2026 · Trading is automated

The open marketplace for high-frequency trading bots.

Anyone can build it. Anyone can sell it. HFTbot is the decentralized distribution layer for audited algorithmic strategies — run on your own machine, against your own broker. No SaaS lock-in. Your keys, your data, your alpha.

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Open vendor networkAnyone can publish

Local executionKeys never leave your machine

Pay onceNo subscriptions

gt-momentum-pro · live

$ python bot.py

GT Momentum Pro · PAPER

scan NVDA ensemble=+2.3 z=1.8

scan TSLA ensemble=-0.4 z=0.3

BUY NVDA qty=12 @ $521.40

WIN AAPL +3.21%

scan META ensemble=+1.6 z=1.1

› profit lock armed · trailing +1.5%

Why HFTbot

Most trading bots are scams. We fix that.

We don't run your money. We don't take a cut of your P&L. We curate strategies built by quants who actually trade them, and we publish the code so you can audit it before you run it.

Run it yourself

Bots run on your machine against your broker account. No data leaves your computer. Stop the bot whenever you want — it's just code.

Audited & open

Every bot ships with full source. Read it, fork it, modify it. We refuse to list black-box "AI" you can't inspect.

Pay once, own it

One-time purchase. No monthly fees, no per-trade rake. Updates included for the lifetime of the bot.

Risk-first design

Calibrated risk dial, hard stops, daily-loss kill-switches, profit-lock logic — wired into every listed bot.

Paper-trade first

Default to Alpaca paper mode. Run for a week with fake money. Flip the live switch only when you trust it.

Mix & match

Run multiple bots on one account. Uncorrelated strategies compose into a portfolio — sentiment + momentum + mean-reversion.

The catalog

Five bots live. More every week.

A growing catalog from independent vendors. Each one solves a different market regime — designed to be uncorrelated alpha streams.

Stats shown are from simulated historical backtests across multiple market conditions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All bots ship with full source so you can run your own backtests before going live.

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How it works

Three steps. No SaaS dashboard.

Buy a bot

Pay with card, Apple Pay, Klarna, Cash App, ACH, or crypto. Top up wallet credit once and check out instantly on future bots.

Download & install

Get a zip with the full bot source + README. pip install -r requirements.txt, drop in your broker keys, and run.

Watch & scale

Start in paper mode. Watch for a week. Tune the risk dial. Flip to live with one env var. Runs on your laptop, server, or VPS.

Trust by default

Built for people who read the code.

Every vendor on HFTbot agrees to a strict listing standard. Bots must ship full source, document their risk model, and pass automated smoke-tests against a reference broker account before they go live.

Your keys never leave your machine. Bots run locally. They talk to your broker, not to us.
Encrypted at rest. AES-128 on the local config. No plaintext keys on disk.
Kill switch. Every bot honors a daily-loss limit and flattens positions when hit.
Paper-first. Default to Alpaca paper. Live mode requires an explicit env flag.
Source available. Every line is auditable. No obfuscation, no compiled blobs.

Pay how you want

Cards via Stripe. Crypto via Coinbase Commerce. Wallet credit for repeat buyers.

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For quants

You built it. Sell it.

Running a strategy that works? List it on HFTbot. We handle payments, downloads, license enforcement, and discoverability. You keep 80% of every sale — flat 20% platform fee, no other strings, no exclusivity.

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Questions

Things people ask before buying.

Are these bots guaranteed to make money?

No. No one can guarantee that — and anyone who does is lying. Past backtests don't predict future returns. Every bot can and will have losing days. We publish the strategy, the risk parameters, and the worst-case drawdown so you can decide.

Why one-time payment instead of subscription?

Because SaaS-priced bots have an incentive to keep you subscribed, not to actually make you money. Pay once, own the code, run it as long as you want. Updates included.

Do you have access to my brokerage account?

No. The bot runs on your computer (or VPS). It uses your Alpaca API keys, stored locally and encrypted at rest. We never see your keys or your portfolio.

What broker do I need?

Alpaca, currently. Free paper-trading account at alpaca.markets — works for testing. Live trading needs a funded Alpaca account. Interactive Brokers + Tradier support coming Q3 2026.

Can I get a refund?

Within 14 days of purchase, no questions asked — provided you haven't placed live trades using the bot. Email hello@hftbot.ai.

Who runs HFTbot?

HFTbot is an open marketplace. The platform is operated by an independent team — vendors list their own bots and the platform takes a flat 20% fee on each transaction. GeekedTrades is one vendor among many.