Independent Research Firm
Welcome to the future of automated trading access. IRF designs and builds professional-grade trading programs for TradeStation, NinjaTrader, MetaTrader 4/5, and Python — and gives them to the trading community free of charge, no strings attached.
A comprehensive corporate report accompanies every strategy we publish.
We also offer custom models for traders with specific needs. Single-asset strategy builds priced at $2,000. Portfolio builds from $10,000.
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What We Offer
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Free to Download · Multi-Platform
Fully automated and semi-automated strategies built for TradeStation, NinjaTrader, MetaTrader 4/5, MultiCharts, and Python. Every program is stress-tested using genetic algorithms, Monte Carlo simulation, and live capital before it is made available to the community. Continuously updated and free forever.
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Complimentary · Ongoing
Institutional-level research on every asset we trade, built on the same analytical process we apply to our own live trading capital. Delivered to the community at no cost, with no strings attached.
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Bespoke · By Engagement
For traders who require something more tailored, IRF designs and delivers custom algorithmic strategies — or full portfolios of strategies — built to specification. Each engagement begins with a structured consultation to define objectives, risk parameters, target instruments, and performance benchmarks. What follows is a research and development process identical to the one we apply to our own capital. The result is a proprietary, client-exclusive system delivered with full documentation.
Single-asset strategy builds priced at $2,000. Portfolio builds from $10,000.
Currently oversubscribed and not accepting new clients.
Start a ConversationHow We Build
Our system development process is powered by modeling software that uses genetic algorithms and advanced machine learning to produce billions of raw market strategies, then filters out all but the most promising algorithms across thousands of marketable securities. This allows us to focus research efforts exclusively on strategies most likely to exhibit positive performance and longevity in live markets.
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Every candidate strategy is evaluated against 1,000 randomly generated strategies used as a benchmark. We also apply the E-Ratio — developed by David Bergstrom at BuildAlpha — to eliminate programs that benefit more from random luck than from any genuinely exploitable market advantage.
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Strategies must pass a Risk of Ruin threshold of 5.0% or lower, and must exhibit wholly positive Strategies must pass a Risk of Ruin threshold of 5.0% or lower, and must exhibit wholly positive Confidence Intervals across multiple simulated trade series — using up to 500,000 forecasting iterations per series — to increase the likelihood of long-term profitability.
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Our use of logical data sets that incorporate both low- and high-volatility price action significantly reduces the likelihood of parameter overfitting. Fully isolated and sequestered blind data is used to simulate real-time trading performance during late-stage testing and performance validation.
Our Philosophy
We are often asked why we give away nearly all of our products and services for free. The first reason is simple: to say thank you. Time is the only commodity that cannot be manufactured, recreated, or bought back. You have given us some of that by engaging with our community. The least we can do is show our sincere gratitude.
The second reason is rooted in something that countless successful people — from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger to Dave Ramsey and Alex Hormozi — have articulated in one form or another: generosity to others is its own reward. Every measure of success we have achieved came with help from someone who made their time or knowledge available to us. Now that we recognize that truth, there is no putting the genie back in the bottle.
You can download our programs, evaluate them for yourself, and use them in your own trading at no cost — forever. Trust but verify, as the saying goes. We also collaborate with traders on securities-specific custom builds. Reach out if that interests you.
A Rich History
IRF's principal was the founder of a successful derivatives brokerage firm, registered fund manager, accredited asset management specialist, and Federal Economist with more than three decades of professional trading experience. He has advised banks and hedge funds on risk modeling, developed portfolios for ultra-high-net-worth clients, and traded through every major market cycle since pit trading was at its peak.
With the advent of algorithmic trading, he has focused exclusively on developing robust automated trading strategies for his own investment portfolio. Today, he brings his experience and passion for trading to investors worldwide. Everything we publish here is free, forever.
Get In Touch
Joining the IRF community is free — it costs nothing except a verified email address. We will never sell, lease, or trade your personal information. Reach out if you are interested in our research reports, trading programs, or a custom strategy built to your specifications.
info@independentresearchfirm.comGeneral Disclosures & Important Disclaimers
As with any business, trading comes with many known and unknown risks. Some of those risks are systemic and others are highly specific. While we do our best to limit trade risk as much as possible, the use of margin combined with unexpected price volatility can lead to negative outlier trade results. The use of any automated trading strategy, including ours, requires that you read, understand, and acknowledge the potentially debilitating risks associated with day trading. We encourage you to discuss these risks with a trusted financial and/or legal advisor to ensure our style of trading is suitable for your individual circumstances.
Day trading can be extremely risky and is generally not appropriate for someone of limited resources, limited investment or trading experience, or low risk tolerance. You should be prepared to lose all of the funds you use for day trading. Do not fund day-trading activities with retirement savings, student loans, second mortgages, emergency funds, or funds required to meet your living expenses.
Day trading can lead to large and immediate financial losses. You must compete with professional, licensed traders employed by securities firms and should have appropriate experience before engaging in day trading.
Day trading involves aggressive trading and you will generally pay commissions on each trade. The total daily commissions paid on your trades will add to your losses or significantly reduce your earnings.
When you day trade with funds borrowed from a firm or another person, you can lose more than the funds you originally placed at risk. Short selling as part of your day-trading strategy may also lead to extraordinary losses.
Persons providing investment advice for others or managing securities accounts for others may need to register as either an Investment Adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or as a Broker or Dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such activities may also trigger state registration requirements.