Fund what's next.
Lock in founders pricing forever.
Options and futures automation are live. Crypto, more brokers, and a far more capable trading engine are what comes next — and this campaign is what funds them. In return: pricing and access that will never be offered again.
- Builds the roadmap — new markets, more brokers, and a far more capable engine
- Keeps Stax independent — built by a trader, funded by traders — no outside capital, ever
- Gives founders a say — backers help set the order things get built in
You're not buying a stake. No investors, no equity, no strings. You're buying the best deal Stax will ever offer — and helping decide what gets built next.
0 of 50 founding seats claimed
Across the three capped tiers. The Founders Badge is unlimited.
Put what you've already paid toward a founders tier
During the campaign, your recent subscription payments come off Founders Lifetime or Founders Year — Max. Enter the email on your subscription and we'll work out your price.
The next phase, funded by founders
Everything below is what this campaign pays for. No dates — founders help set the order, and Founding Futures backers vote on it directly.
More markets, more brokers
- Full crypto support — futures and spot
- Additional options broker integrations
- Additional futures broker integrations
- Crypto broker integrations
A far more capable engine
- Trade Plan — set the entry trigger and every exit as one plan: enter a strike when the underlying hits your target, then exit across up to four further targets with configurable allocation, mixing underlying price, P&L % and P&L $
- Trade options, futures and crypto — plus paper for all three — in parallel on one account
- Strategy redesign: scaling entries, scaling exits, and OCO or trailing configured per leg
- Build alerts and filters inside Market Sentiment that fire straight into automation
Already live and not on this list: options and futures automation across 5 brokers, paper trading on every one of them, and the strategy marketplace.
These dates don't move and won't be extended. When a step ends, its pricing is gone — that's the deal that makes founders pricing mean something.
Six ways to back the build
Founders pricing opens September 8, 2026. Prices below are the opening prices.
Founders Badge
Fly the colors. Get the tools.
- One year of the Stax Indicator Suite (all 4 indicators)
- Permanent Founders role in Discord
- Your name on the Founders Wall in the app
Founding Futures
The futures add-on. Yours for life.
Pays for itself in ~18 months at $49/mo — then never again
- Futures market add-on waived for life ($49/mo, never charged)
- Live today on Tradovate, plus paper futures — nothing to wait for
- Direct input on the futures roadmap
- Founders role + Founders Wall
- Live Tradovate futures needs $5,000 in the account — that's Tradovate's own API requirement, not ours. Paper futures has no minimum.
Founders Year — Strategies
A year of every Stax strategy.
$1,788 list — a year of the All-Stax Bundle
- All five Stax strategies for 12 months — OG, SMART, DailyTrend, STAX ICT and Crypto DualTrend as it launches
- The All-Stax Bundle is $149/mo — this is a year of it, one payment
- Trade them by hand in Discord, or automatically on any Stax plan
- Founders role + Founders Wall
- Strategies only — this is not an automation plan. To have them traded for you, you still need a Stax plan (from $49/mo) or a Founders tier that includes one.
Founders Year — Max
Twelve months of everything Max means.
$2,088 list — a year of Max + the Suite
- 12 months of Max — all markets, 10 strategy slots, no per-trade limit
- One year of the Stax Indicator Suite (all 4 indicators)
- Private 1:1 session with Tyler
- Founders role + Founders Wall
Founders Lifetime
The original price. The last time under $7,500.
Code OG6500 at checkout · list $7,500
- Lifetime Max + All-Stax bundle + Indicator Suite
- Every market — options, futures & crypto as they launch
- Standalone TopstepX automation — lifetime holders only
- Founders role + Founders Wall
- List price rises to $8,500 when futures ships
- The TopstepX standalone runs on your own computer rather than in the cloud, so it only trades while that machine is on.
Founders Supporter
Not here for the software? Back the build anyway.
Any amount up to $2,500
No software. No subscription. No equity.
- Your name on the Founders Wall
- Permanent Discord Founders role
- Private launch-week AMA with Tyler
- Not a donation and not tax-deductible. Non-refundable.
Seat counters are live — when a tier sells out, it's gone. The campaign closes October 3, 2026 regardless of seats remaining. All tiers are product access and community recognition only: no equity, no revenue share, no investment of any kind.
The story so far — all real, all tracked
One builder, zero outside capital. These are cumulative, all-time numbers.
This community has backed Stax before
$131K of this journey came from members paying up front — founding licenses and lifetime seats. The strongest single month brought in $44,949.
V1 was funded by lifetime members. V2 gets funded by founders. That's the whole model: no VCs, no debt — traders funding the tools they trade with.
