An algorithmic trading platform built around Python.
Build, backtest, paper trade, and live trade US equities, ETF, and futures strategies in one managed Python workflow, with diagnostics, orders, fills, and logs built in.
One workflow, end to end.
Strategies in Python
Real Python against a typed SDK, not no-code blocks or a charting script. The full language, with AI assistance in the editor.
Backtest to live, one code path
The same strategy runs in backtest, paper, and live. Promoting changes the data feed and broker, not your code.
Managed compute
Runs execute on managed cloud infrastructure in a hardened sandbox, no servers or schedulers to operate.
Diagnostics built in
Orders, fills, positions, ledger, classified issues, and logs for every run, with CSV export.
Backtest → paper → live, on one code path.
Write the strategy once. A run's mode is a setting, not a separate program, the same code reacts to market events in backtest, paper, and live.
- Event-driven backtest with modeled fills
- Paper on a live feed, simulated fills
- Live through your broker, on request
- No parallel codebase to maintain
Every run is a record you can inspect.
Orders, fills, positions, ledger, classified issues, and logs for each run, so you can see exactly what the strategy did and why.
- Order lifecycle and fills
- Positions and a cash ledger
- Classified issues and logs
- CSV export for run data
Who it's for.
Python traders who want a managed workflow.
You want to write strategies in code and run them end to end without assembling the engine, execution, and hosting yourself.
US equities, ETFs, and futures.
Periscøpe focuses on these markets and on Python. It's not a no-code tool, and it doesn't cover options, FX, or crypto.
Algorithmic trading platform: questions.
What is an algorithmic trading platform? +
A platform for trading by rules expressed in code rather than by hand. You define a strategy, test it against historical data, and run it automatically. Periscøpe covers the full path, backtest, paper, and live, for US equities, ETFs, and futures.
What language are strategies written in? +
Python. You write a strategy class against a typed SDK, with parameters you set per run and AI assistance available in the editor.
Which markets does it support? +
US equities, ETFs, and futures. Not options, FX, or crypto.
Can I trade live? +
Yes, the same strategy that backtests runs live through your broker. Live access is rolled out to select users on request.
Run one strategy through Periscøpe.
We onboard in focused cohorts. Tell us what you trade and how you work. Live access is rolled out to select users on request.