward-market outcomes.

07
ASSIST

Turn validated evidence into understandable decision support.

Market Memory & Forward Validation

TRADEBUDDY
STRATEGY FLIGHT RECORDER

DEMO · SIMULATION

EVERY DECISION LEAVES EVIDENCE.

MARKET STATE
SPY 617.42
ANALYTICS
RSI 63.4
REGIME
RANGING_BULLISH
DECISION
HYPOTHESIS
OPTION MARKET
ATM 617 · IV 12.8%
HYPOTHETICAL EXECUTION
SIMULATED
PRICE PATH
T+1 → T+n
OUTCOME
EVIDENCE

TradeBuddy preserves what the system saw, what the strategy decided, what the option market looked like, and what happened afterward.

Instead of evaluating strategies only against historical simulations, TradeBuddy can compare their assumptions with forward-market behavior.

The Differentiator

BACKTESTING IS THE BEGINNING.
FORWARD EVIDENCE IS THE TEST.

Historical Backtest
  • Known historical dataset
  • Deterministic replay
  • Simulated fills
  • Historical outcomes
SAME STRATEGY.
DIFFERENT EVIDENCE.
Forward Validation
  • Market not previously seen by strategy
  • Real-time observation
  • Observed option market
  • Hypothetical execution
  • Forward outcome
Current Focus
IN RESEARCH & VALIDATION

SPX, SPY AND 0DTE OPTIONS INTELLIGENCE.

Index and same-day options are TradeBuddy's current specialization and proving ground — the arena where the platform sharpens its evidence-driven method. It is where TradeBuddy works today, not where it is permanently limited.

01Underlying movement
02Contract selection
03Bid / Ask
04Implied Volatility
05Greeks
06Premium Behavior
07Outcome
SPX / SPY OPTIONS

Quantitative research on index and ETF option behavior.

0DTE OBSERVATION

Observation and research of same-day index option dynamics.

PREMIUM BEHAVIOR

How option premium evolves relative to the underlying and time.

VOLATILITY

Implied volatility structure and its role in contract pricing.

MARKET STRUCTURE

Liquidity, spreads and two-sided market quality.

Current work is observation and research only. TradeBuddy does not present CALL/PUT recommendations or expose selected contracts. Broader markets and instruments belong to the long-term vision.

Live Market Evidence

AN OPERATING
RESEARCH PLATFORM

Built in public. Validated against real markets. These metrics come from a sanitized public status feed — evidence that TradeBuddy is a working research platform, not a product concept.

CONNECTING
MARKET OBSERVATIONS
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OPTION OBSERVATIONS
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HISTORICAL BARS ANALYZED
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BACKTEST RUNS
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FORWARD EVALUATIONS
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RESEARCH SESSIONS
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SYSTEM STATUS
IDLE
OBSERVER MODE
DATA HEALTH
HEALTHY
LATEST OBSERVATION
2026-08-08T16:00:00-04:00

Values are read from the sanitized public status API. No proprietary strategy, signal, contract, or P&L data is exposed.

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