Built by one trader, in public
I'm Tyler Sanford — Marine Corps veteran, software engineer, and the person who writes every line of this platform. Stax started because I wanted my own trades managed properly and no broker would do it. Everything you see on this page was built and paid for the same way: by trading, and by members who bought in early.
There are no investors to answer to and no board setting a roadmap. That is exactly why this campaign exists — and why founders get a say in what ships next.
What members say
I've worked in custom software and website development for 30 years, so I tend to be pretty critical of tools and platforms. The product and service Stax delivers are truly top-tier. One of the biggest benefits for me has been peace of mind — the automation has given me back time.
I've been with Stax ATS since October 2025, and I can honestly say it's been one of the best decisions I've made on my trading journey. The service has been incredible, the software is rock solid, and the quality is on another level compared to anything else I've tried.
I've been with StaxInvesting since the inception of the automated software. Tyler told me to ride it out with him and things will turn around.... And they did! StaxInvesting provides external tools that help you to be successful that is backed up by real data.
Now, I'm up 18% in just two months! Tyler always says this is a collective and we help each other out with trading strategies and features and it's been cool to see firsthand how Tyler takes these seriously and is able to build them out so quickly.
Never miss a trade, split second execution, no second guessing your manual targets, just plug and play and let it do its thing. From there you can make adjustments to tweak it even more as your strategy solidifies.
I've been using the automation trading for about 2 months and I love it. The dev team is always rolling out new features for us to use and keep winning. After one of the newest features added, the back testing tab is Game Changing.
I first manually traded the options alerts for awhile and found them to be profitable. I then signed up for automation about 6 weeks ago and I have +20% ROI using a conservative strategy. The software works great and fills are good. Stax is very helpful and quick to make changes if they make sense to the group. Overall am very satisfied!
The SUPPORT in this group and with this software is the GOLD STANDARD in my opinion. I've been using tech the last 40 years and have never experienced such Top Notch and timely service. Tyler and Caleb are on the ball and that's understating it.
Since following the advice from Tyler, Caleb and other community members I have been more consistently in the green every day! With the automation bot I don't have to worry if I forgot to close something and with the trailing stops it automatically adjusts for me!
The Founders Wall
Every backer's name (or handle), permanently displayed inside the Stax app — the people who funded the build when it counted. Stax was bootstrapped by one trader; it gets to stay independent because of this list.
See the wallWhat's shipped, as it ships
No updates yet — the first one lands when the campaign opens.
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Common questions
Am I buying equity or a stake in the company?
No. Every tier is product access and community recognition only — there is no equity, no revenue share, no profit participation, and no security of any kind. You are pre-buying software at a price that will not be offered again.
What happens when a tier sells out?
It closes immediately and permanently. Seat counts on this page are live, and the seat is reserved the moment you start checkout, so two people can never buy the same last seat. If a tier is sold out, its button is disabled.
Will the dates be extended?
No. The campaign closes on the published date regardless of how many seats are left, and prices step up on the published date in between. There is no admin override to extend them — that's what makes founders pricing worth anything.
I'm already a member. Does that count for anything?
Yes. During the campaign, your recent subscription payments come off Founders Lifetime or Founders Year — Max. Enter your subscription email in the members panel above and it will work out your price. The credit applies once, to one tier.
What exactly does Founding Futures buy me?
Futures automation is already live — Tradovate for live trading, plus paper futures with no minimum. What this tier buys is the futures market add-on (the per-market fee every plan below Max will pay once multi-market billing ships) waived for you permanently, plus a direct say in what gets built for futures next. It stacks on whatever plan you hold now or move to later. One thing to know up front: Tradovate requires $5,000 in the account before it grants API access — that is their rule, not ours, and paper futures has no such minimum.
What is the standalone TopstepX automation, and why only Lifetime?
It is a fully automated TopstepX solution that runs on your own computer rather than in our cloud. That is the catch and the reason it is restricted: shipping software someone runs locally is an irreducible risk however well it is protected, so it only goes to lifetime holders — a permanent relationship with a handful of people we know by name. Practically, it trades only while your machine is on, so it suits a desktop that stays running rather than a laptop you close at night.
What if I need a refund?
Reach out and we will sort it out. Because these are seat-capped, a refunded seat goes back into circulation for someone else.
Founders tiers grant product access and community recognition only. They are not investments, securities, or financial instruments of any kind, and they carry no equity, revenue share, or profit participation. StaxInvesting LLC is not a broker-dealer or registered investment adviser.