★ LEARN · THE BASICS
How this actually works
You don't need a finance background. You recruit heroes — vetted strategies — and they trade for you. Here's what to expect, and what every word on the screen means.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Heroes trade real money
Strategies win over many trades, not every one — expect losing streaks along the way. Only fund what you'd be okay to lose, and let a hero run long enough to judge it fairly.
Your result will differ from the track record
A hero's headline numbers are the strategy's own history. Yours will differ — entry timing, your position size, and fees all move it. Treat the track record as a guide, not a promise.
GLOSSARY
Hero
A vetted trading strategy that trades for you automatically.
Why it matters: You don't pick trades — you pick heroes. Their track record is what you're betting on.
Soul
The actual strategy currently running inside a hero.
Why it matters: A hero can get a new soul if its strategy is retired — same hero, fresh engine.
Shell
A hero's lasting identity — its name and look — separate from the soul inside it.
Why it matters: Lets a hero you own keep going even when its underlying strategy is swapped.
Vault
Your trading capital — the money your heroes actually trade with.
Why it matters: Your real balance. Heroes can only trade what's in the vault.
BEAKER
The studio currency you spend to recruit heroes (1 BEAKER ≈ $1).
Why it matters: It buys heroes, not trades — your trading money lives in the vault, separately.
Win rate
The share of a hero's trades that ended in profit.
Why it matters: A high win rate isn't everything — a few big wins can beat many small ones, and vice versa.
ROI
Return on investment — how much you made or lost as a percent of what you put in.
Why it matters: The headline 'how am I doing' number. +20% means $100 became $120.
Sharpe ratio
A score for how much return a strategy earns for the risk it takes.
Why it matters: Higher is steadier. A strategy with big returns but a wild ride scores low.
Max drawdown
The biggest drop from a peak a strategy has suffered, as a percent.
Why it matters: Your gut-check for the worst stretch. A −25% max drawdown means it once fell a quarter before recovering.
Conviction
How strongly a hero rates a signal before acting on it.
Why it matters: Higher conviction means the hero is more sure — it skips the weak setups.
Edge
The advantage a strategy thinks it has over the market on a given trade.
Why it matters: More edge = a better-than-coin-flip reason to take the trade.
Circuit breaker
A safety switch that benches a hero after too many losses in a row.
Why it matters: It caps a bad day — your hero pauses instead of bleeding out, and resumes later.
Loot
A trade that closed in profit.
Why it matters: The fun part — but judge a hero over many trades, not one lucky loot.
Party
The set of heroes you have working at once — your portfolio.
Why it matters: A mix of heroes spreads your risk so one bad strategy doesn't sink you.