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Pionex is an exchange with bots built in: grid, DCA and more, no API keys, a flat trading fee. OptAlgo is software on top of the exchange you already use, with strategies that are backtested and graded before they run and funds that never leave your account.
Official Binance broker · Non-custodial · Live only when you confirm · Updated
| OptAlgo | Pionex | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Software on your exchange account | An exchange with built-in bots |
| Custody | Non-custodial; funds on Binance, Bybit or OKX | Funds held on Pionex |
| Bot types | AI-written strategies, TradingView signal bots, grid templates | 16+ built-in bots: grid, DCA and others |
| Backtest honesty grade and overfit check | ✓ | — |
| Walk-forward, Monte Carlo | ✓ | not stated |
| AI writes the strategy | Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex | not stated |
| Works inside Claude.ai / ChatGPT (MCP) | ✓ | — |
| Paper trading before live | ✓ | not stated |
| Subscription | Free; Plus $29/mo; Pro $99/mo | No subscription; trading fees apply |
| Trading fee | Your exchange's fee | Pionex's own fee schedule |
As of · Source: www.pionex.com
Simplicity. The bots live inside the exchange, so there are no API keys, no subscription and a grid bot starts in a minute. If you want a plain grid or DCA bot and are comfortable holding funds on Pionex, it is the shortest path.
Your own exchange, your own strategy, and proof. Funds stay on Binance, Bybit or OKX with keys that cannot withdraw. Strategies are written by your AI or by you, backtested with real fees, funding and intrabar fills, graded for honesty, and run on paper before live.
Pionex offers built-in grid bots with presets. OptAlgo's engine backtests grid strategies with the same honesty grade as any other run, and the FreedX Grid Backtest template on TradingView lets you test a grid on the chart first. Live grids run as hosted strategies on your exchange.
Pionex charges no subscription and earns on trading fees. OptAlgo charges a subscription (Free, Plus $29/mo, Pro $99/mo) and you pay your own exchange's fees. Which is cheaper depends on your volume.
faq
For traders who want to keep funds on their own exchange and test a strategy before running it, yes. For a built-in grid bot with no setup, Pionex is simpler.
No. OptAlgo connects to Binance, Bybit and OKX for crypto and Alpaca for US stocks.
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Yes. OptAlgo backtests and runs strategies on your own exchange account through API keys, so nothing stops you from keeping another platform connected to the same or a different sub-account.
50 backtest units a month on the Free plan.