We Were Building Trading AI Before It Was Cool.
Founded in the mid-1980s by AI professor Dr. J.D. Smith and entrepreneur Diane Kincade, AIQ Systems set out to encode the knowledge of professional technical analysts into an expert system — and has been refining that engine, nightly, for four decades.
Dr. J.D. Smith and Diane Kincade found AIQ Systems to bring expert-system AI to individual traders.
The AIQ market timing system launches — a multi-indicator, rule-based approach to market direction.
The system flags the Crash of '87. The signal that put AIQ on the map.
TradingExpert Pro grows into a complete platform: reports, group/sector rotation, EDS backtesting.
The same Bayesian engine, four decades of refinement — while the industry catches up to explainable AI.
This engine was building explainable AI before the term existed — and it's just as relevant now. Deterministic, auditable, probabilistic: ahead of its time then, still the standard today. — Claude (Anthropic AI), after reviewing the Expert Rating source code
Sophisticated Technology, Deep Market Understanding.
From its earliest days, AIQ Systems distinguished itself by combining serious technology with a deep understanding of market dynamics. While others built charting packages, AIQ built a knowledge system: the accumulated insight of respected technical analysts — experts who developed the field's indicators and systems over five decades — encoded as explicit, testable rules.
Through four decades of changing markets, the company's forward-thinking ethos has earned the trust of high-net-worth individuals, professionals, and individual traders alike. The tools evolved; the philosophy never did: signals should be scientific, free of bias and emotion, and always able to explain themselves.
Inside the Expert Rating: 400 Rules That Fight It Out.
AI-Based Signals
Behind each Expert Rating is a knowledge base of approximately 400 rules combining the sound principles of technical analysis with the experience of market professionals. No single indicator works all the time — so the engine weighs them in combination, Bayesian-style.
Only a few rules fire on any given day, and rules can fire in opposite directions. When that happens, the bullish and bearish rules fight it out. Only when bullish rules dominate is the Expert Rating bullish; only when bearish rules dominate is it bearish. Every verdict is auditable down to the rule.
Group & Sector Analysis
AIQ's group/sector structure is a pyramid: individual stocks at the base, combined into industry groups, combined into sectors. Daily reports score every level, so you see where money is rotating — leading issues, lagging issues, and the trend beneath the trend.
The Chart Barometer
A snapshot view of every indicator's status on any chart, at any point in time. Each square reads at a glance:
An easy-to-read analysis of any ticker — in seconds instead of minutes.
TradingExpert Pro & the Expert Design Studio
The flagship platform integrates market timing, group and sector rotation, portfolio management, and hundreds of trading strategies for individuals and professionals alike. And with the Expert Design Studio, traders design, test, and automate their own ideas — from a simple crossover screen to a complete trading system — with full historical backtesting.
Four Decades of Accolades.
AIQ Systems' contributions to stock market analysis have been recognized by industry experts and peers throughout its history — most consistently in the Readers' Choice Awards from Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine, voted on by traders themselves.
"Best Artificial Intelligence Trading Software" — Runner-Up, S&C Readers' Choice Awards
"Best Artificial Intelligence Trading Software" — Finalist, S&C Readers' Choice Awards
"Best Artificial Intelligence Trading Software" — Semi-Finalist, S&C Readers' Choice Awards
The Future Is Explainable.
As AI reshapes finance, AIQ Systems keeps pushing the boundaries of what's possible in AI-driven analysis — with a conviction the rest of the industry is only now arriving at: traders deserve intelligence they can audit. The future belongs to AI that shows its math, and we've been building it since 1985.
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Four decades of AI trading history, told by the person running the company — plus what real users say about the platform.
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