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

# What is Vole Bot

> The idea behind vole.bot, in one page: build a rule once, then test it, get alerted by it, or let it trade for you.

vole.bot turns a trading idea into something you can actually run. You describe a rule once — the symbol, the timeframe, the conditions you care about — and from that one rule you can do three different things with it, on your own terms.

## How a rule becomes an order

**1. Start from an indicator or a template**

Pick something from the built-in library, or bring your own custom script.

**2. Set it up in the Strategy Manager**

Choose the symbol, the timeframe and the parameters. This is the one place your rule lives — everything downstream reads from it.

**3. Choose what happens with it**

From here your rule can go three ways, and you're not limited to just one:

* **Backtest it** — run it against real market history, fees included, to see how it would have behaved.
* **Turn it into signals** — get told the moment your conditions are met. Nothing is bought or sold; it's a notification, recorded so you can look back at it.
* **Run it as a Trading Bot** — it places the actual orders, on your own exchange or broker account.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Nothing in this chain decides anything on your own account without you setting it up first. Backtesting never touches real money, and signals never place an order — only a Trading Bot you've connected does that, and only on the account you connected.

## The two packages

vole.bot is sold as two packages, and the second one includes everything the first one has.

> [card] Vole Prime
>
> Your rules, turned into signals. Build strategies, run backtests, and get notified when your conditions fire.

> [card] Vole Bot
>
> Everything in Prime, running on your own account. Adds the Trading Bot itself — it places orders on your own exchange or broker account, never on ours.

Which package you're on decides which parts of the panel you see. If a screen looks like it's missing, see [Why can't I see some screens](https://help.vole.bot/en/getting-started/why-cant-i-see-some-screens.md).

## Next

* [Set up your account](https://help.vole.bot/en/getting-started/set-up-your-account.md) — create an account and pick a plan.
* [Get to know the dashboard](https://help.vole.bot/en/getting-started/get-to-know-the-dashboard.md) — a tour of the panel once you're in.


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