Back to the Future Trading

What Back to the Future Trading does

Back to the Future Trading (BTTFT), operating as a DBA of Higher Purpose Inc. and founded in 2009, develops and sells predictive trading software for retail traders. The company is headquartered in Thomasville, United States, operates with a small team of 1-10 employees, and is bootstrapped with no institutional funding. Its core product is the TachEon suite of time-cycle analysis indicators, anchored by TachEon Warp (TimeWarp), which generates forward-looking buy and sell timing signals projected onto charts rather than reactive lagging indicators. The methodology is rooted in W.D. Gann's vibrational market theory, implemented through data mining algorithms applied to years of historical intraday market data, and is delivered as native NinjaTrader 8 NinjaScript indicators and a TradingView Pine Script variant called TachEon Kronos.

The product family spans a tiered architecture: Warp (core predictive timing), Aurora (precision analytics and strategy testing), Optimus (full automation on 15 years of institutional strategies), Force (resonant frequency trading claiming 10-15% higher accuracy), Firefly (scalping indicator from 17 years of private research), and PVT (price-volume-time directional pressure indicator). The software targets individual retail traders of futures, forex, equities, and cryptocurrencies across both NinjaTrader and TradingView user bases.

BTTFT monetizes through recurring subscriptions (monthly and annual with auto-renewal), lifetime one-time licenses, $250 personalized installation services, and mentorship packages for software calibration and trading plan design. Go-to-market is content-led and community-driven, anchored by a 10.4K subscriber YouTube channel, weekly live webinars (Tuesday/Thursday) and training sessions (Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday), a 92+ article blog, Trustpilot reviews, and direct website sales. Customer support and onboarding are delivered via email and remote desktop sessions, with the founder Michael Lydick serving as the primary public-facing instructor and author.

Name

Back to the Future Trading

Legal name

Higher Purpose Inc.

Website

https://backtothefuturetrading.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Back to the Future Trading (BTTFT) develops and sells the TachEon suite of predictive time-cycle trading indicators for retail traders of futures, forex, equities, and cryptocurrencies, delivered as NinjaTrader and TradingView add-ons via subscriptions, lifetime licenses, and installation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Thomasville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Software Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to TachEon software suite with automatic renewal at billing cycle end. Subscribers receive software downloads, training videos, support, and access to the customer lounge. Cancellation must be done through the My Account page before renewal.
2. One-Time Software License: Lifetime one-time purchase option for software, as noted in customer testimonials referencing 'lifetime version'. Payment plans available with license turning off if payments are not made.
3. Personal Installation/Support Services: Personalized one-on-one installation assistance for TachEon software, priced at $250.00 per session. Includes remote support, troubleshooting, and custom workspace creation.
4. One-on-One Mentorship: Personalized mentoring for software calibration, money management coaching, and trading plan design tailored to TachEon tools, sold as mentorship time packages.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Back to the Future Trading develops and sells the TachEon suite of predictive trading indicators, which use proprietary Gann-based time-cycle analysis and data mining algorithms to project future buy/sell timing signals onto NinjaTrader 8 and TradingView charts. The suite supports futures, forex, equities, and cryptocurrency markets and offers tiered products ranging from real-time predictive alerts (Warp) to fully automated institutional-grade trading (Optimus), supplemented by installation services and 1:1 mentorship.

Product overview

Back to the Future Trading (BTTFT) offers the TachEon suite of predictive trading indicators — a platform-plus-modules product family anchored by TachEon Warp (TimeWarp), which generates forward-looking market timing signals on charts. The portfolio includes four tiered add-on modules: TachEon Aurora (automated analytics and strategy testing), TachEon Optimus (fully automated institutional-grade trading), TachEon Force (vibrational/resonant frequency trading for higher accuracy), and TachEon Firefly (scalping-specific indicator developed over 17 years). Additional tools include TachEon Kronos (TradingView Pine Script variant of Warp) and the PVT indicator. The software is delivered as custom NinjaTrader 8 indicators (NinjaScript) and as TradingView indicators (Pine Script), targeting futures, forex, equities, and cryptocurrency traders who want to anticipate market turning points before they occur. The company also provides live training, mentoring packages, and a customer resource center with support services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TachEon Warp: Predictive trading alerts for futures, forex, stocks, and crypto using time cycle analysis
• TachEon Aurora
• TachEon Optimus
• TachEon Force
• TachEon Kronos
• PVT (Price Volume Time)

