Quant Mode

Custom Alpha Hunts

You write the recipe. We still do the hunt.

An alpha hunt still takes one idea the whole way: build, test, fix, stress-test, grade. That part did not change. What changed is where the idea comes from. We can still pick one for you. Or you write the recipe yourself — what to look for, where, on which timeframes, and whose code — save it, and run it again whenever you want.

Same hunt, same flat 20,000 premium tokens, same grade from F to S. Custom just means you pointed it. Leave every optional field blank and we still pick the idea, the markets and the timeframe for you.

Leave it to us, or write it yourself

Click Run an alpha hunt. The first time, a builder opens. Give it a title and you can stop there: Save and run is a normal hunt, just named. We pick everything else.

Fill anything else in and that becomes the foundation. Every hunt you run from that recipe keeps working from it, instead of starting from a blank page.

Once you have a saved hunt, the button becomes a list. Click a title to run it again. No popup.

Write a custom hunt

  1. Open Quant Mode in the sidebar of the app.
  2. Click Run an alpha hunt. First time: the builder opens. After that: click Create a new hunt at the bottom of the list.
  3. Name it. Everything else is optional.
  4. Save and run to start it now, or Save to keep it for later.

What's in the recipe

Title. Required. Something you'll recognise in the list, e.g. "SMC on forex, 15m–4h".

Universe. Forex, Crypto, Indices, Stocks, Commodities, Futures. Pick one or several. Pick none and we choose. Want a specific market inside that universe? Write it in the base idea — "gold", "EURUSD", "ES".

Group (optional). Attach an existing group and the result can land in that bag. The hunt also sees what's already in the group, so it steers away from remaking the same bet. The group does not override the markets, idea or timeframes you set on the hunt.

Base idea. Type the theme you want it to keep working from: "order blocks on the London session", "mean reversion after a liquidity sweep", whatever you actually trade. This is the foundation — the hunt builds around it instead of inventing a new theme each time.

Timeframe. A two-handle slider: 1m · 5m · 15m · 30m · 1h · 4h · 1d. Drag a range and the hunt picks inside it. Both handles on the same tick pins a single timeframe. Leave it untouched and we pick.

The tighter you make the recipe, the smaller the search. The builder says so when you narrow it. That's a warning, not a lock — a very tight hunt may take a few runs to find a survivor.

Use your own code

This is the reason the builder exists.

Some ideas have a fixed definition. An EMA is an EMA. Order blocks, fair value gaps, "my supply and demand" — those vary from trader to trader. There is no one correct formula. If you type "order blocks" and leave it at that, the hunt codes its order blocks. If you have your own, that's the wrong outcome.

So:

  1. In regular chat, set the platform to Horizon (not TradingView, not MetaTrader, not NinjaTrader).
  2. Build the script the way you actually mark the chart — your order blocks, your indicator, your filter.
  3. Back in Quant Mode, open the hunt builder. In Base idea, click + My Scripts or type @ and pick that script.

The hunt is told to use your implementation, not recode it. It builds the strategy around your code.

A few rules, said out loud:

  • Horizon scripts only. Pine, MQL5 and NinjaScript will not appear in the picker. Build the piece in Horizon mode first; you can export the finished strategy later.
  • Up to 3 scripts on one hunt. That's a building block, not a library.
  • If you have no Horizon scripts yet, the picker says so and points you at Create.

Save it and run it again

There is no "run without saving." The first hunt you configure becomes a saved hunt. After that:

  • Click a title in the list → it runs immediately, same recipe.
  • Pencil → edit, then Save or Save and run.
  • Trash → two clicks to delete. Delete the last one and the next Run an alpha hunt opens the builder again.

What does not change

You steer the inputs. The method stays locked: sweep, improve, stress-test, a computed grade from F to S, retire is final. Same graveyard, same playbook, same Promoted / Approve / Kill.

Agents are still "the hunt, on a schedule." They pick the idea themselves. Custom saved recipes are for hunts you start by hand.

Fine print

  • Title is the only required field. A named empty recipe is the same hunt as before — we pick the rest.
  • Attached scripts are read when the hunt starts, so it always sees the current code, not a snapshot from when you saved the recipe.
  • Narrower recipes (one market, one timeframe, a written idea, an attached script) can take more hunts to find a survivor. The builder warns you.

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