ShamarX is an algorithmic forex and gold trading system designed, built, and operated by Shepyrd. It executes strategies automatically, reconciles every position against the broker, and is fully described in code so the production environment can be rebuilt from scratch in twenty minutes.

What technology stack runs ShamarX?

Next.js for the frontend, a Python decision engine for the trading logic, Postgres as the source of truth, Redis for the hot working set, and AWS managed services for compute, storage, and delivery. Infrastructure is described in code so the stack is reproducible.

Why did Shepyrd build ShamarX in-house?

Building ShamarX let Shepyrd practice the same craft we sell — designing custom systems and shipping a production-grade product end to end. It is both a working trading system and a reference for how we approach client work: plain language, careful trade-offs, and infrastructure built to last.

Can Shepyrd build a custom system like this for my business?

Yes. Shepyrd offers Custom Systems and Website Design as core services. Most engagements blend both — a tailored backend or workflow tool, plus a public-facing site that earns its keep. Start the conversation at shepyrd.tech/contact.

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A trading platform we shipped end-to-end.

Trade with discipline. Not emotion.

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The problem

Manual trading is expensive in attention.

The two failure modes of manual trading are emotion and exhaustion. The third is the cost of paying attention to a chart for eight hours a day.

Existing automated systems land in one of two extremes — too rigid (snap in unexpected markets), or too opaque (machine learning models you can't debug when something breaks). ShamarX needed neither.

“Discipline is a feature. Not a tone of voice.”

The product

Five surfaces. One engine.

One backend, five interfaces. Each tuned for a different job, all reading from the same source of truth — so a number on the dashboard is the same number on the broker reconciliation.

Dashboard

Daily P&L and open positions at a glance.

Live

Real-time chart with orders overlaid.

Backtest

Replay strategies against historical data.

Replay

Bar-by-bar trade review for post-mortems.

Lives

Reconciled broker feed, side-by-side.

The system

A careful frontend. A precise engine. Built to last.

AWS · Managed Cloud

01Client

Next.js

Server-rendered marketing & app

02Core

Decision engine

Where intent becomes execution

03State

Postgres + Redis

Source of truth, hot cache

04Market

Broker

External execution venue

The frontend is built with Next.js — server-rendered, fast, and reads cleanly to search engines. The engine handles market data, decision logic, and broker reconciliation.

Everything runs on AWS — managed services for storage, compute, and delivery. Nothing custom to maintain at the infrastructure layer.

The whole stack is described in code. One engineer can rebuild the entire production environment from scratch in twenty minutes.

Three decisions

Trade-offs we made out loud.

Every architecture decision is two doors that look the same until you walk through one. These are the three doors that mattered most.

01Decision

Transparent rules

Machine learning

When real money is on the line, you need to know exactly why a trade fired. A black box can't be questioned at 3am.

02Decision

Server-first

Single-page app

Built on Next.js with server-rendered surfaces. Each page renders fast and reads cleanly to search engines. No spinner-on-load tax.

03Decision

Managed cloud

Self-hosted servers

Runs on AWS — no servers to babysit, no manual deploys at midnight. Infrastructure described in code, reproducible in minutes.

What we'd do for you

Same discipline. Your product.

The same approach we brought to ShamarX runs through every project we take. Three principles, always.

01
Start with the smallest system that could ship.
Not a roadmap. A real first version that runs end-to-end. Cut everything else.
02
Keep the rules transparent.
If you can't explain why the system did something at 3am, you don't own it.
03
Choose what's built to last.
Managed cloud services that run forever beat clever architectures that break at midnight.

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