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Install & Sign In

Create your account, install the app on Windows, sign in, and let the setup wizard connect everything.

Three short steps: make your account, install the app, sign in. Then a wizard walks you through the rest.

1. Create your account

  1. Go to dashboard.tradelabs.org.
  2. Click the Create account tab.
  3. Enter your email and a password (at least 6 characters).
  4. Enter your License key in the format TLABS-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX, from your TradeLabs purchase email.
  5. Click Create account.

The Create account form on the TradeLabs Cloud Dashboard The Create account tab: email, a password of at least 6 characters, and your license key.

Heads up

Can’t find your license key? Check spam or junk. It’s sent to the email you subscribed with.

Already have an account? Use the Sign in tab instead.

The Sign in tab on the TradeLabs Cloud Dashboard Signing back in later: email and password, same page.

You can link your Discord account from your Profile on the dashboard, using the Connect button on the Discord panel. This links your real Discord account so it can verify subscriptions, sync roles, and receive alerts.

This is separate from whichever account you sign in with for copying trade signals — they don’t have to be the same one, and they don’t have to be different either.

2. Install the app

The Companion is a Windows desktop app. You do not need to install Node, Python, or anything else by hand. The installer is self-contained.

What you need:

Operating systemWindows 10 or 11
BrowserGoogle Chrome installed. Browser-based brokers sign in through it.
Memory4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB recommended. Each browser-based broker and each memecoin position being price-checked uses its own Chrome tab.
DiskA few GB free
InternetA stable connection. Trades only go out while the app is online.
UptimeThe app has to be running to trade, so use a computer that stays on and awake during market hours, or a Windows server or VPS for 24/7.
  1. Sign in to the dashboard and click the Download button in the top bar to open the TradeLabs Companion download panel.
  2. Pick a release channel (Stable is the default and recommended) and click Download.
  3. Run the installer, then launch the app when it finishes. It updates itself from here on.
"Windows protected your PC"

Windows SmartScreen may stop the installer with a blue Windows protected your PC screen, because the file is new and not yet widely downloaded. Click More info, check the file name is the TradeLabs Companion installer you just downloaded, then click Run anyway.

If your antivirus flags the installer

New .exe files that aren’t yet widely downloaded are sometimes flagged as a false positive. If Windows Security quarantines the Companion, add its folder as an exclusion:

  1. Open Windows Security → Virus & threat protection.

  2. Under Virus & threat protection settings, click Manage settings.

    Windows Security, Virus and threat protection, with Manage settings under Virus and threat protection settings highlighted

  3. Scroll to Exclusions and click Add or remove exclusions → Add an exclusion → Folder.

    The Exclusions section at the bottom of the protection settings, with Add or remove exclusions

  4. Paste this path into the folder picker’s address bar and select the folder: %localappdata%/Programs/tradelabs-companion

    File Explorer address bar showing AppData, Local, Programs, tradelabs-companion

Then re-run the installer.

If the app installs but cannot connect to anything, allow TradeLabs Companion through Windows Defender Firewall on both Private and Public networks, then restart the app.

3. Sign in and run the wizard

Launch the app and sign in with your TradeLabs email and password.

The app sign-in screenThe app sign-in screen Sign in with the email and password you just created

The first time, a setup wizard walks you through connecting everything, and it skips any step you’ve already done:

StepFor
Sign inLog into your account
MigrateImport an older TradeLabs setup (new users skip)
Discord / Telegram / TradingViewConnect the signal sources you’ll use
AI parserAdd an OpenAI or Gemini key so the app can read plain-English calls
BrokerPick your first broker to trade in
StrategyStart with a template

If you used an older version of TradeLabs, the Migrate step offers to import your old setup so you do not start from scratch. It’s non-destructive and only fills empty slots, carrying over your brokers, OpenAI key, and Discord webhook from v1. Click Import my settings to bring them across, or Start fresh to skip.

The wizard migrate stepThe wizard migrate step The wizard offers to import your settings when it finds an older install

You can re-run the wizard any time from Settings → Advanced → Onboarding wizard → Run wizard, or set everything up manually from the app’s own pages.

The Advanced tab in Settings, where the Run wizard button livesThe Advanced tab in Settings, where the Run wizard button lives Settings → Advanced holds the Run wizard button, so you can restart onboarding whenever you want.

Heads up

Can’t sign in? Usually your subscription expired, your password is wrong, or your license is tied to a different computer. If you switched machines, reset the binding from the dashboard (Profile → Reset hardware binding) and sign in again.

Once you’re signed in and the wizard is done, you’re ready to pick your track.