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CAUTILYA CAPITAL compared with AlgoTest, Tradetron, Streak and StockMock
What each platform does, as far as their own pages tell us, including where we fall short. We would rather you pick the right tool than the wrong one.
Peer information read on 2026-10-01
How to read this page
Each fact about another platform comes from that company’s own pages and links to them. Where we could not confirm something there, the cell says so rather than guessing. A question mark means we could not confirm the point on that company's own pages, not that it is missing. Prices and features change; check the company before you decide.
Where we are stronger
Large parameter searches, fast
A grid of 300 combinations over three months of NIFTY data finished in about 10 seconds when we measured it. Tradetron states a limit of 16 combinations per sweep, and we found no parameter optimiser on the pages AlgoTest publishes.
Measured 2026-10-01 on our production service outside market hours: a NIFTY short straddle, 62 trading days, one strategy shape. Larger grids and longer windows take longer.
More ways to check a result is not luck
Rolling walk-forward, a version that carries portfolio picks forward, a robustness verdict and stability score, deflated Sharpe, overfit probability and Monte Carlo sit in the same report as the leaderboard.
Tradetron also offers out-of-sample validation and Monte Carlo; the difference is breadth, not whether it exists.
Picking what to run, not only what to test
The top strategies that are not correlated with each other, the top settings by days to expiry, and the leading entry times, come with every optimisation report, so five clones do not read as five ideas.
We did not find these on the pages of the peers compared here. That is not proof they are absent.
A volatility gate you can test
Entries can be gated on VIX, ATM implied volatility or IV percentile bands, tuned as an axis, and checked against chance with a placebo test.
We did not find this on the peers' pages.
AI that calls the engines
The Copilot and Omni assistants call 27 tools, build strategies from plain English and read results back. You can also connect Claude through our MCP connector, and ask questions of a finished report where the figures are computed in code.
Tradetron also has an MCP connector for AI assistants.
Plain pricing for a run
One credit, about ₹1, for a backtest launch, whether it holds one strategy or a whole portfolio. A grid costs about ₹1 a combination at today's rates.
AlgoTest is also about ₹1 a backtest and gives 25 free each week, and Streak is free for Zerodha customers, so others match or beat our price in some cases.
Where the others are stronger
AlgoTest
- Dozens of brokers for live trading, plus any broker on the XTS API.
- 25 free backtests every week, and credits that do not expire.
- Forward testing and live deployment priced per strategy.
Tradetron
- Many more markets: NSE, BSE, MCX commodities, crypto and US markets.
- Minute data from 2020 across NSE; ours reaches that far for NIFTY only.
- A public strategy marketplace, and walk-forward included in the backtest price.
Streak
- Free for Zerodha customers, with direct Zerodha integration.
- Hundreds of ready-made scanners and strategies.
StockMock
- A focused options simulator, strategy builder and charts, with weekly backtesting plans.
Where we are limited
- Live trading is by invitation while broker testing widens. Four broker connections work today: Fyers, Shoonya (Finvasia), Flattrade and Stoxxo.
- Index options on NSE and BSE only. No equities, commodities, crypto or US markets.
- History starts in January 2020 for NIFTY and January 2024 for Bank Nifty, Fin Nifty, Midcap Nifty and Sensex.
- A young product with a small user base and a short operating history.
- No strategy marketplace, no native mobile app, and no TradingView or webhook signal intake.
- Credits are added by UPI and verified by our team, so top-ups are not instant.
