BestEx launches AI-native trading analytics interface

BestEx Research launched Pulse AI, an AI-native interface that connects the firm’s Pulse Analytics suite to AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT. The company announced pre-trade analytics for global futures are available now and an equities pre-trade module will be released in October. A broker-neutral post-trade transaction cost analysis module is planned for the first quarter of 2027.

Pulse AI links traders’ AI assistants to BestEx’s proprietary models and realized market data. The interface returns answers and supporting visualizations that use the firm’s processed algorithm inputs and execution cost model.

The product is designed to cover the trade lifecycle, beginning with pre-trade forecasting and later adding broker-neutral post-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA). The initial rollout prioritizes pre-trade analytics for global futures, with equities pre-trade scheduled for October and the broker-neutral TCA slated for Q1 2027.

The pre-trade function accepts natural-language questions about liquidity and execution and provides interpreted results with charts. It can respond to queries on which instruments are most liquid at particular times of day, how spread and market depth typically behave, how scheduled economic events affect the order book, and estimated execution cost at different participation rates and trading speeds.

BestEx says the pre-trade tool reduces the time quant teams spend extracting, cleaning and modelling raw market data by returning analysed outputs that include visual evidence and explanations trading desks would otherwise assemble themselves.

The planned broker-neutral post-trade TCA will apply a single methodology to a firm’s executed flow, enabling direct comparisons of broker performance and evaluation of which strategies performed under specific conditions. Pulse AI can be configured to run analyses overnight and deliver a structured TCA report by morning.

Hitesh Mittal, founder and CEO of BestEx Research, commented that traders can use Pulse AI to discuss execution quality with their AI assistant, obtain help on changing market conditions, or set an automated process to run TCA overnight and receive a broker performance analysis the next morning.

BestEx Research Group LLC provides execution algorithms, trading technology and trade analytics for global equities and futures. The company’s Pulse Analytics platform supplies the model outputs and historical execution data that feed the new AI interface. The release coincides with increased use of AI assistants on trading desks.