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Build your own trading algorithm, or license Strike Algo?

You could build a momentum system yourself. Here is what that takes, from published 2026 figures.

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Year one

What it costs to build

Hire the people yourselfYear oneBasis
Quant developer$169,729Average U.S. quant developer salary
Dashboard and reporting build$70,400Senior full-stack contractor, 4 months at $110 an hour
Servers, compute and data feeds$18,000$1,500 a month
Year-one total$258,129Before taxes, benefits, recruiting or a single live trade
$250K to $400KAgency quote for a full platform
9 to 12 monthsAgency build time
0 yearsOf track record on the day it is finished
Scope

What that year of work has to cover

  • Clean price historyIncluding delisted stocks, so the test is not flattered by survivors.
  • A daily ranking engineScoring about 450 stocks a day on one scale.
  • A backtester with real costsCommission and slippage on every trade.
  • Factor analysisProof the signal has an edge before money moves.
  • Portfolio construction rulesHow many names, how much in each, when to rotate.
  • Interactive Brokers order routingOrders, fills and reconciliation.
  • Simulation and paper tradingSo you can test without risk.
  • A dashboard and daily reportsSo you can see what it is doing.
  • Daily monitoringSoftware, data and connection failures all happen.
  • Years of testingStrike's record covers six and a half years and 2,239 trades.

Sources: ZipRecruiter, Glassdoor, Second Talent, RaftLabs.

● Results from our community

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Member post, Jun 1, 2026. Up 67.85% in six months on $100K, against 14.23% for the S&P and 27.68% for QQQ.Year-to-date return of 26.26% against the S&P 500.Member post, Jun 11, 2026. Momentum orders filled in Interactive Brokers.A 20-name book with unrealized gains by position.Member post, Apr 15, 2026. Live since Oct 1, 2025, alongside a buy-and-hold account. "Momentum is much more volatile."What made up May's 17.5%, by position.Member post, Jun 10, 2026. Orders executed through the momentum strategy.Interactive Brokers account, up 13.39% year to date.Account up 55.98% year to date.Interactive Brokers book, up 2.42% on the day.The investor Robert first learned momentum from. All accounts at $14.07M. He runs his own momentum strategy, not Strike.Capital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultMember post, Jun 1, 2026. Up 67.85% in six months on $100K, against 14.23% for the S&P and 27.68% for QQQ.Year-to-date return of 26.26% against the S&P 500.Member post, Jun 11, 2026. Momentum orders filled in Interactive Brokers.A 20-name book with unrealized gains by position.Member post, Apr 15, 2026. Live since Oct 1, 2025, alongside a buy-and-hold account. "Momentum is much more volatile."What made up May's 17.5%, by position.Member post, Jun 10, 2026. Orders executed through the momentum strategy.Interactive Brokers account, up 13.39% year to date.Account up 55.98% year to date.Interactive Brokers book, up 2.42% on the day.The investor Robert first learned momentum from. All accounts at $14.07M. He runs his own momentum strategy, not Strike.Capital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community result
+14.59% total return in the past week.+15.86% total return this month.+13.43% total return in the past month.+11.10% total return in the past week.$9,777 unrealized P&L.$14,257 unrealized P&L.$16,263 unrealized P&L.Interactive Brokers account, up 11.13% year to date.A 20% move in five days, from $7.86M to $9.42M.All accounts, up 1.15% on the day.Capital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community result+14.59% total return in the past week.+15.86% total return this month.+13.43% total return in the past month.+11.10% total return in the past week.$9,777 unrealized P&L.$14,257 unrealized P&L.$16,263 unrealized P&L.Interactive Brokers account, up 11.13% year to date.A 20% move in five days, from $7.86M to $9.42M.All accounts, up 1.15% on the day.Capital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community resultCapital B28 community result

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