AI co-pilot
An optional second opinion on every trade: what the AI can and cannot do, the models, credits and spending limits.
What it does
The AI co-pilot is an optional second opinion. Your rules still decide when to trade. Whenever they want to buy or sell, the co-pilot reads the same situation and either approves the trade or passes, with a one or two sentence reason that appears in the decision log.
For each proposed trade the AI sees the strategy, the signal and its numbers, the token's recent hourly prices, its position if it holds one, and any notes from prompt mode.
What it cannot do
- It cannot start a trade your rules did not ask for.
- It cannot change how much is bought or the price.
- It cannot block a stop loss, a take profit or a max holding time. Those exits run before the AI is asked.
- It is told to overrule the rules only with a concrete reason, such as a spike that is already fading or a dip that is still accelerating.
When it runs
- Only in hours when the rules want to trade. Most strategies do that a handful to 30 times a month, so most hours cost nothing.
- Only on live hours. If Zolva replays missed hours after a delay, those hours use the rules alone, and backtests never include the AI.
Models
Pick a model when you build the agent in the Studio. Estimates assume about 30 reviews a month; the real charge per call is what the model provider reports.
| Model | Tier | Typical month |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Lite | about $0.01 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Lite | under $0.01 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | Lite | about $0.03 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | Standard | about $0.12 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | Standard | about $0.12 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Pro | about $0.30 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | Pro | about $0.32 |
| Grok 4.7 | Pro | about $0.25 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Max | about $0.60 |
Credits
- Every new account gets $0.50 of free AI credits, once. Free credits pay for Lite models and for prompt mode.
- Standard, Pro and Max models need paid credits. Buying credits is not available yet.
- Each review is charged when it happens, at what the call really cost. A failed call costs nothing.
Spending limit and end date
Every agent with a co-pilot has its own budget, so one agent can never spend all your credits:
- Limit: the most this agent's co-pilot may spend in total, from $0.01 to $1,000. The Studio suggests about three months of typical use.
- End date: 7, 30, 90 or 365 days from when you set it (30 by default).
- The limit is a cap, not a reservation: it can be higher than your balance. Whichever runs out first, the limit, the date or your credits, turns the co-pilot off and the agent carries on with its rules.
- You can see what the agent has spent on its page, and change its limit and end date there.