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.

The Research Lifecycle

FROM MARKET OBSERVATION
TO FORWARD EVIDENCE

Every TradeBuddy capability is a stage in a single disciplined lifecycle — from raw observation to forward-tested evidence.

01
OBSERVE

Capture market and option behavior.

02
ANALYZE

Measure technical conditions and market regime.

03
TEST

Replay historical markets through deterministic strategy logic.

04
VALIDATE

Run the same strategy forward against market observations it has never seen before.

05
LEARN

Compare historical assumptions with actual forward-market behavior.

06
DISCOVERResearch Direction

Build evidence for future trading intelligence.

DISCOVER represents future product direction. Autonomous strategy discovery and ML optimization are not production-ready.

Signature Capability

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
Options Intelligence

OPTIONS ARE MORE THAN DIRECTION.

TradeBuddy studies the full path from underlying movement to option outcome — observation and research only, never specific contract recommendations.

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

Historical and forward options research on SPY contracts.

SPXW 0DTE OBSERVATION

Observation and research of same-day index option behavior.

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.

SPXW capability represents observation and research only. TradeBuddy does not present CALL/PUT recommendations or expose selected contracts.

Engineered, Not Marketed

THE TRADEBUDDY
RESEARCH ENGINE

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MARKET OBSERVATIONS
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OPTION OBSERVATIONS
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HISTORICAL BARS ANALYZED
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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.