Side by side
| Feature | CAUTILYA CAPITAL | AlgoTest | Tradetron | Streak | StockMock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price and access | |||||
| Price of one backtest | 1 credit, about ₹1. A portfolio launch is also 1 credit. | 1 credit, about ₹1.source | ₹20 flat, any period, walk-forward included.source | Free for Zerodha customers (limits apply).source | Plans from ₹349 a month, or ₹449 a week for backtesting.source |
| Free allowance | 100 credits when you sign up, once. | 25 free backtests every week.source | Not confirmed | Free with a Zerodha account.source | Not confirmed |
| Backtesting | |||||
| Multi-leg index options backtests | Yes21 structure families, or define the legs yourself. | YesBuilt for options strategies.source | YesMulti-leg options structures.source | Not confirmed | YesOptions backtests on Nifty, Bank Nifty and others.source |
| History depth | PartlyNIFTY from January 2020. Bank Nifty, Fin Nifty, Midcap Nifty and Sensex from January 2024.Measured from our data on 2026-10-01. | Not confirmed | YesMinute data from 2020 for index options; 6+ years on NSE.source | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Markets covered | NoNSE and BSE index options only. No equities, commodities, crypto or US markets. | Not confirmed | YesNSE, BSE, MCX commodities, crypto and US markets.source | PartlyEquities, futures and options; Zerodha instruments.source | Nifty, Bank Nifty, Sensex, Fin Nifty, Midcap Nifty, Bankex.source |
| Indicator strategies, single and multi-indicator | Yes97 indicators; conditions combine with AND and OR. | PartlyAn indicator-based AI strategy builder (Signals AI).source | Yes100+ keywords for indicator and price-action logic.source | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Government charges shown separately | YesGross result, charges and the after-charges result as three lines. | Not confirmed | YesStatutory charges are modelled.source | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Best settings by days to expiry and by entry time | YesA DTE breakdown and entry-time leaders in every optimisation report. | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Entry gate on volatility (VIX, ATM IV, IV percentile) | YesA volatility band you can tune, with a check against chance. | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Optimisation and validation | |||||
| Parameter grid search | YesHundreds of combinations in one job. 300 combinations over 3 months finished in about 10 seconds.Measured 2026-10-01 on our production service, outside market hours: NIFTY short straddle, 3 stops x 6 targets x 5 entry times, 62 trading days. One strategy shape and one window; larger grids take longer. | Not confirmed | PartlySweeps up to 4 parameters and 16 combinations, ₹20 per variant.source | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Bayesian (AI-guided) search | YesSpends a trial budget where the surface looks promising. | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Walk-forward testing | YesRolling in-sample and out-of-sample folds, with a second mode that carries portfolio picks forward. | Not confirmed | YesOut-of-sample validation, included in the backtest price.source | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Overfitting checks | YesRobustness verdict, stability score, deflated Sharpe, overfit probability and Monte Carlo. | Not confirmed | YesProbabilistic Sharpe and block-bootstrap Monte Carlo.source | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Top strategies that are not correlated | YesPicks the top five, and the top five that are not correlated. | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| AI | |||||
| Built-in AI assistant | YesCopilot and Omni: 27 tools, build a strategy from plain English, run it, read results back. | PartlySignals AI for indicator strategies.source | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Use your own AI (MCP connector, for example Claude) | YesConnect Claude and backtest, tune and read reports in conversation. | Not confirmed | YesConnect Claude or any MCP-capable AI.source | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Ask questions about a finished report | YesAsk in plain English; the numbers are computed in code, not by the model. | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Paper trading and live execution | |||||
| Paper trading | YesAgainst the live feed, same strategy definition as the backtest. | YesForward testing, 50 credits per strategy per 28 days.source | Not confirmed | YesUp to 15 virtual deployments.source | Not confirmed |
| Live trading through your broker | PartlyInvitation only while broker testing widens. Fyers, Shoonya (Finvasia), Flattrade and Stoxxo. | YesDozens of brokers, plus any broker on the XTS API.source | Not confirmed | PartlyZerodha only.source | Not confirmed |
| Live results checked against a backtest of the same strategy | YesA nightly re-run of each deployment, compared with what it did. | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Where we are limited | |||||
| Strategy marketplace | NoNone. | Not confirmed | YesA public marketplace of strategies.source | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Native mobile app | NoWeb app only. | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Signals from TradingView, Chartink or webhooks | NoNot supported. | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Adding credits | PartlyBy UPI, verified by our team, so credits are not instant. | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
Which should you choose?
- You need a broker we do not connect, or you trade through Zerodha only: look at AlgoTest or Streak.
- You test commodities, crypto or US markets: Tradetron covers them and we do not.
- You want to search large parameter spaces, check results for overfitting, and pick uncorrelated strategies on NSE and BSE index options: that is what we built.
- You are not sure: try a backtest with the free credits and compare the results with another tool on the same strategy.
Sources
Read on 2026-10-01. These are the companies’ own pages.
- AlgoTest, detailed pricing
- AlgoTest documentation, brokers
- AlgoTest, platform overview (February 2026)
- Tradetron, FastBT
- Tradetron, strategy marketplace
- Zerodha, "Streak is now available for all Zerodha users at no cost" (January 2024)
- StockMock, plans and indices
Our own measurements (history depth, the grid timing) were taken from our production service on 2026-10-01. This page is for information, not investment advice, and a backtest describes only the past window it was run on. If anything here is out of date, please tell us so we can correct it.