Pricing / Scope desk
Validraft research and candidate backtests start at $79. The declared run determines the question we can answer and the report we can issue; price then moves only with run complexity, data depth, data volume, or documented external costs.
One $79 base
Research and one-shot candidate scopes start at the same price for every client.
Run fixes the report
Research, development, final validation, and diagnostics have different evidence boundaries.
Same review discipline
Price never buys a more favourable verdict or a lower quality review.
Interactive estimator
One price model for every client. Research, candidate development, final validation, and diagnostics answer different questions; the declared run fixes the evidence boundary and report.
Estimate logic
The estimator is deliberately a range. Exact rules, run intent, coverage, licensing, and compute are confirmed before the quote becomes binding.
Run & report catalogue
These are distinct scientific products. Parameter optimization remains candidate development; only a separate strict validation of a frozen candidate can issue a final validation report. Catalogue prices show the run component before data-depth and universe adjustments.
research_only
From $79
Research Report
research_report.pdf
Signal, feature, event, IC/ICIR, or regime research before a tradable candidate has been frozen.
Research evidence only: no validated equity curve, final GO decision, or promotion claim.
candidate_backtest
$79–$299
Backtest Development Report
backtest_development_report.pdf
One-shot testing or pre-declared parameter optimization used to develop and select a candidate.
Candidate evidence only. Optimization does not validate the selected winner; it must be frozen before validation.
validation
$179–$249
Final Validation Report
final_report.pdf
Strict governed validation of one frozen candidate, with protected OOS or lockbox evidence and same-freeze stress review.
The only path that can produce a promotion-grade decision. Candidate and supported data-domain prerequisites apply.
stress / portfolio / revalidation
$79–$199
Diagnostic Performance Report
diagnostic_report.pdf
Standalone stress, portfolio-context, or baseline revalidation work on an identifiable strategy or candidate.
Diagnostic evidence never substitutes for final validation and does not create a new promotion decision.
Data terms
If the hypothesis needs a feed we do not hold, availability, freshness, licensing, ingestion, normalization, and QA are checked before the declared run begins.
Standard processed
Existing daily OHLCV, sessions, and basic corporate actions add no data uplift.
Depth and detail
Intraday, point-in-time, text, tick, or order-book evidence increases preparation and QA.
More instruments
The uplift follows the number of instruments that must be covered, checked, and computed.
Vendor or new source
Paid access is passed through visibly; a new ingestion pipeline is scoped before work.
Post-delivery monitoring
Monitoring compares periodic observations with the delivered baseline and posts descriptive health snapshots to the workspace. It is not live trading, a real-time SLA, or a new validation.
Plan 01
Monthly
$19/mo
One delivered strategy, monthly health snapshot, rolling metrics, and desk note.
Plan 02
Weekly
$39/mo
One delivered strategy, weekly snapshot, Watch/Decay flags, and workspace history.
Plan 03
Monthly / quarterly
$79/mo
Up to three delivered strategies, monthly snapshots, and quarterly comparison note.
Availability: offered only where fresh, comparable coverage is available for the delivered baseline.
Formal reassessment: a revalidation monitor that produces a new diagnostic report is quoted separately as a declared run.
Optional services
Stress, portfolio review, and revalidation are now priced as declared run types—not add-ons. Commercial options change packaging or documented third-party cost, never the result.
Human review
$0
The declared run receives the same review discipline regardless of price or client type
Client summary
$0
A client-safe summary of up to two pages when applicable
Report QA
$0
Purpose, provenance, metrics, caveats, and evidence-boundary checks
Report walkthrough
$39–$69
A 15 or 30 minute explanation call
Second language
$49–$99
An additional translated client-facing copy
Rush delivery
+20–30%
Approximate 24h delivery when scope and capacity allow
Standard report use
Included
No client-type tier or automatic commercial uplift
White-label pack
$79–$149
An optional branded copy for approved third-party use
Third-party pack
$99–$249
A sanitized additional deliverable for another decision-maker
Commercial data licence
At documented cost
Only when the vendor requires a separate commercial-use licence
New data adapter
Quoted first
Access, ingestion, normalization, quality gates, and provenance
New strategy module
Quoted first
Reusable engine work outside the currently supported families
Feasibility check / $19
We map the idea to the correct run type and report, data requirements, supported family, blockers, and exclusions before you commit to compute. The initial enquiry is free. A written feasibility check is a separate $19 service, agreed with you before any charge.
Commercial boundary
Prices are indicative and exclude applicable taxes unless stated otherwise. The signed quote confirms run intent, inputs, data availability, report, delivery, options, and exclusions before compute starts.