What is CoTrading
A local-first AI desktop workbench where AI proposes and you decide every order.
CoTrading is a local-first AI desktop workbench for crypto and stock traders. The idea is simple: AI helps you read the market and draft a plan, but every single order is approved by you. AI proposes, you decide, and the boundary that protects your capital is never handed to the AI.
The core principle: propose, don't execute
Most "AI trading" tools ask you to trust a black box with your funds. CoTrading takes the opposite stance. The AI process has no order-placing permission at all. It can analyze charts, reason about setups, and generate a trade plan — but it cannot touch your exchange account. Only a plan you explicitly approve turns into a real order.
This keeps the human in the loop where it matters most: the moment money moves.
What CoTrading gives you
Markets workbench
Multi-symbol candlestick charts with technical indicators (BOLL, MACD, KDJ, Fibonacci retracement) and a side-panel AI chat that reasons directly from the chart context you are looking at.
Approval trading
The AI generates a plan card — direction, entry, stop-loss, position size, and rationale. You approve or reject with one click. Nothing reaches the exchange until you say yes.
Deterministic risk controls
Daily-loss circuit breakers, cooldowns after consecutive losses, and per-trade and per-account position caps. These run as pure functions on your machine — never through an LLM. Closing orders are exempt from the breaker.
Local-first and bring-your-own-keys
Exchange API keys and AI model keys stay on your machine. They never enter logs and are never uploaded.
Testnet first, live only when you are ready
CoTrading defaults to testnet so you can practice the workflow with zero risk. Switching to live trading requires passing multiple confirmation gates plus a check that your exchange API key has withdrawals disabled. Live keys and testnet keys are stored in separate slots so they can never be confused.
Free software, not a paywalled feature set
The software itself is free and never feature-gated. Bring your own model key and everything works. Paid subscriptions (Free / Pro / Max / Ultra) simply buy the convenience of CoTrading-hosted AI model credits — not the unlocking of features.
Who it is for
CoTrading is built for traders who want AI as a copilot, not an autopilot: people who value safety, discipline, and staying in control of their own decisions. If you want a tool that respects your judgment and keeps your capital behind a boundary the AI can never cross, this is for you.
Trading involves risk. CoTrading is a decision-support tool, not investment advice. You are always responsible for your own trades.
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