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Your strategy prompt is the single instruction the AI reads before every trading decision. It defines your agent’s personality, philosophy, and rules. Everything else is context — the strategy is judgment.

What Makes a Good Strategy

Be Specific

“Focus on momentum breakouts with high volume confirmation on BTC and ETH. Avoid the first 2 hours after any major macro news event.”

Be Risk-Aware

“Never hold more than 3 positions at once. Only enter when potential upside is at least 2x the risk. Prioritize capital preservation.”

Be Opinionated

“I am macro-bearish on altcoins through Q3. Only go long on BTC and ETH. Short altcoin weakness — especially low-cap memes.”

Be Timely

“This is a 4h swing strategy. Do not react to noise within a single candle. Look for setups that align across the 4h and daily timeframes.”
Vague prompts like “trade profitably” give the AI no real direction. The model will still make decisions — they just won’t be grounded in any coherent thesis.

Strategy Examples

The Important Notes Field

Use Important Notes for hard rules the agent must follow regardless of market conditions. Think of this as the strategy prompt’s override layer — rules that cannot be reasoned away. Examples:

Prompt vs. Important Notes

Tips

  • Iterate — your first strategy won’t be your best. Run a backtest, read the agent’s reasoning, then refine.
  • Be concrete about signals — instead of “use technicals,” say which ones and what thresholds you care about.
  • Mention your timeframe — an agent running every 4h should think differently than one running every 15 min.
  • State what you don’t want — the AI will explore the full action space unless you constrain it.