Professional strategy models, delivered to your account.
Subscribe to a strategic model and get its exact positions on each rebalance — or pull them on demand through our REST API and let a client app trade them for you. You stay in your own brokerage, in full control.
| Position | Target | |
|---|---|---|
| VTI | 35% | |
| IEF | 25% | |
| GLD | 20% | |
| VEA | 12% | |
| DBC | 8% |
Stop guessing. Start following a model.
Most investors improvise — reacting to headlines, holding through crashes, and second-guessing every trade. A rules-based model removes the guesswork.
The old way
- React to headlines and trade on emotion
- Ride buy-and-hold straight through deep drawdowns
- Pay high fees and hand over control to a manager
- Rebuild your allocation from scratch every month
- Never really know what to buy, or when
The ModelBuddies way
- Follow a disciplined, backtested model — not your gut
- Diversified, non-correlated strategies to soften drawdowns
- Keep every dollar in your own brokerage account
- See exact target positions on each rebalance — follow them or don't
- Automate the trades entirely — or place them yourself
Three steps to a model-driven portfolio
Choose a strategy, receive its positions, and put them to work your way.
Subscribe to a strategy
Pick a model that fits your risk tolerance and goals. Each one is a self-contained, rules-based strategy with a documented, backtested track record.
Receive your positions
Get the model's exact target positions on each rebalance, and pull the latest set any time from the REST API. No black box — you see precisely what to hold and in what weight.
Execute your way
Place the trades yourself in a few minutes, or let the ModelBuddies client app rebalance your own brokerage account automatically. You decide how hands-on to be.
Delivered on your schedule
Every strategy ships through both channels — use whichever fits how you invest.
Systematic model trades
On each rebalance, the model's updated target positions are posted to your dashboard. Check in, see exactly what it's holding, and decide for yourself whether to follow it this cycle.
- Exact target positions and weights, posted every rebalance
- View them in your dashboard whenever you check in
- You choose whether to place the trades
REST API & client app
Your subscription includes an API key. A client application queries the ModelBuddies service, receives exactly which positions the model produced, and can automate the trades in your own brokerage.
- Request current positions for any subscribed model
- Bearer-authenticated, one key per machine
- Powers fully hands-off, rules-based execution
A simple API that returns positions
Point the client app at your model and it returns the positions to hold — tickers and target weights — ready to turn into orders. Ideal for automating your account without ever writing a strategy yourself.
- Authenticate once with your subscription's API key
- Fetch the latest positions the model produced
- Let the client app reconcile and place the trades
# Ask the model what to hold right now
curl https://modelbuddies.com/api/models/balanced/positions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer mb_live_•••••"
# → the positions this model produced
{
"model": "balanced",
"as_of": "2025-07-01",
"positions": [
{ "symbol": "VTI", "weight": 0.35 },
{ "symbol": "IEF", "weight": 0.25 },
{ "symbol": "GLD", "weight": 0.20 }
]
}Why ModelBuddies
Institutional-style discipline, delivered in a form you can actually use.
Rigorously backtested
Every model is tested across decades of bull and bear markets — not just the last good year.
Non-correlated strategies
Models combine holdings that don't all move together, aiming to smooth returns and limit drawdowns.
Fully transparent
No black box. You always see the exact positions and weights the model is holding.
You keep control
Positions run in your own brokerage account. Nothing is ever held or managed on your behalf.
Automate it
Hand execution to the client app over the API, or place the trades manually — entirely your call.
Minutes to act
Each rebalance is systematic and quick to follow — check the changes, place a few trades, get on with life.
Pick the model that fits you
From capital preservation to aggressive growth — subscribe to one, or bundle several.
Capital Preservation
Lower risk · shallow drawdowns
- Built to protect capital first
- Ideal near or in retirement
- Steady, sleep-well positioning
Balanced Growth
Moderate risk · diversified core
- Blends equities, bonds & real assets
- Balances growth with drawdown control
- Our most-subscribed model
Wealth Creation
Higher risk · long-horizon growth
- Maximum long-term growth focus
- For investors with time to ride volatility
- Rules-based, no emotional overrides
Metrics shown are illustrative. Live strategy details and historical performance appear on each strategy's page.
Put a proven model to work
Subscribe to a strategy, see its positions on each rebalance, and automate the trades in your own account whenever you're ready.
Cancel anytime · your brokerage, your control