How a strategy starts and continues

Every strategy needs exactly one primary activation. It is the entry point for a run of the graph.

Primary activation

A Tactical graph uses Event Trigger. A Portfolio graph uses Schedule Trigger as its primary activation. Safety Trigger is an auxiliary guard for bounded emergency paths; it does not replace Schedule Trigger or create another general entry point. Adding a different primary activation replaces the previous one instead of creating two valid entry points.

The validation area reports a missing or invalid activation.

Control outcomes

Control connections determine what can run next. A Condition, for example, can continue through Match or No Match. An action connected to Match runs only when that outcome is selected.

A path can branch and later converge through a suitable node, but it cannot form a cycle.

Data does not start a path

Data connections provide values to inputs. They do not continue the control path. In the RSI Starter, the Indicator provides a value to Condition, but Event Trigger still provides the control arrival that causes Condition to evaluate.

When a node has the values it needs but never runs, inspect its control input first.