Inside Automatic Day Trader

See how ADT works.
One step at a time.

Follow the actual desktop software as it researches a stock, checks a budget and records a purchase and sale. This guided example uses a simulated $10,000 account.

Start with your budget
Simulated $10,000 accountSOFI · October 24, 2025
Real ADT interface showing $10,000 of simulated cash, no open exposure and the account’s trading capacity.Actual ADT interface Full screen

Start with the money available and the limits you choose.

The account has $10,000 available. ADT checks available cash, your spending limits and any pending orders before a purchase.

Starting simulated cash$10,000.00$0 in positions · $0 reserved

Actual ADT desktop software with simulated money. The browser subscription has a different layout and feature set. Historical price reference; simulated trades and intraday path.

You set the boundaries

Choose a budget.
Set a purchase limit.

You decide how much ADT may use for one purchase and across all trades. A brokerage account holds your trading money; your ADT budget can be smaller than that account’s balance.

Real ADT Trading settings with an $8,910 position cap, $10,000 maximum open capital, $10,000 allocation and separate exit-protection controls. Simulated account.
Trading limits · existing ADT interfaceView full screen

Where the $10,000 went

Immediately after the example purchase
Purchase cost
$8,652
Cash remaining
$1,347
Assumed entry fee
$1
Understand the idea

See why a stock
was selected.

A stock symbol is a company’s market abbreviation, such as SOFI. ADT shows the research behind an idea, then checks the current price, your budget and permission before a purchase.

ADT research screen showing the illustrative SOFI setup, its reference price, planned quantity and supporting explanation in the real application interface.
Research and sizing · actual ADT screen with illustrative inputsView full screen
Why this stock?

Read the reasoning.

Read the explanation and where the information came from. Research can be wrong or become outdated.

Does it fit?

Check your boundaries.

An idea may fit one person’s budget and price range but fall outside another’s.

Can it trade?

You decide whether it may trade.

Creating an account or paying a subscription does not give permission to use real money.

Stay with the position

Follow the shares
you now own.

Shares you hold are called a position. The chart shows their price, what you paid and the configured stop—a request to sell if the price reaches a set level.

Actual ADT chart with a simulated SOFI position, a $28.84 entry line, a $29.66 observed high and a protective stop that has risen to $29.37.
Position and protection · simulated price pathView full screen
Example entry$28.84What the shares cost
Initial stop$28.27The starting trigger for a sale
Observed high$29.66The example’s high while held
Raised stop$29.37The trigger moved up as the price rose

A stop is an instruction, not a guaranteed price. Gaps, halts, unavailable data and broker problems can delay an exit or produce a larger loss. Understand the controls

Review what happened

See what the sale
actually returned.

A gain shown before you sell can still change. After a sale, ADT records the purchase price, sale price and fees. This example sells one cent below the stop price.

ADT completed trade screen showing 300 SOFI shares bought at $28.84 and hypothetically sold at $29.36, for $154 net after $2 in assumed fees.
Completed position · simulated outcome, not ADT performanceView full screen
What is real in this example?

Real interface.
Referenced prices.
Simulated account.

SOFI’s published daily prices for October 24, 2025 were open $28.84, high $29.87, low $28.70 and close $29.01. The example’s price observations stay inside that range.

The intraday path, timestamps, research, fills and $2 fee assumption are illustrative. Daily prices do not prove those fills were available or that ADT made this trade. Simulation does not predict future returns.

Automatic Day Trader

Choose the ADT setup
that fits your needs.

The dedicated ADT computer starts at $6,449. The planned browser service is $199 per month, for supported U.S. stocks during regular market hours.

Account sign-in is available. Paid subscriptions and real-account trading are not open yet.