Founding Creator Program — 50 spots

Join the Founding 50.
Build strategies
that trade for you.

CipherLux is opening Creator access to 50 founding strategy developers. Bring your strategy, configure it across 100 assets and 5 timeframes, and earn every time someone runs it. Your code stays private. You keep 60%.

What you get

Everything you need to build and earn.

250 free credits on approval

Credits power everything on the platform — AI-assisted strategy generation, backtesting across assets and timeframes, and running live signals. 250 credits is enough to build, test, and validate a strategy completely.

Referral rewards

Share your link. New traders get +25 bonus credits on signup. You earn +25 credits when they connect their exchange — real users, not bots.

Strategy IDE with AI assistance

Write Python strategies in the browser with an AI pair-programmer that understands the CipherLux engine constraints. No local setup required.

Your community can use your strategy as…

Marketplace runs, trade signals, Telegram & Discord delivery, mobile (Android/iOS TestFlight), or full auto-execution with or without user approval. Non-custodial — funds stay on their exchange. Quality pipeline rolling out.

Publishing and distribution

Approved strategies go live on the CipherLux marketplace where subscribers discover and purchase them. You keep 60% of every sale and 30% of platform auto-exec revenue on your strategy.

How you earn

Two revenue streams. Forever.

Stream 1

Strategy sales

When a subscriber purchases your strategy on the marketplace, you earn 60% of the sale price. CipherLux keeps 40%. The sale is one-time per subscriber.

Your strategy code is never visible to buyers — they can run it but cannot see how it works. Your edge stays yours.

Stream 2

Performance earnings

CipherLux earns 25% of the profits generated by each profitable trade. As a creator, you earn 30% of that 25% from every profitable trade your strategy generates for users.

Example: Your strategy generates $1,000 in subscriber profits. Platform earns $250 (25%). You earn $75 (30% of $250). Across 100 subscribers and 500 asset configurations, this compounds into meaningful passive income.

Revenue calculator

100 subscribers × $49 strategy price
$4,900
gross sales
Your 60% share
$2,940
Plus performance earnings on top, every month.

Strategy privacy

Your strategy stays yours.

When a subscriber purchases your strategy, they get access to run it — not to see it. The code is never exposed to buyers, to other creators, or to anyone outside CipherLux's execution environment. You can sell your edge without giving it away. This is why serious strategy developers choose CipherLux over public forums and copy-trading platforms.

Who it's for

Built for builders.

Pine Script developers

You have strategies that work but have no execution infrastructure or distribution.

Algo traders

You backtest well but want real live execution without running your own fund.

Quant developers

You want to turn your research into recurring income without managing client relationships.

The build journey

Six steps from idea to income.

1
Build
Use the Strategy IDE (Python) or No-Code Builder. An AI assistant guides you through the CipherLux engine contract.
2
Test
Backtest across 100+ assets and 5 timeframes. See performance across different market regimes.
3
Configure
Set which assets and timeframes your strategy runs on. More configurations = more potential revenue.
4
Submit
One-click submission starts automated certification (walk-forward + multi-asset sweep). No manual queue.
5
Admitted
If gates pass, your strategy is admitted. That means the engine accepted it — not yet live for subscribers.
6
Publishable
When sellable inventory and metrics clear publish thresholds, status becomes publishable and you can list on the marketplace.
7
Earn
60% of every sale plus 30% of performance earnings from profitable trades — ongoing, as long as your strategy runs.

Before you build

Understand what the engine supports.

The CipherLux execution engine is designed for real-time live trading. Strategies must follow the engine's interface contract to be compatible. Read these constraints before writing your first line of strategy code.

Strategy code must implement the CipherLux Python interface: a class with a def next(self, ctx) method that returns a signal dict or None.

Strategies must be stateless. Instance variables (self.*) do not persist between ticks. Each evaluation runs in a fresh sandbox process.

Position sizing and leverage are controlled at the portfolio level, not in the strategy code. Your strategy defines entry and exit conditions only.

Trailing stop losses are not supported. Fixed stop loss and take profit levels only. Both must be present and greater than zero.

The next() method must not reference account balance, open positions, unrealized PnL, or available margin. These are not available in the strategy context.

Strategies must return a signal within the sandbox time limit. Long-running computations that exceed 60 seconds wall clock will cause a runtime error.

Allowed imports: numpy, pandas, ta, talib, pandas_ta, scipy, math, json, datetime. Machine learning frameworks (sklearn, torch, tensorflow) are not installed.

Built-in functions open, exec, eval, compile, globals, and locals are blocked. Calling them raises a NameError at runtime.

Read the full strategy coding guide in the platform documentation for the complete interface specification before writing your first strategy.

After you submit

Two gates: admitted, then publishable.

Certification is not a single pass/fail. First the engine admits your strategy. Separately, publish thresholds decide whether it can go live on the marketplace.

in_review

Certification job is queued or running (walk-forward folds, multi-asset sweep, persona packaging).

admitted

WF and admission gates passed. The strategy is certified by the engine but not automatically live.

admitted_not_publishable

Admitted, but sellable inventory or publish metrics are below threshold. Improve coverage or edge, then re-certify.

publishable

Admitted and marketplace-ready. Approve/publish to list for subscribers.

rejected

Failed admission gates (folds, PF, trades, or drawdown). Fix the strategy and submit again.

Publishing criteria

What gets approved.

Every strategy submitted is evaluated against objective criteria before going live. These thresholds protect subscribers — only strategies with demonstrated performance get published.

Profit Factor
≥ 1.3
Gross profits divided by gross losses, measured over the review backtest period (full year 2025, BTCUSDT baseline). Below 1.5 fails automatically.
Total Trades
≥ 25
Minimum 25 trades over the review backtest period. Fewer trades means insufficient statistical evidence.
Win Rate
> 35%
More than 35% of trades must be profitable. Strategies with ≤ 35% win rate fail, regardless of profit factor.
Max Drawdown
≤ 40%
Maximum drawdown must not exceed 40% over the review backtest period. Strategies with higher drawdown fail — this protects subscribers from excessive risk.
Review backtest configuration: full year 2025, $10,000 initial capital, 2% position size, 1× leverage, isolated margin. Strategies that exceed these minimums significantly are recommended for higher suggested pricing — see pricing guidance below.

Setting your price

You control the price. Here's how to think about it.

Factors that support a higher price

  • Higher profit factor (significantly above 1.3)
  • Lower maximum drawdown
  • More certified asset configurations (breadth)
  • Longer validated backtest period
  • High win rate (above 55%)

Market dynamics to expect

  • A strategy priced too high will see fewer buyers
  • Priced too low, you leave revenue on the table
  • A strong track record commands a premium
  • Broad multi-asset coverage justifies higher pricing
  • Monitor conversion rate in your Creator Dashboard after launch

CipherLux does not set a floor or ceiling on strategy pricing. After launch, monitor your strategy's conversion rate in the Creator Dashboard. If buyers are viewing but not purchasing, the price may be too high for the track record shown.

Founding Creator Program

Apply for Creator Access

Limited to the first 50 accepted creators. Applications reviewed within 24 hours. Human approval required — 250 credits issued on approve.