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Paper it.
Backtest it.
Live it — 23 bots, one stack.
24/7 while you sleep.

Not another signal group. A full operator desk: our proprietary Trend Operator (One & Plus), 23 strategy engines from EMA to Grid, a Backtest Lab with genetic optimizer and continuous re-runs, and AI Sentiment that can flip long, short, or both.

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23
Strategy templates
3
Free paper bots
US$3
Live from / month
1
Live bot on Starter

How we compare

How ThisTimeIsDifferent compares on features

Honest comparison with 3Commas, Cryptohopper, and Bitsgap — research, sentiment, analytics, Workbench, and risk — not just Grid/DCA.

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Capability ThisTimeIsDifferent Operator desk 3Commas DCA / Grid / SmartTrade Cryptohopper Marketplace & signals Bitsgap Grid / multi-exchange
Genetic backtest optimizer (reduce overfitting)
Continuous re-optimization + auto-apply
AI Sentiment (auto long/short/both)
Multi-bot on one wallet — per-bot size tracking
Walk-forward & Monte Carlo
Position-level circuit breaker & risk hub
Protect manual capital / adopt orphans
Backtest → paper → live pipeline
Live bots on multiple exchanges (one desk)
Same 23 strategy engines across venues
On-chain sentiment + human override
AI trade explanations
Workbench Sizing Lab (sandbox → apply)
2D heatmaps / fee & regime analysis
Per-bot Strategy Detail hub
Analytics: multi-bot compare & charts
Session hours & SL/TP guards
Hot-reload params (no restart)
23 strategy templates (6 groups)
Live multi-bot cloud autopilot
Paper trading (live prices)
Managed cloud 24/7
Telegram fills + read-only status
Multi-user seats per tenant (roles)
Fair-use capacity model
Yes — available Partial — limited or alternate form (e.g. sub-accounts) No — not offered

Compared with 3Commas, Cryptohopper, and Bitsgap using publicly documented features (Aug 2026 snapshot). TTID rows reflect shipped product. Partial = narrower or alternate form (e.g. sub-accounts per bot, basic backtest). Multiple exchanges: Explorer (2), Trader (4), Pro (6) — Free/Starter are single-venue. Not affiliated with named competitors; trademarks belong to their owners. Not financial advice — verify current features on each vendor’s site.

How it works

Paper → optimize → read mood → go live

Four capabilities in one product — full briefings below, not teaser blurbs.

Paper trading

Connect your exchange for real-time candles. The bot simulates fills and tracks P&L without spending margin. Run up to three paper bots free before you go live.

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Backtest Lab

Replay real OHLCV with grid search or a genetic optimizer. Walk-forward and Monte Carlo fight overfitting; continuous backtest can re-optimize on a schedule.

Sentiment engine

AI sentiment reads market mood; every plan also gets free on-chain signals. Override manually or let auto-apply flip long, short, or both.

Live autopilot

Promote to live when ready. Bots scan candles, place orders, follow sentiment, and hot-reload params — Telegram alerts and dashboard controls included.

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The main event

23 bot engines — led by Trend Operator

Trend Operator One & Plus lead five supporting families. Live vs paper gates are on each pricing tier.

Signature · proprietary

House edge

Trend Operator

Our proprietary position operator. You choose direction; the engine decides when and how much to add or trim — pullback entries, ATR geometry, profit-aware scale-outs, and a multi-level stop staircase. One live from Explorer+ · Plus live on Pro · paper on every tier.

  • Operator sets long / short / off — bot manages size, never flips bias alone
  • Staggered scale-in on EMA+RSI pullbacks with ATR spacing between fills
  • Scale-out sized by open profit, RSI extension, EMA distance, and ATR bonuses
  • Four-level partial stop ladder + three pluggable exit engines (incl. adaptive ASO)
  • Plus adds capacity-fill, lateral scalp, and aux-timeframe RSI sizing
Trend Operator One Explorer+ live

You set long / short / off — the bot never picks macro bias. Pullback scale-in, ATR spacing, and pluggable exits. Live from Explorer+.

