Explore & Sharing

Explore is Astral’s public discovery layer for community-published strategies and indicators. It also connects public profiles, following, comments, copying, and a saved-public-item library.

Explore areas

• Home presents discovery sections and community activity.
• Strategies browses public strategy cards and detail views.
• Indicators browses public custom indicator groups and previews.
• Following shows published strategy activity from profiles you follow.
• Saved shows public strategies and indicators you bookmarked or copied into the Explore library.

Private backend-only strategies do not automatically appear in the Explore Saved tab; use strategy-management surfaces for the full private library.

Strategy and indicator details

Detail pages can show author, description, assets, timeframe, metrics, equity, preview charts, code or expression context, comments, save/copy state, and actions to open the item in Terminal. Exact fields depend on the publication.

Public metrics describe the published snapshot or linked deployment state available to Explore. They are not a promise that copying the item will reproduce the result.

Save, copy, open, and deploy

• Save/bookmark adds a public item to the Explore library.
• Copy creates your own editable strategy or indicator representation where supported.
• Open in Terminal starts or routes to a workspace with import context.
• Deploy first resolves or creates an eligible saved strategy, then opens the normal deployment review and gates.

Publishing and comments

Publishing associates a saved item with your public profile and creates a public detail route. Review generated descriptions, metadata, preview, code, and metrics before confirming. Comments are public discussion attached to an Explore item.

How to evaluate a public strategy

Start with the logic, not the return. Identify the assets, timeframe, entry and exit rules, sizing, protective instructions, test dates, and number of trades. A result with very few trades or one unusually strong period may be fragile even when the headline return is high.

Then ask what is missing. Public detail data may not include every fee assumption, spread, borrow constraint, tax consequence, rejected order, or data-quality caveat. Compare the published snapshot with a fresh backtest using your intended dates and settings.

1. Read the complete rule set

   Confirm that the written description matches the inspectable strategy logic. Pay special attention to sizing, exits, and conditions combined with AND or OR.
2. Inspect the evidence

   Review drawdown, trade count, equity path, orders, and regime dependence rather than relying on one metric.
3. Copy into your workspace

   Create your own editable version where supported. The copy is a starting point, not a synchronized subscription.
4. Retest and revise

   Use your preferred period and assumptions. Change one idea at a time so you can explain why the result moved.
5. Choose an operation mode deliberately

   Use notifications or Astral Paper before considering broker-connected execution.

Strategy versus indicator publications

A strategy includes rules intended to produce actions or signals. An indicator transforms data for analysis and may not define an entry, exit, size, or portfolio behavior. Saving an indicator adds an analytical building block; it does not create a deployable strategy by itself.

Version and ownership behavior

The public author owns the publication. Your copied record belongs to your account and can diverge immediately. Later author changes should not be assumed to update your copy, your saved backtest, or an active deployment. Record the version and test date when reproducibility matters.

Sharing links responsibly

Public routes can be opened by signed-out readers. Before sharing, confirm the page contains the intended publication and no accidental sensitive details. When discussing performance, include the tested period and make clear whether the numbers are historical, paper, or connected-account results.