> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.glitchexecutor.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Strategies

> How Glitch Executor represents the rules you author and runs them on your accounts.

A **strategy** in Glitch Executor is a JSON document called a Strategy IR (intermediate representation). Every authoring surface — quick rule, visual builder, code editor — produces or consumes the same IR shape. The IR is what the backtester runs, what the compiler turns into a cBot, and what the marketplace lists.

## Where strategies come from

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Quick rule" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/getting-started/quick-rules">
    One-line natural language. Parsed into a single-block IR.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Visual builder" icon="diagram-project">
    Drag indicator/entry/exit nodes onto a DAG. Compiled to IR on save. (Beta)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Code editor" icon="code">
    Author cAlgo C# directly with Glitch Executor's SDK + firm-rule linter. (Pro+ tier)
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What the IR contains

Every strategy IR has these sections:

* **`instruments`** — symbol + timeframe pairs (e.g. `EURUSD` / `h1`)
* **`indicators`** — optional named indicators (SMA, EMA, ADX, ATR, RSI, MACD, BB, Stoch, VWAP)
* **`entries`** — when to open a position, which side, what size
* **`exits`** — stop-loss, take-profit, partial TP, trailing, time stop, limit
* **`sizing`** — risk-per-trade default
* **`guards`** — optional firm-rule constraints (FundingPips, FTMO, MFF, Apex, The5ers, GetLeveraged)

## Forking + marketplace

Public strategies can be **forked** by anyone — copies the IR into your own account so you can edit. Authors can publish strategies to the marketplace with a one-time price or subscription; the platform takes 30%, the author keeps 70%.

Marketplace ranking is **anti-self-report**: pass-rates are computed from the author's own tracked accounts, not from claims. A strategy can't lie about its track record.

## What strategies are not

A strategy is the rule, not the trade. Glitch Executor does not place trades on your account — the compiled cBot does, running on your machine or via cTrader Automate (later: MetaApi-hosted execution for MT4/MT5 accounts on Pro Quant). You stay in control of the execution path.