auto-grade every call · honest · public · verifiable
⚠ The influencer filter bubble ends here

Stop screenshotting wins.
Let VERTEX auto-grade every call.

Win or lose, published or deleted — every call gets graded against a random benchmark on a public, tamper-proof page. No survivorship bias. No cherry-picked dates. Just honest math you can verify.

Start 14-Day Free Trial → Try Free Validation →
✓ No credit card required ✓ 2,300+ callers graded ✓ Connect your own Alpaca key

Three tools. One honest platform.

VERTEX is built on three pillars that span the entire trading workflow — from vetting ideas to automating execution.

FREE
🔍

Validation

Grade any StockTwits caller at any horizon. Get the win rate, 95% confidence interval, and a clear verdict — not an influencer filter bubble.

  • Caller lookup by @handle
  • Leaderboard ranked by edge
  • Public, shareable scorecards
  • No account required
💻

AI Desk

Real-time AI reads on your watchlist, automated analysis of the option surface, and a paper-trading desk that shows you exactly where the edge is — or isn't.

  • Vol surface + skew visualization
  • Honest backtest vs random benchmark
  • ML signal discovery with walk-forward
  • Real-time watchlist scanner
  • VRP, ORB, and gap studies
FWD
🧠

Pluggability

Connect your own LLM or data pipeline to extend VERTEX with custom analysis, alerts, and models. Your data stays yours — we're the analytics layer, not a data broker.

  • Bring-your-own-LLM analysis
  • Custom model integration
  • Alpaca BYOK architecture
  • Extensible signal pipeline

Why honest?

Because every trading tool lies — by accident or design. VERTEX is the only platform built from first principles to show you the full truth, not just the winning trades.

Four rules. No exceptions.

🎲

vs. Random Benchmark

Every strategy is graded against a seeded random benchmark. If the model can't beat dice rolls, we tell you — in red, on the front page.

📊

Sample Sizes Always Shown

N=1? N=3? We show the count with a statistical significance warning. A win rate of 100% on 2 trades tells you nothing — and we say so.

💵

Realized Returns Only

We grade what actually happened. No paper gains, no "would-have" projections, no hypothetical fill prices. Just the math of what closed.

📖

All Formulas Public

Every metric — VRP, expected move, win rate CI, Sharpe — is documented in the open methodology. You can verify every number with a calculator.

“I can't certify a number if I don't know how it's computed.”
— the principle VERTEX is built on

Built with integrity

🏡
Verified Operator
Patrick David Patterson Walker dba VERTEX. Transparently operated by a named individual, not a shell entity. Terms · Privacy
📊
Best-in-Class Transparency
Every metric — VRP, expected move, win-rate CI — is documented with a verifiable formula you can check yourself. Nothing is a black box. Full methodology →
🌍
Live from Alpaca Markets
All data is sourced from your own Alpaca API keys under your license. We never redistribute or sell market data. BYOK architecture →
🔒
No Data Selling
Your API keys, your calls, and your scorecards stay yours. We don't sell data, don't mine your trades, and don't share your identity. Privacy policy →
VERTEX is operated by Patrick David Patterson Walker, an individual software vendor. We are not a broker, not an investment adviser, and not a financial institution. — Terms of Service · Privacy Policy

For traders who want real answers

VERTEXEveryone Else
Grades calls against random benchmark
Walk-forward OOS validation
Realized vs implied vol comparison
Full option surface visualization
Bring-your-own-data architecture
💡 Free validation (no account required)

Simple pricing

Free
$0/mo
See the honesty difference
  • Caller validation & leaderboard
  • Public, shareable scorecards
  • Methodology & transparency
  • No account needed
Try Free Validation →