Getting Started with AlgoChef
AlgoChef validates your trading strategies before you risk real capital. This section is a guided path — nine short lessons, each building on the last. Follow them in order and by the end you'll have imported your own strategies, stress-tested them, and built your first portfolio.
Tip
You don't need a strategy file to start. Every new account comes preloaded with 10 sample strategies, so Lesson 1 begins inside the app — no importing, no setup.
The First Week Path
| # | Lesson | What you'll do |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Explore with Sample Strategies | Tour the app using the preloaded samples |
| 2 | What the Five Scores Mean | Learn to read CSI, Profitability, Risk, Confidence, and Health |
| 3 | Importing Your First Strategy | Upload your own trade history and map its columns |
| 4 | Import Settings That Change Your Numbers | Get capital, commission, and instrument settings right |
| 5 | Understanding Your Dashboard | Read the full Quality Report section by section |
| 6 | Your First Monte Carlo Run | Stress-test a strategy and read the Robustness Grade |
| 7 | Your First Health Check | Spot degradation with the Health Monitor traffic lights |
| 8 | Your First Portfolio | Combine strategies with Quick Build and verify the result |
| 9 | A Complete Walkthrough | Follow one strategy end-to-end, decisions included |
The AlgoChef Workflow
The lessons mirror how you'll actually use the platform once you're up and running:
- Import — Upload your trade history (CSV, TXT, Excel, HTML, or TradeStation/Multicharts RINA XML)
- Analyze — Review the Quality Report with 200+ metrics
- Score — Check the 5-score system: Profitability, Risk, Confidence, CSI, and Health
- Stress-Test — Run Monte Carlo simulations to test robustness
- Compare — Put strategies side-by-side with Head-to-Head
- Build — Combine winning strategies in the Portfolios Hub
- Allocate & verify — Size the portfolio and run the Robustness check in Portfolio Studio
- Monitor — Track live strategies with the Health Monitor
Prefer to jump around?
Everything in the lessons also exists as reference material:
- Features — every module documented in depth
- Scoring System — the five scores explained
- Import Guide — platform-specific export instructions
- Metrics Glossary — all 200+ metrics with formulas
Tip
Don't have an account yet? Sign up free — the sample strategies are waiting, and Lesson 1 takes about ten minutes.