AskFutures — describe a strategy, we run the backtest

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00 · LIVE

Plain-English backtesting

Type a trading idea in plain English. AskFutures backtests it against years of futures data — in seconds, no code.

Describe a trading idea…

Run backtest

MNQ · 12 MONTHS

Backtest complete

Source: AskFutures · MNQ · hypothetical backtest

01 · PRICING

Simple plans.

Every plan includes the full app. Pick a tier based on how much you intend to research. Top up anytime; credits never expire.

AskFutures pricing tiers compared
StarterMost popularStandardPro
Price$10/mo$30/mo$100/mo
Backtests / mo502001,000
Optimization cycles2,50010,00050,000
Top-up rate50 / $1066 / $10100 / $10
Start with StarterStart with StandardStart with Pro

Starter

$10/mo

Backtests / mo
50

Optimization cycles
2,500

Top-up rate
50 / $10

Start with Starter

StandardMost popular

$30/mo

Backtests / mo
200

Optimization cycles
10,000

Top-up rate
66 / $10

Start with Standard

Pro

$100/mo

Backtests / mo
1,000

Optimization cycles
50,000

Top-up rate
100 / $10

Start with Pro

3-day free trial · cancel anytime

02 · ENTERPRISE

Run AskFutures inside your own workflow.

Custom infrastructure for teams that need programmatic access and private deployment.

  • MCP access
  • CLI access
  • Unlimited testing
  • Run in your own cloud
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The bridge

Ideas are everywhere. Validation wasn’t.

A hunch is cheap; proof is hard. AskFutures is the bridge — drop in a plain-English idea and watch it cross from hunch to backtest.

VALIDATED

Ideas were never the shortage. Validation was.

Hypothetical illustration — not a performance claim.

03 · LIVE EXAMPLES

Recently backtested ideas

Real published backtests from AskFutures — plain-English ideas run against years of futures data. Switch tabs to inspect each result, then test your own.

Backtested results are hypothetical and do not represent actual trading. Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss.

Idea 1 of 6: MNQ price drops 1% from previous day’s close

04 · OPTIMIZATION

Tune every parameter, visually.

Every value in your strategy is tunable. AskFutures sweeps the ranges you choose and lays every result on a single chart — so you find the settings that hold up, not the ones that just happened to win.

  • Give any parameter a range — the optimizer runs every combination for you.
  • Hundreds of backtests collapse onto one parametric surface: P&L, win rate, and drawdown side by side.
  • Read the surface for robust plateaus, not a single lucky setting.

Backtested results are hypothetical and do not represent actual trading. Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss.