Editing strategy fields
How to edit a running or paused strategy — which fields can change and how.
You can edit any running or paused strategy by re-opening the interpret screen. Editing creates a new version — the current strategy is stopped and replaced. This article covers the 7 editable fields and the credit cost of each change type.
How do you edit a strategy?
To edit a running or paused strategy, open the strategy detail page and click Edit. This re-opens the interpret screen with the current strategy configuration pre-filled.
Editing a strategy creates a new version — the current strategy is stopped and replaced with the updated one.
What you can change
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Name | Editable inline on the strategy detail page |
| Market / symbol | Changing the market restarts the strategy |
| Candle interval | Changing the interval restarts the strategy and increases/decreases data cost |
| Entry and exit conditions | Full re-parse via the interpret screen |
| Stop loss / take profit | Editable on the interpret screen |
max_open_positions | Cap on concurrent open positions. null = no cap. 0 = no new positions allowed. |
| Capital allocation | Editable on the interpret screen |
What is the credit cost of editing?
Editing a strategy through the interpret screen uses one LLM parse (charged at the Haiku rate). Changing fields directly on the detail page (where available) does not incur an additional parse cost, but the strategy is restarted.
max_open_positions clarification
This field caps the number of positions the strategy can hold simultaneously:
null— unlimited (no cap)1— standard single-position behaviour5— up to 5 concurrent positions (typical for scan strategies)0— blocks all new entries immediately
This is different from a cumulative execution count — it controls concurrency, not total lifetime trades.