The Alpha Factory
Alpha X Producers

If your quantitative signal performs in our fund, you earn a proportional share of our performance fees. No capital required. No source code surrendered. Your edge, your income.

Evaluation Pipeline

Four Stages to Live Deployment

01

Application

~1 week

Submit your strategy profile. No source code required — we evaluate signal quality, not implementation.

  • Strategy description: asset class, timeframe, signal type
  • Backtest PDF: Sharpe, max drawdown, win rate, out-of-sample period
  • Minimum 3 months verified live performance (brokerage statement)
02

Paper Verification

3 months

Your strategy connects to our paper account via API. We observe live trading activity — not your code.

  • API credentials issued to a dedicated paper sub-account
  • Your algo runs on your infrastructure, sends orders to our endpoint
  • We verify live stats align with submitted history
03

Live Allocation

3 months

Verified strategies receive a real capital allocation. Profit sharing begins from the first month.

  • Capital assigned to a live sub-account scoped to your strategy
  • Fund-level risk controls applied (position limits, daily loss threshold)
  • Monthly attribution report shared with you
04

Scale Up

Ongoing

Allocation grows as your track record builds. Your IP remains yours at every stage.

  • Allocation reviewed quarterly based on performance
  • No code transfer — ever. Strategy stays on your infrastructure
  • Earnings calculated and settled monthly

Full API integration documentation available at docs.alpha-techlab.com

The Formula

Simple. Transparent. Proportional.

Your Income

= 30% × Fund Performance Fees × Alpha Contribution%

Illustrative example only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Worked Example

Fund Profit$2,000,000
Performance Fees (20%)$400,000
30% Producer Share$120,000
Your Alpha Contribution10%
Your Income$12,000

This example is illustrative only and does not represent a guarantee of income or returns.

Who Should Apply

Built for Alpha Generators

Quantitative researchers and data scientists

Systematic and algorithmic traders

Finance professionals with model-building experience

Students and academics with quant research skills

FAQ

Common Questions

Ready to Submit?

Submit Your Strategy for Evaluation

No source code. No capital. Bring your backtest, your live record, and your edge.

Start Your Application →

Reviewed within 5 business days. A mutual NDA is executed before paper evaluation begins.