Algo Trading Systems has discontinued all Self-Assisted free trials. New traders must now attend an ATS Discovery Meeting before entering an assisted onboarding, training, and trading pathway. This policy change follows an extensive review of trader participation, platform usage, onboarding results, support requirements, repeated license-trial abuse, and concerns regarding unauthorized copying and misuse by third-party vendors within the trading ecosystem.
Our internal review found that approximately 80% of Self-Assisted trial traders did not read, use, or experience the complete ATS Hybrid Algo Trading ecosystem and were unable to follow the guidance, instructions, and required onboarding process.
What Replaces the Self-Assisted 7-Day Free Trial?
Why ATS Discontinued Self-Assisted Free Trials
ATS is not simply an algorithm that a trader downloads, switches on, and expects to generate immediate daily, weekly, or monthly profits. ATS provides a complete Hybrid Algo Trading framework that combines Algo Futures Trader, Alpha Web Trader, turnkey workspaces, staged education, AI Copilot guidance, trading groups, trader controls, risk management, and ongoing mastery.
Many traders downloaded AFT, opened a turnkey workspace, and expected the algorithm to begin generating immediate profits or automatically pass a prop-firm evaluation without completing the required installation, orientation, education, practice, risk-control, and trade-planning stages.
- Many traders could not connect to Discord or locate the ATS groups.
- Many could not find or follow the Zero to Hero training pathway.
- Most did not attend the ATS VIP Trading Group or experience the AI Trading Copilot.
- Many did not use Alpha Web Trader through its web or desktop applications.
- Some could not download or correctly install the required AFT turnkey workspaces.
- Many did not progress through Zero to Hero Stages 1 to 5.
- Some contacted the help desk without completing the available orientation, setup materials, or guided training.
As a result, most Self-Assisted traders never received a complete or accurate experience of ATS technology, methodology, education, support, and Hybrid Algo Trading capabilities.