  • Pullback scale-in · ATR-spaced tranches
  • Risk modes + dynamic size bonuses
  • 4-level SL ladder · 3 exit engines
  • Gradual OFF unwind · multi-bot coexist

EMA · RSI · ATR

Trend Operator Plus Pro live

Everything in One, plus capacity-fill, lateral scalp, and an aux-timeframe RSI size multiplier. Pro live; paper on every tier.

  • Capacity-fill beyond tranche count
  • Lateral scalp in ranging chop
  • Aux-TF RSI tranche multiplier
  • Always-on pluggable exit stack

EMA · RSI · ATR

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5 bots

Single-entry bots with classic indicators — EMA crosses, RSI confirmation, Supertrend flips, MACD, and Bollinger extremes. Ideal first paper runs: few knobs, clear entries, and the same hot-reload / SL-TP / session controls as every other engine.

  • EMA Crossover All tiers

    Enters when fast EMA crosses above slow EMA; exits on reverse cross.

    Fast EMA · Slow EMA

  • RSI + EMA All tiers

    Buys on oversold RSI with EMA trend confirmation; sells on overbought.

    RSI · EMA

  • Supertrend All tiers

    Follows the Supertrend indicator flips with ADX trend-strength filter.

    Supertrend · ADX

  • MACD Crossover All tiers

    Trades MACD line / signal line crossovers with histogram confirmation.

    MACD · Signal Line · Histogram

  • Bollinger + RSI All tiers

    Enters at Bollinger Band extremes when confirmed by RSI levels.

    Bollinger Bands · RSI

Trend & momentum

6 bots

Multi-filter systems built for directional markets — stacked EMAs, Donchian channels, PSAR+MACD, VWAP, and volume-confirmed breakouts. Use when you want trend alignment before size, not a single indicator firing alone.

  • Trend Following All tiers

    Multi-indicator trend strategy combining Supertrend, MACD, and ADX.

    Supertrend · MACD · ADX

  • Donchian Breakout All tiers

    Classic channel breakout strategy with ADX trend filter.

    Donchian Channel · ADX

  • EMA Ribbon All tiers

    Multi-EMA trend stack — trades when all ribbon EMAs align.

    EMA Ribbon

  • Parabolic SAR + MACD All tiers

    Trend strategy using Parabolic SAR flips confirmed by MACD momentum.

    Parabolic SAR · MACD

  • VWAP All tiers

    Trades deviations from Volume-Weighted Average Price with OBV confirmation.

    VWAP · OBV

  • Breakout + Volume All tiers

    Catches Bollinger Band breakouts confirmed by ADX strength and OBV momentum.

    Bollinger Bands · ADX · OBV

Mean reversion & oscillators

5 bots

Range and snap-back logic — Bollinger/Stochastic mean reversion, Stoch RSI, Williams Alligator + fractals, RSI divergence, and Supertrend+TTM Squeeze. Best when price oscillates inside a band instead of trending hard.

  • Mean Reversion All tiers

    Trades price snap-backs using Bollinger Bands, Stochastic, and OBV.

    Bollinger Bands · Stochastic · OBV

  • Stochastic RSI All tiers

    Combines Stochastic RSI with Keltner Channels for precise entries.

    Stochastic RSI · Keltner Channels

  • Williams Fractals + Alligator All tiers

    Bill Williams fractal entries filtered by Alligator mouth direction.

    Williams Fractals · Alligator Jaw/Teeth/Lips

  • RSI Divergence All tiers

    Pivot-confirmed RSI divergences for reversal and continuation entries.

    RSI · Price Pivots

  • Supertrend + TTM Squeeze All tiers

    TTM Squeeze fire entries in the Supertrend direction.

    Bollinger Bands · Keltner Channel · Supertrend

Multi-timeframe & on-chain signals

3 bots

Higher-complexity entries that combine screens or market microstructure — Elder Triple Screen (multi-TF), Funding Rate Sentiment (perp funding extremes), and Ichimoku Kumo breakouts with optional TK/Chikou filters.

