Getting Started with AQS

Early alpha macOS notice

AQS is currently in early alpha. The macOS desktop build is not fully notarized yet, so Apple Gatekeeper may block the app with a malware verification warning even when it was downloaded from the official AQS website.

If you trust the download source and macOS prevents the app from opening, you can remove the quarantine flag with:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/AQ Studio.app"

We are working on resolving this release-signing setback so future builds can open without this manual step.

Early alpha Windows notice

The Windows x64 alpha installer is not code-signed yet. Your browser, Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, or Windows security settings may warn that the download or app is from an unknown publisher.

If you trust the official AQS download source, you may need to explicitly allow the download and choose the option to run or keep the installer. We are working toward signed Windows releases so this manual approval is no longer required.

AlgoQuant Studio gives you a desktop workspace for building strategies, analysing results, and supervising live sessions produced by AlgoQuant Engine.

Prerequisites

AQS creates and builds Rust strategy projects through AQE, so rustup and cargo must be installed before you create projects or compile strategies.

Install Rust from rustup.rs, then confirm the toolchain is available:

rustup --version
cargo --version

After installing Rust, restart AQS or open a new terminal session so the updated PATH is available to the desktop app.

Typical workflow

1. Install the desktop application for your operating system.
2. Install Rust with rustup if it is not already available.
3. Open or create a strategy project.
4. Configure the project runtime, broker, datafeed, and cloud binding when needed.
5. Build the strategy structure in the editor.
6. Run a backtest and inspect the results.
7. Start a live or paper session and supervise it from the strategy surfaces.

Using AQS with AQE

AQS can be used as the primary interface over AQE. In that setup, AQE runs the strategy and produces runtime state, while AQS renders the live strategy, insight, account, equity, and backtest surfaces that you use to operate the system.

Learn these areas first

• Strategy Editor for project composition and runtime configuration
• Backtest Review for historical performance and trade inspection
• Active Strategies Dashboard for live session monitoring
• Strategy Detail for insight flow, account state, events, and cloud session information

The remaining AQS pages break those areas down in more detail.