How does Stratium AI trading work?

What is real vs simulated on Stratium?

Stratium separates market data from execution so visitors can verify the tape without depositing. Real components include Coinbase Exchange ticker quotes, 24-hour stats, and 1-minute OHLC candles for supported USD pairs. Simulated components include order fills, position sizing, realized and unrealized P&L, and the agent’s narrative stream. Wallet linking and risk-limit setup are product onboarding steps; they do not by themselves send live exchange orders from the public demo.

Where do Stratium’s crypto prices come from?

Stratium pulls product ticker, 24h stats, and candles from Coinbase Exchange’s documented public endpoints, then keeps the quote fresh over the Coinbase WebSocket ticker channel when available. If the socket stalls, the client falls back to REST polling so the chart does not freeze. Supported demo pairs today are BTC-USD, ETH-USD, SOL-USD, XRP-USD. Switching a pair tears down the previous feed, resets the paper book, and hydrates a new candle history for that product.

You can sanity-check legitimacy by comparing Stratium’s printed price to Coinbase’s public market page for the same product within a few seconds. Small differences can appear from timing, last-trade vs mid, or network lag — large persistent gaps would be a red flag.

How does the Stratium agent decide trades?

The agent does not claim proprietary “black box” alpha in the demo. It runs a transparent momentum loop on the live series: measure short-window percent and dollar moves, raise confidence when the tape aligns, wait out a trade cooldown (~12,000 ms), then either stand aside or stage an entry. Entries use a decide-then-execute beat (~1,600 ms) so the narrative can show “setup locked” before the fill marker appears. Exits flip when opposite momentum appears or risk logic closes the leg; realized P&L updates the session scoreboard.

• Think cadence: agent status updates about every 2.2 seconds even when price is quiet.
• First-fill nudge: if still flat after ~42 seconds with non-flat momentum, the demo may take one opportunistic entry so visitors see a full loop.
• Size: fraction of paper cash scaled by confidence, clamped per asset (e.g. BTC vs SOL have different min/max base units).
• Backtest mode: same spirit of rules replayed on historical Coinbase candles for 6h / 24h / 3d windows — still paper, still not a performance guarantee.

How should you evaluate if an AI trading product is legitimate?

Retail AI trading products often blur marketing and market data. Use a short diligence checklist before depositing. Stratium’s desk is built so the first three checks are possible without creating an account.

1. Named venue for prices. Prefer products that cite a public exchange API (here: Coinbase Exchange) over anonymous “proprietary feeds.”
2. Paper vs live labeled everywhere.Look for explicit simulation badges, paper P&L language, and no claim that demo fills are your live brokerage fills.
3. Reasons before deposits. Each fill should show side, size, thesis, and confidence — not only a green equity curve.
4. Risk limits before capital. Max percent per trade and daily loss stops should be configurable before funding.
5. No guaranteed returns. Legitimate products disclose that crypto is volatile and paper results are not predictive. Stratium states this on the desk and in this article.

What happens when you start an agent?

Starting an agent on Stratium is a three-step onboarding path designed to keep capital optional. First, watch the paper agent on the live desk until you understand fills and narratives. Second, set guardrails: planned capital, maximum position percent per trade, and a daily loss limit. Third, create a free demo wallet session in the browser; funding remains a separate choice. You can disconnect the demo wallet and return to simulation-only mode at any time.

This sequence exists to reduce pressure: proof of behavior comes before capital. If a platform reverses that order — deposit first, explanations later — treat that as a trust warning.

What Stratium is not

Stratium is not a registered investment adviser, not a broker-dealer, and not a promise of profit. The public experience is an educational and conversion demo of how an AI agent can narrate and paper-trade against a live crypto tape. Coinbase is the market data source for the demo; Stratium is not affiliated with Coinbase unless separately stated. Always assume you can lose money if you trade crypto with real funds on any platform.