# QuanuX

## Docs

- [quanuxctl crucible: run, monitor, and report backtests](https://docs.quanux.org/cli/crucible.md): Start, stop, monitor, and report on Crucible backtesting jobs. Results are stored in DuckDB and exposed as L3 execution metrics through the native C++ API.
- [quanuxctl engine: tune and start live execution nodes](https://docs.quanux.org/cli/engine.md): Apply OS and kernel tuning, initialize the NATS JetStream topology, and start the Annex C++ decoder services on a conditioned QuanuX execution node.
- [quanuxctl habitat: prepare OS and C++ dependencies](https://docs.quanux.org/cli/habitat.md): Stage 1 of the Two-Stage Immutable Deployment. Installs C++ toolchains and native libraries, then writes the habitat.env VPC binding on the target server.
- [quanuxctl nest: deploy the native C++ execution engine](https://docs.quanux.org/cli/nest.md): Stage 2 of the Two-Stage Immutable Deployment. Compiles the C++ engine natively on the target hardware and installs it as a systemd service.
- [quanuxctl CLI reference: all subcommands and usage](https://docs.quanux.org/cli/overview.md): quanuxctl is the primary CLI for managing QuanuX nodes, strategies, and infrastructure. Install it once and operate your entire cluster from one terminal.
- [quanuxctl risk: manage risk state and capital caps](https://docs.quanux.org/cli/risk.md): View global notional exposure, update daily caps, and force node re-hydration via NATS JetStream — all without interrupting live C++ execution threads.
- [QuanuX architecture overview](https://docs.quanux.org/concepts/architecture.md): Learn how QuanuX layers a control plane, execution plane, and observability plane into a distributed trading system built around NATS JetStream.
- [How QuanuX executes trades at nanosecond speed](https://docs.quanux.org/concepts/execution-model.md): Understand the 59ns tick-to-trade flow, Core 3 Dead Core pinning, the Sentinel L3 cache interlock, and the Ritchie FSM states that govern execution.
- [QuanuX node types and roles](https://docs.quanux.org/concepts/node-types.md): Understand the different node roles in a QuanuX cluster—from bare-metal execution nodes to observation and backtesting nodes—and how to deploy them.
- [Strategy lifecycle: from idea to live trading](https://docs.quanux.org/concepts/strategy-lifecycle.md): Follow a strategy from Python prototype through Crucible backtesting and Foundry AI code generation to a signed, verified deployment on your execution node.
- [Authenticate with the QuanuX REST API](https://docs.quanux.org/configuration/api-auth.md): Obtain a bearer token from the QuanuX API, register API clients, and pass credentials in requests to the Foundry, strategy, and integration endpoints.
- [Configure and run QuanuX extensions (QXP)](https://docs.quanux.org/configuration/extensions.md): Attach broker connectors, charting clients, and automation bridges to QuanuX as independent sidecar processes using the QuanuX Extension Protocol (QXP).
- [Connect AI agents via the QuanuX MCP server](https://docs.quanux.org/configuration/mcp.md): QuanuX runs an MCP server acting as a Tool Authority for AI agents, giving them access to skills, scripts, and trading context via standard MCP tool calls.
- [Managing API keys and secrets in QuanuX](https://docs.quanux.org/configuration/secrets.md): QuanuX stores all broker credentials in the OS Keyring, never in plain-text files. Learn to set, retrieve, and rotate secrets for every supported integration.
- [Backtest strategies with the Crucible engine](https://docs.quanux.org/forge/backtesting.md): Run strategies through Crucible, QuanuX's C++20 DuckDB-backed engine — far faster than pandas backtesters, with institutional-grade L3 execution metrics.
- [Strategy Forge: AI-assisted strategy development](https://docs.quanux.org/forge/overview.md): The Strategy Forge is QuanuX's end-to-end pipeline for creating, testing, and promoting trading strategies from Python prototype to compiled C++ execution.
- [Promote Python strategies to C++ execution](https://docs.quanux.org/forge/python-to-cpp.md): Move a verified strategy from Python through Cython to native C++20 execution in the QuanuX spreader, using Foundry requests and Git-as-Governance sign-off.
- [Write and generate trading strategies in QuanuX](https://docs.quanux.org/forge/writing-strategies.md): Build strategies with QuanuX's Python component model, then use the AI Foundry to generate Cython or C++ equivalents for backtesting and live deployment.
- [Install QuanuX on Linux or macOS](https://docs.quanux.org/installation.md): Three ways to install QuanuX: the official Conda channel, pip with a virtual environment, or a full source build. Covers all prerequisites and platform notes.
- [Connect QuanuX to brokerages and prop firms](https://docs.quanux.org/integrations/brokerages.md): QuanuX supports 20+ brokerages and prop trading firms through the QXP extension system. Every integration runs as a sidecar process alongside the QuanuX core.
- [Automate trading workflows with n8n](https://docs.quanux.org/integrations/n8n.md): Use the QuanuX n8n extension to trigger alerts, log trades to external systems, and build risk workflows visually — no custom application code required.
- [Connect to Rithmic for futures market data](https://docs.quanux.org/integrations/rithmic.md): Set up the QuanuX Rithmic extension to stream live futures tick data and route orders through Rithmic's high-performance network using native Go and Protobuf.
- [Integrate Sierra Chart with QuanuX via DTC](https://docs.quanux.org/integrations/sierra-chart.md): Connect Sierra Chart to QuanuX via the DTC protocol. QuanuX acts as DTC client, pulling market data from Sierra Chart and routing orders back through it.
- [Connect QuanuX to TopstepX prop firm](https://docs.quanux.org/integrations/topstepx.md): Set up the TopstepX REST extension and SignalR bridge to trade, manage accounts, and receive real-time market data from the TopstepX prop trading platform.
- [QuanuX: Self-Hosted Quantitative Trading Platform](https://docs.quanux.org/introduction.md): QuanuX is a self-hosted quant trading framework for strategy research, backtesting, and C++ execution across 20+ brokerages and prop firms on your own hardware.
- [Get started with QuanuX in minutes](https://docs.quanux.org/quickstart.md): Install QuanuX, configure your broker credentials, start the server and research cockpit, and run your first backtest — all in a single session.