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Cortex AI agents

Options agents that read the tape.They act within your rules.

Describe a setup in plain English or pick an agent from the marketplace. Cortex agents watch live flow, dealer gamma and dark pool prints, then act inside the limits you set. Paid members can also set up a trade plan (in beta), and Cortex runs it after you approve.

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Included in Trade Echo Pro. Every agent starts on paper.

Cortex Agent BuilderIllustrative example

1. You describe it

When SPY holds above the Flip and a big call sweep hits the ask, buy one call. Keep it under $500 and ask me first.

2. Cortex drafts the rules

Watches
SPY
Trigger
Call sweep of $250k or more on the ask
Only if
Price at or above the Flip
Size
1 contract, $500 max per trade
Mode
Review: you approve each trade

3. It acts or skips, and says why

  1. 09:48SkippedSPY below the Flip. Trigger needs price at or above it.
  2. 10:31SkippedCall sweep under the $250k premium floor.
  3. 11:07StagedSPY call, 1 contract. Waiting for your approval.
Example for illustration only. Not a recommendation to trade.
Two ways to start

Write your own agent.Or subscribe to one that exists.

Describe it in plain English

Tell Cortex the setup you trade. It asks what is missing, like ticker, size or timing, then drafts the agent with its trigger, filters, limits and exits. You review and confirm before it runs.

  • Paper
  • Review
  • Scheduled

Start from the marketplace

Browse agents other members have published, read what each one watches and how it trades, and subscribe to the ones that fit. Your own agents stay private unless you publish them.

  • Member-published
  • Private by default
Agents to start from

Pick an agent.Change what you like.

Marketplace

Charm Sniper

When charm stacks at the Anchor, it opens a one-hour window and only takes a long call on a fresh EMA cross above the Flip.

  • DealerEdge
  • Charm
  • Long calls
How Charm Sniper decides

Built-in preset

GEX Scout

Reads gamma exposure, the Flip and dealer positioning, then flags when the regime changes.

  • DealerEdge
  • GEX Rating

Built-in preset

Flow Sniper

Hunts unusual options flow: sweeps, repeat prints and outsized premium on the ask.

  • OptionFlow

Built-in preset

Discovery Sniper

Wakes on Discovery noteworthy prints and follows the momentum that comes after.

  • Discovery
  • OptionFlow

Built-in preset

Catalyst Scout

Works the event calendar and lines up signals ahead of earnings, FOMC, CPI and other catalysts.

  • Macro calendar

Built-in preset

Dark Pool Radar

Tracks large off-exchange prints and the size stacking up behind them.

  • Darkpool

Descriptions summarize each agent's rules. They are not investment advice.

Controls

You set the rules.Cortex works inside them.

Agents use AI judgement to read the tape, but only inside the limits and approvals you choose. You can change or stop any of it at any time.

  1. Trade rules and risk limits

    Cap positions, orders per day, exposure, and dollars and contracts per trade. Add per-agent trade rules for the contracts it may touch.

  2. Approve each trade, or let it run

    Review mode stages every signal for your approval from a push notification. Auto mode acts on its own inside your limits. Digest mode only reports.

  3. Pause or stop at any time

    Pause or stop an agent whenever you want. A drawdown switch also pauses it on a daily dollar loss, daily percent loss or trailing drawdown.

  4. See why it acted or skipped

    The Decisions log records each check: what the agent saw, what it did, and which rule stopped it when it passed.

DecisionsIllustrative example
  1. 09:48SkippedSPY below the Flip. Trigger needs price at or above it.
  2. 10:31SkippedCall sweep under the $250k premium floor.
  3. 11:07StagedSPY call, 1 contract. Waiting for your approval.
  4. 11:09Paper fillApproved. Filled on the paper book inside the $500 cap.
  5. 13:52ExitedTarget rule hit. Position closed.
Cortex Chat

Ask the terminal.Get the prints behind the answer.

Chat reads the same live tools as your agents and your own trade journal. It names each tool it calls and adds a one-line plain-English note under every data row.

Cortex ChatIllustrative example

Why did TSLA just flip to short gamma?

Reading DealerEdge on TSLA

Dealers went net short gamma at 14:28 as the Flip rolled through $342.10.

Below the Flip, hedging tends to amplify moves in both directions.

The Anchor sits at $338. The next Defense Line is $332.

Little support to lean on between those two levels.

DealerEdgeOptionFlow

Trade plans on every paid plan Beta

Plan the trade ahead.Cortex runs it once you approve.

Set up one long option trade with its entry conditions, stop, target, trim steps and time exit. Draft it in Cortex chat or from Claude, ChatGPT or Meta AI (Muse) with Trading on. After you approve it in Trade Echo, Cortex watches the conditions, buys at or below your limit, sells a set percent of the original position at each trim step and exits on your stop, target or time exit.

  1. Entry conditions

    Price above or below a level, the premium at or below your price, price above the gamma flip, a Flip Cross, or the Charm Stack at the Anchor. Every condition must be true, and Cortex never pays more than your limit.

