Install Quorum and run your first backtest

What you’ll need

A Mac or a Windows PC
A TradingView account
Google Chrome, if you’re on a Mac

1. Download and install

Get the installer from the Download page. On a Mac, open the .dmg and drag Quorum into Applications. On Windows, run the .exe installer.

Quorum isn’t signed with a paid developer certificate yet, so the first launch shows a warning:

Mac (macOS 15 Sequoia and later): open Quorum and click Done when macOS says it can’t verify the app. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down to Security and click Open Anyway next to Quorum. Confirm with your password or Touch ID, then click Open Anyway once more. The button only appears for a while after the blocked launch, so if it’s missing, open Quorum again first.
Mac (macOS 14 or earlier): right-click Quorum in Applications, choose Open, then Open again.
Mac still blocked? If the steps above don’t work, Quorum isn’t listed under Security, or macOS says it is “damaged,” make sure Quorum is in Applications. Open Terminal (Command–Space, type Terminal, press Return), paste xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Quorum.app" and press Return. Then open Quorum from Applications again. This removes Quorum’s download quarantine; only do this for a copy downloaded from the official Quorum download page.
Windows: on the SmartScreen prompt, click More info, then Run anyway.

You only do this once.

Create your Quorum account the first time you open the app, or sign in if you already have one.

3. Connect TradingView

Click the TradingView counter in the top bar. A browser window opens on TradingView. Log in once and Quorum remembers you. Wait for it to show ready before running a backtest.

You can write and edit strategies while TradingView is closed. Only backtesting, paper trading and live trading need it.

4. Describe a strategy

Open the Strategy Sandbox, click + New Strategy and describe your idea in the chat. For example:

Buy when the 9 EMA crosses above the 21 EMA and RSI is above 50. Short the opposite. 1.5 ATR stop, 3R target, New York session only.

Quorum replies with what it understood and writes the strategy as Pine Script. You can read every line in the Code tab.

5. Run the backtest

Click Run Backtest. Quorum adds the script to your TradingView chart and runs it in TradingView’s Strategy Tester. Net profit, win rate, profit factor, drawdown and the equity curve appear in the Backtest tab.

From there you can tune it and paper-trade it.