  • Elder Triple Screen All tiers

    Multi-TF trend, pullback, and base-timeframe breakout alignment.

    EMA · Force Index · MACD · Channel Breakout

  • Funding Rate Sentiment All tiers

    Contrarian entries when perpetual funding is extremely skewed.

    Funding Rate · Funding Average

  • Ichimoku Kumo Breakout All tiers

    Cloud breakout entries with optional TK and Chikou filters.

    Ichimoku Cloud · Tenkan · Kijun · Chikou

Grid & DCA

2 bots

Non-directional Grid and timed DCA with optional martingale. Paper and backtest on Free; live they count as one bot each on any plan with live slots.

  • Grid Trading All tiers

    Non-directional limit-order grid between upper and lower price bounds.

    Price Grid · Limit Orders

  • DCA (Dollar-Cost Averaging) All tiers

    Periodic market tranches with optional martingale scaling.

    Timer · Martingale · Avg Entry

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Deep parameter surface

Every bot exposes the knobs that matter — periods, stops, spacing, risk modes. Trend Operator alone has 50+ hot-reloadable fields the Backtest Lab can evolve.

Hot-reload from dashboard

Change params, exit mode, or trade direction without SSH. The cloud bot picks up updates on the next cycle (~60s).

Genetic optimizer per strategy

Backtest Lab evolves each class’s parameter set — grid or genetic — with walk-forward and Monte Carlo before you auto-apply winners.

Operator-grade controls

USDT margin, SL/TP guards, circuit breakers, session hours, sentiment auto-apply, multi-bot coexist, and protect-manual-capital — from one desk.

Every bot includes dashboard edit forms, field-reference docs, strategy health checks, and Telegram alerts.

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when ready.

Paper, backtest, and on-chain sentiment on Free. Starter adds one live bot from US$3/mo.

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Free (Paper)

Free

Practice with virtual money — up to 3 paper bots, full dashboard, no credit card. No live trading on this tier.

Bot engines (23 · 23 paper)

TO One TO Plus EMA RSI+EMA Supertrend MACD BB+RSI Trend Donchian EMA Ribbon PSAR+MACD VWAP Breakout Mean rev Stoch RSI Alligator RSI div Squeeze Elder Funding Ichimoku Grid DCA
  • 0 live · 3 paper
  • 5 backtest runs / month
  • 1 exchange
  • Paper only — no live trading
  • Manual + on-chain sentiment
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Experimental

Starter

US$3/mo

Regular US$5/mo Launch discount

Experimental entry — 1 live bot + 3 paper on one exchange. Prove one strategy cheaply; no extra live slots on this tier.

Bot engines (23 · 22 live · 1 paper)

TO One TO Plus EMA RSI+EMA Supertrend MACD BB+RSI Trend Donchian EMA Ribbon PSAR+MACD VWAP Breakout Mean rev Stoch RSI Alligator RSI div Squeeze Elder Funding Ichimoku Grid DCA
  • 1 live · 3 paper
  • 20 backtest runs / month
  • 1 exchange
  • 1 live bot per coin
  • No extra live bot add-on
  • Manual + on-chain sentiment
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Growth

Explorer

US$12/mo

Regular US$19/mo Launch discount

Your first live desk — automate up to 4 strategies on 2 exchanges with plain-English trade explanations.

Bot engines (23 · 22 live · 1 paper)

TO One TO Plus EMA RSI+EMA Supertrend MACD BB+RSI Trend Donchian EMA Ribbon PSAR+MACD VWAP Breakout Mean rev Stoch RSI Alligator RSI div Squeeze Elder Funding Ichimoku Grid DCA
  • 4 live · 4 paper
  • 45 backtest runs / month
  • 2 exchanges
  • 1 live bot per coin
  • AI Sentiment via add-on
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Full desk

Pro

US$59/mo

Regular US$99/mo Launch discount

Maximum flexibility — 16 live bots, 6 exchanges, Trend Operator Plus, highest AI quotas.

