Run your trading like a desk.
Think of it as insurance for your own trading accounts. The desk puts an automatic stop-loss on every position and tightens it as the trade gains — a trailing stop that ratchets up by the percentages you set, so the profit you earn gets protected and a winner can't quietly slide back into a loss. You approve every live order, and your broker keys and your money never leave your own accounts — we never take custody, and never see your keys.
Not a broker. Not financial advice. Trading involves risk of loss.
Six parts. One operation.
Scroll the desk top to bottom. The panel reads out each subsystem as you reach it — the same instrumentation you run day to day.
One desk, every strategy
Equities, options, forex and crypto run from a single desk on one clock — coordinated, not scattered across a wall of terminals.
Guardrails that fail closed
Position caps, exposure ceilings, and armed kill-switches. You set the limits, stop losses once; the desk enforces them on every tick.
Nothing goes live without your approval
The research hub watches, debates, routes, and proposes — pertinent to the jurisdiction of each relevant strategist — relentlessly. But every live order halts at a gate only you can open: from your phone via the mobile app, or from your command center on your private VPS via the desktop app (max 2 machines per license).
Paper-first, always
Every strategy proves itself in simulation first. Live stays locked until you choose to promote it — never before.
The whole operation, one screen
Unified status, live alerts, and a full audit log of every decision that the desk makes on your command — nothing happens off the record.
Your brokerage, your keys
Connect the brokerage accounts that you already use, with keys you already hold privately. The desk routes and monitors — it never custodies your funds or your keys. (Your brokerage(s) may require connectivity reauthentication from time to time, which you control.)
Mechanical precision. Human judgment.
The desk watches the tape, routes the orders, and runs the math — around the clock, without fatigue. What it will never do is act alone. Every live order waits on the one input a machine can't manufacture: your call.
- The machine proposes — you approve or deny, from your phone.
- An armed kill-switch you can hit at any moment.
- Nothing reaches the market unattended.
Your stops, automated.
Set it once. As a trade moves in your favor, the desk ratchets your stop-loss tighter — automatically — so the profit you've earned is protected and a winner can't quietly give it all back. Your percentages are yours to set; the desk only ever tightens a stop, never loosens it.
Downside protection on from the very first fill.
The moment you're up, the stop tightens behind you.
It keeps ratcheting as the trade climbs.
Most of the gain you earned is now locked in.
Illustrative ladder - Not Live Trading Data · your thresholds are yours to configure
From keys to live, on your terms.
Connect
Link your brokerage with API keys you control. The desk routes and monitors; it never holds your funds nor your keys. Only your peace of mind.
Configure
Select our presets or customize your strategies, position caps, and risk limits. Every guardrail is yours to define, using our streamlined selection- and parameter-based model.
Run
Paper-trade first (recommended during your trial period), approve live orders from your phone, and monitor the whole operation from one screen.
We constantly measure what we prevent.
Not a return curve — the record of how the desk kept losses inside the limits you set. Drawdown held, stops honored, guardrails fired.
Start protected. Scale when ready.
It starts protected — in paper as your Guardian, watching every position — and goes live only when you expressly enlist the app. Monthly or annual, cancel anytime; the annual plan includes a 30-day free trial. Your keys, your funds — zero custody.
One product. It starts in paper as your Guardian — a self-tightening stop-loss on every position — and goes live only when you expressly enlist the app to place a trade. No upgrade, no extra charge.
30-day free trial · billed annually · $499.80/yr
- Automatic stop-loss set on every position, on your own accounts
- Trailing stops that ratchet up as you gain — lock in profit
- Instant kill switch — halt new entries anytime; your exits always run
- You initiate and approve every live order — total control, zero custody
- Paper-first: proves itself on paper before it ever places a live order
- Plus seven strategies (equities, options, crypto, forex, futures, moat & swing) — optional automation, always under your approval
Checkout opens once the desk store is connected. No charge today.
Trade Desk Ultimate is software, not a brokerage or advisory service. It surfaces the guardrails you select and configure, and alerts you the moment those guardrails are threatened — you make every trading decision, with the assistance of our institutional-grade flow of information on your stocks and watchlist. It does not provide investment advice or guarantee any outcome. Trading involves substantial risk of loss; that risk is real even with a professional advisor — here, the advisor is a well-informed you.
We don't guarantee profits. We guarantee discipline.
No one can promise the market. What we stand behind is how the TDU Guardian behaves: it protects your downside the way you configured it, or you don't pay. A guarantee on the product — not the P&L.
- Set your max-loss, stop, and kill-switch limits — in the app, and sign biometrically.
- Prove it in our paper-trade sandbox before you ever go live.
This is a product behavior warranty; not investment advice. Covers product conduct, not market outcomes. Full terms at checkout.
Straight answers.
Is Trade Desk Ultimate a broker?
No. It executes and monitors through your own brokerage accounts. It never holds or has custody of your money.
Does it guarantee profits?
No. Trading carries real risk of loss. T.D.U. is tooling for running your own strategies with discipline — not a promise of any result.
Is any of this financial advice?
No. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Your trading decisions are entirely your own.
Does it trade for me?
No — and that's the point. The desk surfaces alerts when the guardrails and rules you set are triggered; you approve or deny every order yourself. Nothing reaches the market without your yes. It's protection and control, not a hands-off bot.
What does "Guardian mode" mean?
Guardian is how Trade Desk Ultimate ships by default: it runs in paper, sets a self-tightening stop-loss on every position, and surfaces alerts — without ever placing a live order. It goes live only when you expressly enlist the app to trade. One product, one price; you decide when it moves from watching to trading.
What can it trade?
Equities, options, and forex today, through supported brokers, with more on the roadmap.
Do I stay in control?
Always. Paper-first by default, human approval for live orders, and an armed kill-switch you can hit at any time.
How am I billed?
Securely through Stripe, with any applicable sales tax added at checkout. US customers only. Cancel anytime.
What is the Guardrails Guarantee?
A warranty on the product's behavior, not on profits. If the desk fails to honor the max-loss, stop, or kill-switch limits you configured, we refund your subscription. It guarantees discipline — not market outcomes.
Is there a free trial?
The annual plan includes a 30-day free trial — cancel before it converts and you're never charged. The monthly plan has no trial but is cancel-anytime, so it's low-risk either way. Your access key is node-locked and auto-revokes if you don't continue.
Does it protect my gains, or just cap my losses?
Both. The desk sets a stop-loss on every position and then automatically tightens it as the trade moves in your favor — a trailing stop that ratchets up by the percentages you choose. It can't promise a profit or prevent every loss, but it enforces the exit discipline most investors struggle with, so a winning trade doesn't quietly round-trip into a loser while you're not watching.
Who can see my accounts, my keys, and my money?
Only you. You bring your own brokerage and data keys (BYOK) — they live on your own device or private server and never touch our servers. We never take custody of your funds and never see your keys. The desk works through your own accounts; nothing leaves them. Your strategy and your activity stay confidential to you.