Our Story

The motivation and journey behind the creation of autotradelab.

The Problem: The Black Box

From decades in finance and trading, Jan saw professional investors struggling with a fundamental dilemma:

Great performance or full control - pick one.

Traditional asset managers hide behind black boxes. You hand over your capital, get quarterly reports, and hope they're doing what they promised. Hedge funds and pooled vehicles offer even less visibility - you don't own the positions, can't see real-time performance, and have no control over what's actually being traded with your money.

And the worst part? When something goes wrong - and it often does - you're the last to know. Your capital is locked up, exposed to risks you can't see, in positions you don't control.

Professional investors deserve better. There had to be a better way.

AI as a Solution

Ever since discovering AI back in high school, Vinzenz has been fascinated by its potential to solve complex problems. Tinkering at home, learning as much as he could, one thing became clear:

AI can deliver superior performance while giving investors complete transparency.

The breakthrough insight: Use AI for what it does best - pattern recognition, rapid adaptation, tireless execution - while keeping humans in control through transparent, separately managed accounts. Professional investors shouldn't have to choose between performance and control.

The Name: Why autotradelab?

We knew what we wanted to build:

Automated trading that professionals can trust
With a scientific approach - rigorously tested, not gut feelings
AI-native architecture built from the ground up
Entirely data-driven and transparent
Client-controlled through Separately Managed Accounts
No emotional bias - just performance and protection

What captures that? A laboratory - not for petri dishes and flasks, but for systematically developing and validating trading strategies through scientific method 👨‍🔬.

That's how the name came about: automated trad[e]ing laboratories.

Experience Meets Innovation

Two different backgrounds. One shared mission. Seasoned expertise and cutting-edge innovation combine to deliver what professional investors actually need: performance and peace of mind.

The Build: From Bureaucracy to Backtests

Incorporation was a hurdle (German bureaucracy...) we conquered. We built our own automated trading platform from scratch - designed specifically for transparent, client-controlled trading. Our system handles:

Strategy optimization - scientifically validated through rigorous backtesting
Lightning-fast execution - capturing every basis point of alpha
Real-time monitoring - complete visibility for you, 24/7
Risk management - protecting your capital is priority one

Seeing the first backtest complete was a moment of pride. Seeing the first profitable result with robust drawdown protection?

That's when we knew: we can deliver both performance and safety.

From parameter tuning to building live transparency dashboards - every milestone reinforced our core belief: investors shouldn't have to compromise.

What's Next

We've proven the concept. Now we're scaling it.

We're executing strategies across dozens of markets - expanding to hundreds.
Our TRaaS model (Trading Results as a Service) is being refined for professional allocators.
Live trading with our own capital validates every strategy before client deployment.
SMA infrastructure is being built to give you complete control and transparency.