Products and services

• TachEon Warp (TimeWarp) Flagship predictive trading indicator that projects future buy/sell timing signals onto charts using time-cycle analysis for futures, forex, equities, and cryptocurrency markets on NinjaTrader 8 (and as Kronos on TradingView).
• TachEon Aurora Precision analytics add-on for Warp that delivers automated signal generation and strategy testing capabilities for the TachEon predictive timing framework.
• TachEon Optimus Fully automated time-cycle trading system built on 15 years of proven institutional-grade strategies, offering the highest tier of the TachEon family for traders seeking complete automation.
• TachEon Force Vibrational trading system that claims to achieve 10-15% higher accuracy through resonant frequency (vibration-based) trading, derived from W.D. Gann's vibrational market theory.
• TachEon Kronos TradingView (Pine Script) variant of the TachEon predictive timing framework, providing predictive buy/sell timing signals on TradingView charts with timezone adjustment support.
• TachEon Firefly Scalping-specific indicator developed over 17 years of private research, designed to work in conjunction with Warp, Force, Aurora, and PVT for high-frequency short-term trading.
• PVT (Price Volume Ticker) Indicator that shows when buyers or sellers tip the market 'teeter-totter' in a certain price direction, helping traders identify directional pressure from institutional participants.
• Personal Installation and Support Service Personalized one-on-one remote installation assistance for the TachEon software suite, priced at $250 per session and including troubleshooting and custom workspace configuration.
• One-on-One Mentorship Personalized mentoring covering software calibration, money management coaching, and trading plan design tailored to TachEon tools, sold as time-based mentorship packages.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60-70% accuracy rate reported by customers using the software for consistent bias trading
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NinjaTrader Group, LLCcoreTechnology or IntegrationNinjaTrader is the primary platform for BTTFT's TachEon software suite. TachEon indicators (TimeWarp, Force, Aurora, Optimus, Firefly) are built as NinjaScript indicators for NinjaTrader 8. The software integrates with NinjaTrader's licensing system (Control Center → Help → 3rd Party Licensing). BTTFT recommends NinjaTrader as the preferred platform and offers integration support. Kinetick, a NinjaTrader partner, provides market data feeds for use with the software.
• TradingView, Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationTradingView is the second primary platform for BTTFT's TachEon Kronos indicator, built in Pine Script. The software integrates with TradingView's indicator system and requires the user's TradingView username for activation. BTTFT explicitly acknowledges TradingView's trademark and states no affiliation or endorsement exists.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ProRealTime: ProRealTime is an established multi-asset retail trading and technical analysis platform offering charting, backtesting, and screening — comparable to BTTFT as a broader incumbent providing retail traders with subscription technical/quantitative analytics.

Emerging players

• Predicting Alpha: Predicting Alpha applies machine learning to surface alpha-generating trading signals and research for retail/prosumer traders — comparable to BTTFT as an emerging data-driven predictive analytics vendor pursuing overlapping retail customers seeking forward-looking timing or signal edges.
• Quantower: Quantower provides a multi-asset trading platform with deep order-flow, charting, and custom-indicator support for retail and pro traders — comparable to BTTFT as an emerging NinjaTrader-adjacent analytics/indicator ecosystem targeting futures, FX and crypto traders.

Direct peers

• TrendSpider: TrendSpider is an AI-powered technical analysis and charting platform for retail traders, offering automated pattern detection, multi-timeframe analysis, and backtesting — directly comparable to BTTFT as a retail-trader analytics subscription product competing for the same NinjaTrader/TradingView-adjacent audience.
• ATAS (Order Flow Trading): ATAS provides order-flow, footprint, and clustering analytics for futures and crypto traders — directly comparable to BTTFT as a retail futures analytics subscription software targeting NinjaTrader-platform traders seeking timing/structural edges.
• Trade-Ideas: Trade-Ideas offers AI-driven scan, alert, and predictive signal technology for active retail/day traders across equities and futures — comparable as a subscription-based retail trading analytics SaaS with predictive/automated signal capabilities similar to BTTFT's TachEon suite.
• Sierra Chart: Sierra Chart is a high-performance futures trading platform with deep technical analysis and custom study capabilities — comparable as a NinjaTrader-alternative platform competing for the same futures/active-trader segment BTTFT targets.
• Elliott Wave International: Elliott Wave International sells wave-based predictive market timing research and subscription services for traders; directly comparable to BTTFT as a subscription analytics firm selling Gann/Elliott-derived timing signals to retail traders seeking forward-looking market calls.
• Bookmap: Bookmap provides order-flow and liquidity visualization for futures traders via NinjaTrader and other platforms — directly comparable to BTTFT as a NinjaTrader-integrated retail futures analytics vendor competing for the same active-trader wallet.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@BackToTheFutureTradi
• Facebookfacebook.com/BackToTheFutureTrading
• Instagraminstagram.com/backtothefuturetrading
• TikToktiktok.com/@bttftrading0
• Xx.com/flux_trading

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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