Option Circle, a San Jose, CA-based financial technology company developing an autonomous, regime-based trading platform, has raised $3 million in a new funding round.
The round saw the inclusion of backers Savoie Capital, Wagon Wheel Capital, investors from the company’s StartEngine equity crowdfunding campaign, and a group of private investors.
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The company plans to use the funds to help launch its products, integrate its platform, and roll out to the market in stages.
Option Circle is a financial technology company building an automated trading platform. The platform is designed to detect changes in market conditions, adjust trading strategies automatically, and execute trades within a controlled system. The funds from this round will be used to improve system integration, strengthen execution controls, increase operational reliability, and support a gradual commercial launch.
In recent months, Option Circle launched several parts of its platform system:
- Volatility Intelligence Engine: A system that tracks and analyzes real-time market volatility.
- Next-Generation Backtesting Engine: A simulation system used to test trading strategies using past and simulated market data.
- Autonomous Platform Roadmap: A development plan that combines volatility analytics, backtesting systems, and a future AI-powered strategy engine.
The company says its approach is regime-based, meaning its strategies adjust to changing market conditions instead of relying on fixed assumptions.
Algorithmic trading has usually used fixed rules and parameter-based strategies. Option Circle aims to build systems that can continuously adapt to changing market conditions using built-in analytics and automated decision tools.
The company sees its platform as part of a larger move toward more automation in financial markets, where reliability, strong controls, and the ability to adapt are becoming more important for performance.
So far, Option Circle has filed 38 patent applications related to parts of its trading system as part of its intellectual property strategy.
About Option Circle
Founded in 2020 by Shishu Bedi, Founder and CEO, Option Circle is a financial technology company building an AI powered automated trading platform. The platform combines machine learning for market regime detection, volatility analysis, adaptive strategy models, and controlled automated execution to provide institutional-level trading intelligence for changing market conditions.
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