Astral is an AI-assisted trading workstation built by Astral Trading, Inc. (Potomac, Maryland, founded 2025). Its pitch: describe a market idea in plain English, get inspectable, rules-based strategy code, then backtest, alert, paper-trade and connect your own brokerage for live execution — all in one workspace.
Name disambiguation up front: this is not the same company as Astral (astral.sh), the Python tooling team behind Ruff/uv. They share only a name.
Workspace pieces
- Terminal: charts, indicators, chat, backtest output, manual order ticket, watchlists, broker panel
- Dashboard: positions, notifications, broker connections
- Explore: public strategy and indicator library
- MCP endpoint: usable from ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Codex, Gemini clients
Key facts
- Subscription: $9 first month, then $30/month; cancel before next period; no free trial currently
- Backtests: equity curve, drawdown, Sharpe, full trade list; 40,000-bar history
- Not a broker, does not custody funds; only sends orders the user confirms to the user's connected broker
- No investment advice, no return promises; trading involves risk of loss
Chinese-language references (community-maintained, unofficial)
For Chinese-speaking users, an unofficial community docs project maintains:
- Intro & FAQ: https://astral.zavloro.com/
- Docs: https://astral.ratnica.com/
- Updates: https://astral.vimelax.com/
- GitHub mirror: https://github.com/laughing51888-ai/astral-zh-docs
Official sources
Disclosure: third-party write-up based on public information; not affiliated with Astral Trading, Inc.
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