Pricing
Fixed scope.
Fixed quote in 24h.
Three engagement bands. No subscriptions, no profit-share, no hidden fees. You own the code.
Calculate your projectOlaaia builds software. Clients run software on their own brokerage accounts with their own keys. Olaaia does not custody funds, does not trade client accounts, and does not provide investment advice. Trading involves risk of loss.
Estimator
Get a ballpark in 30 seconds.
Pick a platform, complexity and pipeline. The estimate moves with you. Not a commitment — every quote is finalised on the discovery call.
What platform?
Complexity?
Need ML signals?
Maintenance?
Estimated range
$1,300 – $1,800
Timeline · 4–5 weeks
Ballpark only. Final quote depends on broker, asset class, NDA requirements and your existing data sources.
Band 01 of 02
Retail bot build
From $1,250
MT5 EA, NinjaTrader strategy or Python/IBKR bot. Backtest + paper-trade + deployment.
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Perfect for
- Single-asset bots
- Custom EAs and Pine Script strategies
- Python / IBKR custom executions
Included
- Free discovery call
- Architecture document
- Source code on your GitHub from day one
- Walk-forward validated backtest
- Paper-trade phase
- Live deployment to your broker
- 30 days of post-launch fixes
- Documentation + runbook
Not included
- Monthly aftercare (from $200/month)
- Profit-sharing arrangements
- Account management — you trade your own account
Band 02 of 02
Institutional engagement
From $6,000
FIX/ITCH, multi-venue execution, ML signal pipeline or embedded delivery-lead role.
Timeline
6+ weeks
Perfect for
- Prop firms and family offices
- Multi-venue execution and FIX/ITCH connectivity
- ML alpha pipelines and embedded delivery-lead role
Included
- Discovery + architecture phase
- Source code on your private GitHub
- FIX 4.2 / 4.4 connectivity
- Multi-venue execution layer
- ML signal pipeline (XGBoost / LightGBM / HMM)
- Real-time risk and observability stack
- Walk-forward + CPCV + Monte Carlo validation
- Extended paper-trade phase
- Embedded delivery-lead role (optional)
- Quarterly architecture review
Not included
- Account custody — we never hold client funds
- Investment advice — we provide software only
- Profit-share unless mutually agreed for multi-quarter work
Side by side
What you get in each band.
| Feature | Retail bot build | Institutional engagement |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $1,250 | $6,000 |
| Timeline | 2–4 weeks | 6+ weeks |
| Architecture document | Yes | Yes |
| Backtest | Yes | yes + Monte Carlo |
| Walk-forward validation | Yes | yes + CPCV |
| Paper-trade phase | Yes | yes (extended) |
| Live deployment | Yes | Yes |
| ML pipeline | optional | Yes |
| FIX / ITCH connectivity | No | Yes |
| Multi-venue routing | No | Yes |
| Monitoring suite | optional | Yes |
| Embedded delivery-lead role | No | Yes |
| Source ownership | You | You |
| Mutual NDA | Yes | Yes |
Pricing questions
Before you book the call.
Do you charge for the first call?
Why don't you show the full prices upfront?
Do you take a cut of profits?
What happens if scope expands mid-project?
Do you accept crypto, wire or ACH?
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Do you offer payment plans on the $6k+ tier?
What is the 'embedded delivery-lead role'?
What Olaaia is not
- Not a signal provider. I don't tell you when to buy or sell. I build the engine you use to act on your own decisions.
- Not a trader for hire. I don't trade your account. Your keys, your risk, your decisions.
- Not a prop-firm challenge solver. I won't help you game evaluations or build bots that target their compliance loopholes.
- Not the cheapest option. If you need an EA for $80, I'm not your engineer.
- Not a return-promiser. Any developer who guarantees market performance is selling you something other than engineering.