QANTERIS FOUNDRY / Strategy Engineering

Learn to use StrategyQuant X and test your strategies

From checked market data to a documented strategy test. In QANTERIS FOUNDRY you work with StrategyQuant X (SQX), build your own testing workflow and compare a suitable strategy with MetaTrader 5 on demo.

Access and availability Your learning path

01Check data and costs
02Generate strategies
03Test robustness
04Compare on demo

What you will learn

Operate the software

Set up StrategyQuant X, navigate its modules and reports, and check the settings of your run.

Use suitable data

Check timestamps, instrument specifications and costs against the conditions of your target account.

Build a testing workflow

Generate candidates, test their robustness and document your selection using metrics and fixed thresholds.

Compare with MetaTrader 5

Compare a suitable individual strategy in SQX and MT5. Record symbol mapping and the demo comparison in a consistency log.

What you need to know

You know charts, candles, orders, positions, accounts, brokers and demo accounts.
The course introduces algorithmic trading concepts and the technical setup. STARTER is optional.
The trial may cover the first steps. You need StrategyQuant X Professional before module 8. Buy the software licence separately.

Individual strategies first, portfolios next.

FOUNDRY ends with a tested individual strategy and its documented comparison on demo.
Portfolio construction and ongoing operations follow in ARCHITECT.
A well-documented rejection or a search with no suitable candidate is a valid learning result.

Your learning path

Set up and understand StrategyQuant X

Install the software, check the licence tier and configure folders and settings.
Open existing results and read the rules of a strategy.
Check knowledge-base answers against your own installation.

Start your first strategy search

Run a supplied template and measure the computing time.
Read trade lists and equity curves and recalculate metrics.
Retest a strategy and compare your own results.

Prepare data, time settings and MetaTrader 5

Check instrument settings, time zones, trading sessions and data quality.
Import market data with a deliberate timestamp and time-zone choice.
Set up MetaTrader 5 with a demo account and check your broker’s data.

Match instruments and trading costs

Determine pip size, price step, point value and lot size for your instrument.
Record spread, commission and overnight costs.
Convert broker specifications into suitable software settings and check them.

Understand backtest evidence and risk

Calculate expectancy and losing streaks using examples.
Justify minimum trade counts and position-size requirements.
Recognise overfitting and the bias introduced by selecting from many candidates.

Read backtests and reports correctly

Distinguish execution models and test windows, including out-of-sample data.
Read strategy structure, metrics and their limitations.
Set up Databank views and document comparisons and exports.

From requirements to the first demo start

Set up the course project with goals, data, costs and test windows.
Select a candidate against the requirements or document its rejection.
Export a suitable candidate and record its demo start.

Run controlled comparisons with Retester

Retest an existing strategy under different conditions.
Change one condition at a time and document its effect.

Configure Builder deliberately

Specify direction, rules, stops and targets.
Choose building blocks, parameters and generation methods.
Connect data, trading options and position sizing to ranking and filters.

Test robustness systematically

Match Cross-Checks and Monte Carlo tests to the questions they answer.
Check parameter sensitivity and compare Optimizer runs.
Explore the conditions and limitations of Walk-Forward testing.

Analyse rejections and computing effort

Read rejection statistics and calculate the pass rate at each stage.
Find bottlenecks and choose a focused change for the next measurement run.

Build your testing workflow and compare with MT5

Create your own Custom Projects workflow and document its version.
Apply the workflow to another instrument.
Compare a suitable individual strategy on MT5 demo with the SQX test: symbol, time, costs and size.

How you learn

STARTER demonstrates the workflow in videos. The paid courses combine recorded video lessons with learning materials and self-checks. You learn at your own pace. Individual coaching and live classes are outside the course scope.

The software interfaces are in English. Explanatory text and course information on this page are in English. See Access and availability for the release status.

QANTERIS FOUNDRY

Access and availability

Planned: late October 2026

1,090 USD

Modules 1 to 12, 49 blocks

Founder price until 31 December 2026, 400 USD below list price

Pre-sale from launch

In every course: 6 months of access to the QANTERIS knowledge base for your own AI, as long as it supports MCP. MCP is an open standard that lets an AI access external knowledge sources. We include scripts and prompts; you pay for the AI and any plan it requires with its provider. Plus the community, free with no time limit.

All prices are final prices in US dollars, including applicable taxes. Purchase: one payment, no installments. The founder price applies until 31 December 2026, after that the list price. The community is free and stays free, course or no course. With a purchase, access to the knowledge base simply expires after six months; nothing renews silently. If you want to keep it, you book actively: 19 USD a month, cancellable monthly. The subscription includes it. You pay for your own AI and any plan it requires with its provider.

You can buy QANTERIS FOUNDRY, QANTERIS ARCHITECT, QANTERIS AUTONOMY and the complete package from launch, before everything is released. The dates on the cards are planned dates. If a course bought on its own is released later than 4 weeks after the stated date, you get the full price back on request. For the complete package, you get the full price back on request if QANTERIS FOUNDRY is delayed in this way. If QANTERIS ARCHITECT or QANTERIS AUTONOMY is released later than 4 weeks after its date, you get that course’s share of the complete package back on request, calculated from the individual prices: 700 USD for QANTERIS ARCHITECT, 432 USD for QANTERIS AUTONOMY.

Frequently asked questions

What should I know before starting?

You should know charts, candles, orders, positions and demo accounts. FOUNDRY introduces algorithmic trading concepts and the technical setup. STARTER is optional.

Which StrategyQuant X licence do I need?

The trial may cover the first steps. You need StrategyQuant X Professional before module 8. The software licence is a separate purchase.

Do I need programming skills for FOUNDRY?

You do not need a general programming background for the workflow taught in FOUNDRY. You configure and test strategies through the SQX interface, with guidance on exporting and compiling for MetaTrader 5. Understanding the rules and checking the results remain your responsibility. The course does not provide general MQL5 or Python training.

Does FOUNDRY cover CFDs and forex?

The practical work follows a CFD reference case. For forex or currency pairs, you check the instrument type your broker actually offers, along with its data, contract specifications and costs. The course does not cover every instrument or broker.

Does FOUNDRY end with a portfolio?

FOUNDRY ends with an individual tested strategy and its documented comparison on MT5 demo. Portfolio construction and operations follow in ARCHITECT.

What if my search finds no suitable strategy?

Document your requirements, tests and rejection reasons. A properly justified search with no suitable candidate is a valid learning result. Keep the criteria in place.

How do I check a strategy in MetaTrader 5?

You export a suitable SQX strategy as an Expert Advisor (EA), a program that executes its rules in MetaTrader 5. The course guides you through compiling it and testing it on a demo account. You match the symbol, timeframe, trading hours, costs and position size to the SQX test and record the comparison in a consistency log.

Your next step

Once your testing workflow is established, focus on how strategies work together. ARCHITECT covers the demo portfolio and its operating rules.

QANTERIS ARCHITECT →