Start Strategy

The Start Strategy rule controls when your trading strategy begins execution. You can configure it to start immediately when deployed or on a recurring schedule using a cron expression. It also includes a safeguard to limit the number of concurrent strategy instances, preventing accidental duplicate deployments.

How It Works

The Start Strategy rule serves as the initialisation signal for your strategy. When set to start immediately, the strategy begins processing rules and evaluating conditions as soon as it is deployed. When configured with a schedule, the strategy waits until the cron expression matches before activating, allowing you to align strategy start times with specific market sessions or events.

The deployment limit safeguard is an important safety feature. When enabled, it checks how many instances of this strategy are currently running and prevents new deployments from starting if the maximum number of concurrent deployments would be exceeded. This protects against accidentally launching multiple copies of the same strategy, which could lead to unintended position sizes or conflicting orders. The default limit is one concurrent deployment.

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
Start Immediately	Boolean	Yes	When enabled, the strategy begins execution as soon as it is deployed. When disabled, the strategy waits for the configured schedule. Default: true.
Schedule (Cron)	Cron Expression	No	An optional cron expression that defines when the strategy should start. Uses the format: Seconds Minutes Hours DayOfMonth Month DayOfWeek.
Limit Deployments	Boolean	Yes	When enabled, restricts the number of concurrent instances of this strategy that can be running at the same time. Default: true.
Max Concurrent Deployments	Number	Yes	The maximum number of instances of this strategy allowed to run simultaneously. Only applies when Limit Deployments is enabled. Default: 1.

Outputs

Output	Type	Description
This rule does not produce any outputs. It acts as a strategy-level control signal.

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