Bot engines (23 · 23 live)

TO One TO Plus EMA RSI+EMA Supertrend MACD BB+RSI Trend Donchian EMA Ribbon PSAR+MACD VWAP Breakout Mean rev Stoch RSI Alligator RSI div Squeeze Elder Funding Ichimoku Grid DCA
  • 16 live · 12 paper
  • 180 backtest runs / month
  • 6 exchanges
  • 4 live bots per coin
  • AI Sentiment included
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Optional Sentiment+ US$9.0/mo · Explorer+

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Your voice

The say we never had

We built TTID because we spent years using tools we had no say in. You do. Send us a bug report or an idea for a feature — feedback that changes what we ship may be thanked with a courtesy on your account.

Every case is reviewed individually. A courtesy is a thank-you, not a guarantee.

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Roadmap

What is next

Enterprise and advanced tooling are on the roadmap — not in self-serve checkout today.

Enterprise

Invitation only

Custom limits, priority support, optional Align profit-share — from From US$199/mo by personal invite after 3+ months on a paid plan.

Enterprise is not self-service while we validate the product with early subscribers. Start on Free or a paid tier; selected accounts may receive a manual invitation.

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Strategy Workbench

Alpha

Visual strategy builder and parameter playground — early access for power users.

Workbench is in active development. Join the waitlist via support when you need custom logic beyond our 23 templates.

Align performance program

Future

Optional capped profit-share only when you beat your previous best month — never on day one.

Today you pay a fixed monthly fee only. Align remains invitation-only and is not required.

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Who we are

Built by traders, still in active development

ThisTimeIsDifferent is a young platform — we ship weekly, run our own bots on the same stack, and prefer honest early-stage copy over fake social proof.

"We wanted genetic optimization, AI Sentiment, and live bots in one place — not three separate tools stitched together."

Launch exclusivity: early subscribers get direct feedback channels and priority consideration for Enterprise invites as we scale capacity.

Verified on our cloud: Hyperliquid, MEXC, and BloFin. Bybit, OKX, Kraken, Coinbase Intl., Bitget, Gate.io, and KuCoin (beta). Whitelist 129.213.107.60 on CEX API keys.

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FAQ

Common questions

Yes. The Free tier includes up to three enabled paper bots so you can validate signals and sizing without exchange risk — no live trading on Free. Live trading requires a paid plan (Starter and up). See /pricing for current list prices and any active launch discount.

Verified on our cloud today: Hyperliquid, MEXC, and BloFin — tested with live and paper bots from our servers. Beta: Bybit, OKX, Kraken, Coinbase Intl., Bitget, Gate.io, and KuCoin — supported in code; contact us before going live so we can validate your setup. For most CEX API keys, whitelist our server IP 129.213.107.60 in your exchange API settings (shown when you add credentials). Hyperliquid uses wallet keys — no IP whitelist. Binance is not reachable from our cloud today due to regional API restrictions.

Trader and Pro let you run multiple live bots on the same symbol. Each bot tracks its own attributed size in the dashboard — this is not exchange sub-account isolation: margin, leverage, and liquidation are shared on the exchange. Free has no live bots; Starter and Explorer allow one live bot per symbol. Read the multi-bot risks guide and accept the risks under Settings → Billing before enabling a second live bot on the same pair.

Many competitors isolate bots using exchange sub-accounts. ThisTimeIsDifferent coordinates automation on a single wallet with honest per-bot size tracking, conservative position reconciliation, and dashboard tools (Protect manual capital, Adopt orphan size). Multi-bot on the same coin is a Trader+ feature with explicit risk acceptance — not hidden deal stacking.

General questions: hello@thistimeisdifferent.app. Billing and account support: support@thistimeisdifferent.app. We read both inboxes; please use a clear subject so we can route faster.

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Paper bot in five minutes. Live when you are ready.

Create an account, pick a strategy template, watch it run on live prices. Then open Backtest Lab, enable continuous optimization, and layer AI Sentiment when you want the bot to think about mood — not just indicators.

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