> ## 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.

# Signal Strategies

> [!NOTE]
>
> This screen is part of the Vole Bot package.

**Signal Strategies** is the catalog of strategies your Signal Bot is watching with. Each row is one strategy running on one symbol and one timeframe — and none of it ever places a trade. Signal Bot only records what it sees.

## Summary tiles

At the top of the page:

* **Defined** — how many signal strategies you've set up in total.
* **Producing** — how many are active right now, meaning the engine is recording signals for them.
* **Paused** — defined, but not currently running.

## The table

Each row shows:

* **Strategy** and **Version** — which strategy definition and version it's running.
* **Symbol** and **TF** — the market and timeframe it's watching.
* **Signal Timing** — when in the candle a signal counts as triggered.
* **Status** — active or paused.
* **Last Run** / **Last Signal** — when the engine last checked in, and when it last recorded a signal.

Press **New Signal Strategy** to add one — pick a strategy, a version, a symbol and a timeframe. Deleting a row removes the definition only; any signals it already produced stay in your [Signals](https://help.vole.bot/en/signal-bot/signals.md) history.

> [!NOTE]
>
> A strategy showing no recent signal isn't necessarily a problem — most signal
> strategies only fire on specific conditions (like a trend flip), so quiet
> periods are normal. The engine status below is what tells you whether it's
> actually watching.

## Engine status

Near the top of the page, a badge shows whether the signal engine — the process that actually records signals — is:

* **Running** — actively watching, with a note on how recently it last checked in.
* **Idle** — running fine, just with no active signal strategies to watch.
* **Down** — not currently ticking. Use the control next to the badge to start or restart it.

Starting or restarting the engine only affects whether new signals get recorded going forward — it never opens or closes a trade, and any signals already recorded stay exactly as they are.

The same three-state indicator also appears as a small dot next to **Signal Bot** in the left-hand menu, so you can check engine health at a glance without opening this page.


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