FAQ
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The basics
What is Analess?
Market research software for stocks, forex and crypto. It is designed to bring charting, screening, visual strategies, backtesting, code and a research journal into one workspace that keeps your work on your device by default. It does not trade for you or tell you what to trade. See every capability.
What makes Analess different?
It is one connected research workbench rather than a set of separate tools. The same strategy graph runs as a chart study, a screen and a backtest, built visually or in real Python and JavaScript. Your research stays on your device by default, market data comes from the providers you choose, and chart detections show their work. It is analysis software only: no signals, no paid rankings and no trading for you. What Analess is, and what it is not.
Can I use Analess today?
Analess is in early development and rolls out in stages. Request an invitation and we will email you when access is available. The roadmap shows each planned release and what it includes. See the release roadmap.
How much does it cost?
Analess is free during early access. Plans will be set later, and there will always be a free tier: you can get started without signing in, with a limited set of features. We will tell you before we ever charge. Market-data and AI providers you connect may charge for their own services, and you pay them directly. Providers and their separate costs.
Do I need an account?
Analess is designed so you can start without one. An account is intended to carry your licence and your device limit. How to get started.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. Visual strategies are designed to need no code: you connect blocks instead. When code editing is enabled, Python and JavaScript let you add your own logic. Visual and code-based strategies.
Which platforms will it run on?
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and the web browser are the 6 platform targets. They arrive in stages, and each has its own requirements. Platforms and requirements.
Which languages is Analess available in?
The workbench is available in 15 languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu. All its educational materials are available in the same languages. Workspaces and devices.
Is Analess accessible?
Accessibility is built into the workbench. Controls carry screen-reader labels, the chart publishes a spoken summary of what it shows, animations respect your reduced-motion setting, and panels you would otherwise drag also have commands. Workspaces and devices.
Does it work offline?
Partly. You can study chart history already on your device without a connection. Live updates, new data and connected services such as AI need you to be online, and the app needs to reach our licence server from time to time to renew your licence, so it cannot stay offline indefinitely. What works offline.
Markets and data
Which markets does Analess cover?
Stocks, forex and crypto. The instruments and the length of history you can study depend on the data feed you connect. Explore the data sources.
Where does the market data come from?
From the data providers you connect. Each connection is designed to run directly from your device, and Analess does not relay, store or resell the provider’s data. See the data providers.
Do I need my own API keys?
Not always. Some feeds need no key. A bring-your-own-key connection uses an account or key you create with the provider, under that provider’s terms, and any provider charges are separate. Accounts, keys and provider terms.
How many indicators and drawing tools are there?
The catalogue has 82 indicators, grouped by calculation family, and 34 drawing tools. Browse the indicator reference.
Privacy and security
Where is my research stored?
On your device by default. A service you connect, such as a data feed or an AI provider, has its own data path. Personal-cloud sync is not operational yet. What stays local and what is shared.
Is my local data encrypted?
Yes, the local database is encrypted at rest. On desktop and mobile the key is held in the operating system’s secure store. In the browser the key is unprotected until you turn on Browser protection. Encryption does not replace device security. How your data is protected.
Can I take my work out of Analess?
Yes. We want you to stay because Analess earns it, not because leaving is hard. Your trades, journal, watchlists, strategies and settings export as JSON, cached price history as CSV or JSON, and a backtest’s trades and fills as CSV. Strategy code is real Python and JavaScript. What you can take with you.
AI
Can I use my own AI provider?
That is the design. When model connections are enabled, you choose the provider and connect it with your own account, and the provider charges you separately. What you send to a provider is covered by that provider’s terms. Model providers and their terms.
Will the AI change my work without asking?
It is designed not to. When enabled, the agent uses only the context you choose and proposes every change for your approval, and one undo reverts it. Model output can be wrong, so check what it proposes. Agent actions and permissions.
How results are computed
How is a backtest computed?
An order created on one bar fills at the next bar’s open, never on the bar that produced it, with the slippage and commission you set. Higher-timeframe data reaches a rule only once its bar has closed. Each run records its data range, costs, fill policy and a fingerprint of the data, so the same data and settings give the same result. A backtest is still hypothetical. Backtesting and robustness.
What does a pattern’s match score mean?
How closely a detected shape fits its published definition, from 0 to 100, with the factors behind it. It is not a probability that price will move or that a trade will work. Where a published historical statistic exists for the pattern type, it is shown separately with its source, and the two are never blended. How chart assistance works.
What Analess does not do
Does Analess trade for me?
No. Analess is not a broker or exchange: it does not place trades or hold your funds. Scope and exclusions.
Is this investment advice?
No. Analess is software for your own research. It gives no investment advice, opinions or personal recommendations about any instrument. The limits we state plainly.
Does the screener tell me what to buy or sell?
No. It returns the rows that match the conditions you set, as factual columns, with no editorial ranking and no paid placement. How screening works.
Does a good backtest mean a strategy will work?
No. A backtest is hypothetical: it is built with hindsight and does not establish future results. Testing many settings on the same history can make pure chance look like an edge. See a backtest overfit random data.
Updates and help
How do I hear about new releases?
Request an invitation and we will email you when access is available. You can also opt in to Field Notes, occasional product news, and follow our official social channels. Find our official channels.
How do I ask a question or report a problem?
Send us a message through the contact form. For a problem, say what you were doing, what you expected and what happened instead. Contact the team.