Already using Build Alpha? Run the same workflow on your GPU
- About 1.2 billion strategy evaluations in roughly 18 hours on one RTX 3090 (measured).
- 100,000+ building-block conditions, so the search space has few limits.
- The strategies don't all look alike, so you can build low-correlation portfolios.
No credit card. Windows 10/11, 64-bit. Linux and Mac versions coming soon. GPU generation needs an NVIDIA card; CPU works too.
Pick the market, bar size and building blocks the way you do in Build Alpha. AlphaPrime generates and backtests on an NVIDIA GPU, runs Monte Carlo, robustness and walk-forward tests in the same pass, and exports the strategies you keep to MultiCharts, TradingView, TradeStation, NinjaTrader, MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5.
AlphaPrime and Build Alpha side by side
| AlphaPrime | Build Alpha | |
|---|---|---|
| History | Released in 2026. | Founding year not stated; its site footer shows 2016. |
| Community | No public forum yet. | User group access is listed with the license; no public forum link found. |
| Custom extensions | Tell the AI which indicator you want; it adds it through MCP and you generate and export with it, no extension rules to learn. Claude natural-language control; a run starts after you confirm in the app. APX strategy files. Source code export for six platforms. | Add your own signals with its signal editor or Python. |
| Data types | Price bars you import (CSV, TXT and similar), tick to monthly. | Signals built on price plus market breadth, COT data, option flows, weather, news, economic data, fundamentals and more. |
| Generation and speed | Generates from the conditions you set. On a GPU: about 1.2 billion strategy evaluations in roughly 18 hours on one RTX 3090 (measured). | Genetic algorithm. States thousands of strategies in under one minute (its video demo). GPU use: not published. |
| Building-block conditions | 100,000+ building-block conditions. | 5,000+ signals on its home page; 7,000+ on its home page FAQ and features page (read 2026-10-31). |
| Signals, building blocks and base conditions are defined differently by each product. Each number only reflects what that product states publicly. | ||
| Built-in tests | Monte Carlo, robustness and walk-forward in the same pass. | Monte Carlo, noise, variance and delayed-entry tests, walk-forward matrix; can be set as pass or fail filters in a workflow, or run from the results. |
| Export platforms | MultiCharts, TradingView, TradeStation, NinjaTrader, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5. | TradingView, NinjaTrader 8, TradeStation, MultiCharts, MetaTrader 4 and 5, ProRealTime, Python for Interactive Brokers. |
| Trial | 7 days free, no credit card. The 7 days start when you activate. | No free trial; demo videos on its site. |
| License | One-time perpetual license, one computer per license, 1 year of updates included. | One-time lifetime license with future upgrades included. |
AlphaPrime is a new product, built for GPU generation from the start. Details of Build Alpha were read from its public pages on 2026-10-31 and may have changed since; its site has the current terms. Build Alpha is a trademark of its owner; AlphaPrime is not affiliated with it.