Release notes
TigerTradeBot v1.0.0
1.0.0 is the first TigerTradeBot build with a version number of its own. It was stamped on July 10, 2026, the same day the unified release build started producing the installers listed on the downloads page. It follows a year of development that began in July 2025 as a command-line bot. There were no public beta releases before it.
Highlights
- Paper trading on a built-in simulator. Every bot instance runs in Paper, Live, Backtest or Idle mode, and new instances start in Paper. Paper orders are simulated against live market data, and nothing is sent to a broker. A paper-only license keeps every instance in Paper: it can never place, modify or cancel a real order.
- Strategy Lab. Backtests, a parameter optimizer (grid search, plus an AI-assisted mode), preset comparison, walk-forward validation across time segments with an in-sample/out-of-sample split, and overfitting warnings on optimizer results.
- Strategy Designer (new). A visual rule builder for entries and exits, plus an AI assistant that drafts a strategy from a conversation and critiques it before you test it.
- Brokers. Charles Schwab (stocks, ETFs and options, with an explicit Reconnect flow for Schwab’s weekly re-authorization), Alpaca (stocks, ETFs and crypto, with paper or live keys), and Polymarket (prediction markets). Webull is new and in beta: stocks, options, crypto and Kalshi-powered event contracts.
- Options and crypto. Single-leg options, defined-risk spreads such as the iron condor (paper first; live opens are gated), and a reworked crypto stack with exposure caps and quality gates.
- AI Copilot. Chat about your strategies and results with a local model on any OpenAI-compatible server (LM Studio, Ollama, llama.cpp and others), or with your own API key for OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, xAI, DeepSeek or Amazon Bedrock. The optional AI Trade Confirmation Gate can approve or veto the entries and discretionary exits your strategy proposes; it is off by default. The AI does not predict markets or give financial advice.
- Charting. Realtime charts with drawing tools, alerts tied to drawings, and chart-based trade plans.
- Reporting. Trade journals, performance reports, and a tax center with closed and open lots, an annual summary, a Form 8949-style CSV (not an official IRS form) and an accountant package.
- Risk controls. A per-instance circuit breaker with daily loss limits and a consecutive-loss limit, stop-loss and take-profit exits, position sizing models, and stale-data protection that blocks entries on old quotes.
- Security and licensing. Two-factor sign-in with an authenticator app is required for the app’s interface. A license activation gate runs on first launch.
- Installers. macOS
.pkg, Windows_setup.exe, Linux.deband.rpm, portable.tar.gz/.zipbundles, and aSHA256SUMSfile covering all of them. The installers are not code-signed. - Backup and restore for your TigerTradeBot data.
Known limitations
- Interactive Brokers is not supported for trading. The connection settings exist, but no strategy can route orders to IBKR. It’s on the roadmap.
- Schwab refresh tokens expire after 7 days (Schwab’s policy). Reconnect from Settings with Reconnect Schwab when the app warns you.
- Webull support hasn’t yet been verified end to end against Webull’s API with real credentials. Start in Paper mode.
- Unsigned installers. macOS and Windows may warn the first time you open them. Verify the checksum first: see the installation guide.
Trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. The free paper-trading license lets you practice first: 12 months, one per email address, no card required.