New to trading? You’re in the right place.
Never trade alone.
Meet Trendy, your TradeBricks owl. Trendy explains trading in plain words, checks each idea against the limits you set, and helps you keep what you learn. Every decision — and every order — stays yours.
- Free to start
- Practise with play money
- You place every order
Hi, I’m Trendy! Ask me anything — even “what’s an option?”
Ask Trendy
What’s a covered call?
You own 100 shares and sell someone the right to buy them from you at a set price. You collect a payment now. The catch: if the stock races past that price, you may have to sell — and miss the rest of the rise.
How it works
Build your trading skills one brick at a time.
No guessing where to start. Each step is small, and each one sits on the last.
01
Connect — or practise first
Link Interactive Brokers, tastytrade, Alpaca or uSMART. Not ready for real money? Start with an Alpaca paper account and practise with play money.
In the app → Settings
02
Read the day in plain words
Today sums up the market in a few short points: what moved, which sectors led, and what it means for what you hold. Lite mode keeps it simple until you want more.
In the app → Today
03
Talk it through before you trade
Bring an idea to the Trade Desk. The Council checks it against the limits you set and asks the questions beginners often skip.
In the app → Trade Desk
04
Keep the lesson
The Journal keeps what you expected next to what happened. The Dojo turns your own record into short practice, so each trade teaches the next.
In the app → Journal · Dojo
Words explained
No jargon. Just ask Trendy.
Tap a word. Trendy explains it the way a friend would — short, honest, no showing off.
Trendy says
Option
A contract about 100 shares of a stock. It gives the buyer the right to buy or sell those shares at a set price, until a set date.
Why it matters: An option can cost less than the shares, but it can also expire worth nothing. That is why it pays to learn how they move.
Ask Trendy a follow-upBefore you buy
A second opinion, before you click Buy.
New traders often skip the boring checks. The Council doesn’t. It checks your idea against your own limits, then asks what could go wrong — in plain words.
It never says yes or no for you. You decide, with the facts in front of you.
Trendy chairs the Council. Five owls, five questions: the plan, your history, the market, the risk and the lesson.
Strategist
Memory
Analyst
Risk Manager
Tutor
The idea: buy $7,000 of a tech stock
Illustrative
Is it too big for your account?
Within your limit
7% of your accountYour limit: 10%
Too much in one sector?
Over your limit
Tech: 24% now → 31% afterYour limit: 30%
What could go wrong?
“You already hold a lot of tech. If the whole sector has a bad week, this adds to the fall. What makes it worth the extra risk?”
— The Risk Manager, one owl on the Council
Is it safe?
Learn at your pace. Stay in control.
You place every order
TradeBricks never trades for you. Trendy and the Council explain and check — the decision and the click are yours.
Practise with play money
Connect a paper account and learn the ropes before real money is involved. Practice and real accounts stay separate.
Simple first, detail later
Lite mode shows short summaries. Switch to Advanced whenever you want the full evidence.
Honest about limits
Every read shows when it was made and what’s missing. No promises of returns. Ever.
Questions
Questions beginners ask.
Something else on your mind? Trendy answers questions inside the app, any time.
I’ve never traded before. Is this for me?
Yes. TradeBricks starts in Lite mode with plain-English summaries, and Trendy can explain any word you don’t know. To place real trades you’ll need a broker account — or connect a paper account to practise first.
Will TradeBricks trade for me?
No. It never places an order on its own. You review every trade and place it yourself.
Is this financial advice?
No. TradeBricks is for education. It shows evidence, checks your own rules and asks questions. It doesn’t tell you what to buy or sell.
Do I need real money to start?
No. Connect an Alpaca paper account and practise with play money at real market prices. Practice and real accounts stay separate.
What does it cost?
Every member starts on the free plan. Where a feature needs a paid plan, the app says which one.
Which brokers work with it?
Interactive Brokers, tastytrade, Alpaca and uSMART. What syncs varies by broker. Connecting an account never lets TradeBricks trade on its own.
Lay your first brick today.
Free to start. Practise with play money. Trendy is there whenever a word or a number doesn’t make sense.
Educational use only. You place every order.
