Documentation

Product Navigation

Astral is organized around a few persistent navigation patterns: top navigation for app-level routes, terminal right rail for operational panels, dashboard widgets for monitoring, and Explore detail routes for public/shared content.

Primary routes

/terminal

Build, inspect, backtest, chart, manage alerts, open side panels, and place/review manual orders from the trading workspace.

/dashboard

Monitor widgets, broker connections, account health, positions, strategy status, notifications, and watchlist/chart snapshots.

/explore

Browse and save public strategies and indicators. Open detail pages, comment, publish, and copy assets into your own workflow.

/docs and /docs/changelog

Read workflow docs and developer-focused release notes. Changelog entries have standalone shareable pages.

Terminal right rail

The terminal right rail is the fastest way to switch operational context without leaving the workspace.

  • Profile opens account and settings.
  • Dashboard navigates to the monitoring dashboard.
  • Explore navigates to discovery and saved-library flows.
  • Notifications opens product and trade notification history.
  • Alerts opens manual alert management.
  • Strategies opens saved/deployed strategy management.
  • Portfolio Overview opens broker positions, allocation, and account summary side panels.
  • Orders opens the terminal orders panel.
  • Watchlist opens the watchlist and market detail panel.

Panel hydration

Several terminal panels hydrate on intent or open. Hovering or opening a panel can prewarm data so the terminal does not load every broker/watchlist resource on route entry.

Dashboard navigation

Dashboard is widget-first. You do not need to open every account or strategy page to answer common monitoring questions.

  • Use broker widgets to see connection status and launch/reconnect SnapTrade.
  • Use positions and allocation widgets to review exposure.
  • Use stats widgets to review account-level performance, valuation, and P/L.
  • Use strategy widgets to inspect saved/deployed strategy status.
  • Use chart widgets for fast symbol review.

Some widgets open deeper account or strategy detail views when clicked.

Explore navigation

Explore has public and authenticated paths:

  • The home view highlights discoverable strategies and indicators.
  • Feed tabs organize strategy/indicator/saved content.
  • Detail routes show metrics, charts, comments, author metadata, and copy/save actions.
  • Publishing flows let you post strategy content with generated descriptions and metadata.

Auth-dependent behavior

Unauthenticated users can view some public routes, but saving, publishing, importing shared assets, opening account data, and broker-connected workflows require a signed-in session.