  2. Exits you set

    A stop, a target, up to 3 trim steps (such as sell 50% at +40%) and an optional time exit. Each step sells that percent of the original position when the gain is reached; the rest keeps its stop, target and time exit. A plan with trim steps needs at least 2 contracts, and each step must sell at least 1 contract. Positions can be held overnight, and an open position closes before the bell on expiration day.

  3. You approve every plan

    In Cortex chat the plan shows on an approval card, and only your Approve plan click arms it. Typing yes in the chat never does. Plans from Claude, ChatGPT or Meta AI (Muse) are approved in Trade Echo too.

  4. Follow it and step in

    You get a push when a plan enters and when it exits. Cancel a plan that has not bought yet, or use Sell now on an open one, from Plans in Cortex.

Trade plans place real orders with real money in your linked account, and you are responsible for every plan you approve. Not investment advice. Monthly and Yearly members trade on their active Copy Trading account (change it in Copy Trading) with up to 3 active plans; Lifetime members can pick any linked account and have unlimited active plans. Trading and trade plans are in beta. We are improving them quickly; report anything odd in Discord or at info@tradeecho.com. Trading from your AI assistant

Cortex ChatIllustrative example

Plan 2 SPY calls for Monday if price gets above the gamma flip. Stop 40 percent, sell 50 percent at +40 percent, target 80 percent.

Drafting a trade plan

Trade planWaiting for approval

Buy
2 SPY calls, limit $2.50
Enter when
Price above the gamma flip
Stop
40% below the fill
Trim
Sell 50% at +40% (1 contract)
Target
80% above the fill
Time exit
Friday, 3:30 PM ET
Valid until
Friday, 12:00 PM ET
Account
Your linked brokerage, real money

Nothing is armed until you click Approve plan. Once approved, it runs on its own and you get a push when it enters and when it exits.

Example for illustration only. Not a recommendation to trade.
How Cortex talks

One vocabularyacross chat and agents.

Anchor
The strike dealers defend with the most open interest. A magnet on the way in, friction on the way out.
Flip
The price where dealer gamma changes sign. Above it moves tend to dampen; below it they tend to amplify.
GEX Rating
A 1 to 5 volatility regime read of dealer gamma. Higher reads calmer, lower reads more volatile. Never a direction call.
Cortex Wall
The heaviest strike on the chain: a price magnet and a defense zone into expiry.
Echo Print
A block that re-prints within the session. The desk is layering size, not unwinding.
Defense Line
The next level below the Anchor, where the desk leans if the Anchor breaks.

Questions

What is Cortex?
Cortex is the AI layer in Trade Echo. Chat answers questions about your live flow. Agents watch the tape on a schedule and act within the rules you set. The Marketplace lists agents other members have published. All three read the same data and use the same vocabulary.
How is Cortex different from ChatGPT?
General chatbots answer from training data and cannot read your flow. Cortex calls live Trade Echo tools, including DealerEdge, OptionFlow, Darkpool, AlgoEdge, SEC filings, the options chain, the macro calendar and your own journal, and answers with the prints and levels you see on the terminal.
Can Cortex agents place trades?
Every agent starts on Paper, with full P&L tracked and no broker contact. Review mode stages each signal for you to approve or reject. Live mode sends orders to your linked broker and asks you to type ENABLE LIVE before it switches on.
Which plans can run a live agent?
Every paid plan. Monthly and Yearly members run one live agent at a time: your own agent or one live agent you follow from the Marketplace. It trades on your active Copy Trading account. Lifetime members have no live agent limit and can pick a broker for each agent. Agents on paper never count toward the limit.
What is a trade plan?
A trade plan is one long option trade set up ahead of time: the contract and size, an entry limit, entry conditions, a stop, a target, up to 3 trim steps (such as sell 50% at +30%), an optional time exit and a valid-until time. Each step sells that percent of the original position when the gain is reached; the rest keeps its stop, target and time exit. A plan with trim steps needs at least 2 contracts, and each step must sell at least 1 contract. You approve it once in Trade Echo, then Cortex buys when the conditions are met during market hours, sells at each trim step automatically and exits on your stop, target or time exit. Trade plans are in beta on every paid plan. Monthly and Yearly members trade on their active Copy Trading account with up to 3 active plans; Lifetime members can pick any linked account and have unlimited active plans. They place real orders with real money, and they are not investment advice.
What happens if an agent starts losing money?
Each agent runs inside the limits you set: positions, daily orders, exposure, and dollars and contracts per trade. A drawdown switch pauses it on a daily dollar loss, daily percent loss or trailing drawdown. The agent uses its own judgement inside those limits and cannot go past them.
Do I need to be technical to build an agent?
No. Describe the setup in plain English and Cortex asks what is missing, like ticker, size or timing, until the agent is fully specified. Many members start from a built-in preset and adjust the limits.
Does Cortex store my queries or share my trades?
Conversations and agents are private by default. An agent only appears in the Marketplace if you publish it. Your data is never sold and is never used to train outside models.
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Cortex Chat, Agents, the Marketplace and trade plans (in beta) are included in every Trade Echo Pro plan.

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