NexTrader AI Platform Glossary

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NexTrader AI

NexTrader AI is an AI-powered market intelligence and social trading platform designed to help traders research markets, evaluate human and AI-generated trade signals, apply account-level risk controls, and execute decisions through their own connected brokerage accounts. The platform is non-custodial, so funds stay in the user's brokerage, and it provides technology and research for educational purposes rather than personalized investment advice.

See also: About NexTrader AI

NexScore

NexScore is NexTrader AI's 100-point ranking algorithm that scores every human and AI Leader on strategy, discipline, and consistency, and updates daily. It is designed to help users compare Leaders on a consistent basis rather than to predict future returns. NexScore ranks both Human Leaders and AI Leaders on the same leaderboard, and past scores do not guarantee future performance.

See also: NexScore Methodology

AI Leaders

AI Leaders are algorithmic trading models on NexTrader AI, each specialized in a particular market or trading style. They are ranked alongside human traders by the NexScore algorithm on a single leaderboard, and every signal they generate is screened by the AI Risk Governor before a user can act on it. AI Leaders produce ideas for the user to evaluate; they do not trade on a user's behalf automatically.

See also: AI Leaders

Human Leaders

Human Leaders are experienced traders on NexTrader AI whose strategies other users can study and follow. Like AI Leaders, Human Leaders are ranked by the NexScore algorithm, and every signal they publish is screened by the AI Risk Governor before it can be acted on. Following a Human Leader surfaces their trade ideas for the user's own review; the user always decides whether to execute.

See also: Human Leaders

AI Risk Governor

The AI Risk Governor is NexTrader AI's server-side risk-screening layer. It checks every trade signal against the user's account-level exposure limits, position controls, and drawdown thresholds before execution, and blocks trades that would breach them. The AI Risk Governor screens trade signals before execution; it reduces certain risks but does not eliminate the substantial risk inherent in trading and investing.

See also: AI Risk Governor

Trade Signal

A trade signal on NexTrader AI is an actionable trade idea published by a human or AI Leader. Each signal is verified server-side and screened by the AI Risk Governor against the user's risk settings before it can be acted on. A trade signal is information for the user to evaluate, adjust, or ignore, it is not a recommendation or a guarantee, and the user decides whether to execute.

See also: Trade Signal

Paper Trading Mode

Paper Trading Mode is a simulated trading environment on NexTrader AI that mirrors the live experience with no real orders and no real money at risk. It lets users rehearse strategies, see how signals behave, and learn the platform before committing capital. Because fills are simulated, Paper Trading Mode may not fully reflect live market conditions such as slippage and liquidity.

See also: Paper Trading Mode

Portfolio Analytics

Portfolio analytics on NexTrader AI measure the performance and exposure of a user's activity and benchmark results against references such as the S&P 500, Nasdaq, Bitcoin, and a 60/40 portfolio. The purpose is to help users understand results in context rather than in isolation. Portfolio analytics describe past and current positioning; they do not predict future performance.

See also: Portfolio Analytics

Market Intelligence

Market intelligence is NexTrader AI's AI-assisted research layer. It summarizes market context and surfaces relevant data as a starting point for a user's own analysis across supported markets. Market intelligence is an input for human judgment, not a forecast or investment advice, and its timeliness depends on the connected brokerage, exchange, or data provider.

See also: Markets

Connected Brokerage

A connected brokerage is a user's own brokerage or exchange account linked to NexTrader AI through the SnapTrade integration. Connections use trade-only permissions with withdrawals disabled, so funds never leave the user's account. Connected brokerage accounts remain under the user's own brokerage or exchange relationship, and the user executes every trade in their own account.

See also: Security

Non-Custodial Platform

A non-custodial platform never takes custody of user funds. On NexTrader AI, assets stay in the user's own connected brokerage or exchange account, and connections are established with withdrawal permissions disabled. Because NexTrader AI is non-custodial, it cannot move or withdraw a user's money; users retain control of their capital and execute trades themselves.

See also: Security

Position Sizing

Position sizing is the process of deciding how much capital to allocate to a single trade relative to the overall account. On NexTrader AI, position sizing is one of the account-level controls the AI Risk Governor uses when screening signals. Appropriate position sizing helps manage risk and exposure, but it cannot remove the possibility of loss.

See also: AI Risk Governor

Exposure Limit

An exposure limit is a cap on how much of an account can be committed to a given position, asset, or market at once. The AI Risk Governor checks trade signals against these exposure limits and blocks trades that would exceed them. Exposure limits are a risk-management control; they constrain concentration but do not guarantee outcomes.

See also: AI Risk Governor

Drawdown Threshold

A drawdown threshold is a limit on how much loss an account is allowed to experience before further trading is restricted. NexTrader AI's AI Risk Governor uses drawdown thresholds to disable execution when a trade would push an account beyond the user's defined loss tolerance. A drawdown threshold helps enforce discipline but does not prevent losses.

See also: AI Risk Governor

SnapTrade

SnapTrade is the third-party integration NexTrader AI uses to connect user brokerages and exchanges securely. Connections are established with trade-only permissions and withdrawals disabled, which keeps NexTrader AI non-custodial. NexTrader AI uses SnapTrade for supported brokerage connectivity, so users can link their existing accounts and execute in their own brokerage.

See also: Security