--- title: "AI Strategy Studio: start here" slug: "strategies-start-here" kind: "HELP_ARTICLE" category: "strategies" locale: "en" canonical: "https://app.forecastcity.com/help/strategies/strategies-start-here" published: "2026-10-15T18:00:52.996Z" updated: "2026-10-27T01:51:02.552Z" description: "Build, test on past candles, run on a virtual or real account and track strategy performance on the chart in AI Strategy Studio." --- # AI Strategy Studio: start here The main reason many trades lose money is trading without a strong strategy. Without a strong strategy and confidence in its edge, you hesitate at your stop loss or move your target out of fear or greed. In **AI Strategy Studio**, alongside **4CastMachine AI** forecasts and **AI Trading Assistant**, those emotional decisions disappear. Your rules turn into a clear trading plan on the chart in seconds (before you risk a single dollar). ![AI Strategy Studio window on the chart with entry, stop loss and price target lines.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/c8/c86aff6e541f116792557548a27c5953ff9d6038bc7fdf918b52649f54810d15.png) AI Strategy Studio window next to the live 4CM-AI Charts window 1. Strategy picker, colored strategy mark, **⋯** menu and **✦** AI assistant button 2. Four main strategy tabs: **Build**, **Test**, **Run** and **Performance** 3. Trade side buttons, stage badge and four-part colored strategy sentence 4. **If you enter now, on the chart** section and adjustable chart lines with **⇕** handles ## Start from your trading style or 4CastMachine AI When you click **St. Studio** in the top toolbar and click **New**, a three-step flow helps you build a complete strategy in seconds: - Choose from four standard trading styles: build your strategy from **Scalping**, **Day trading**, **Swing trading** or **Position trading**. You can also start from the ready-made **4CastMachine AI strategy** template (built around **4CastMachine AI** entry zones, pivots and targets). - Ten-question **Find your style** quiz and Academy lessons: if you do not know your trading style yet or your past strategies have not been profitable, click **Not sure? Answer 10 quick questions**. The studio recommends the best style for your time and risk tolerance, or you can read [Your Personal Strategy]() and [Choose Your Trading Style]() in the Academy. ![Step 1 of creating a new strategy with four trading styles and the build with AI Trading Assistant button.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/0c/0c9579cc486e594259d79df9a197c0d343f85f30a78643032015343df204ab80.png) Step 1 of creating a new strategy from your trading style 1. **From my trading style** or **From scratch** switch (step 1 of 3) 2. Saved trading style and **Change** link (or the 10-question **Find your style** quiz) 3. Four trading style cards with candle timeframes and holding times 4. **✦ Build it with the AI Trading Assistant** button and **Next** button ## Know your whole trading plan before you enter Your entry, take profit, stop loss, trade management and risk appear in one readable sentence on the **Build** tab. Click any part to open its focused setup panel. Entry, stop loss, price targets (`TP1` to `TP5`) and management rules (such as break-even and early exit on trend break) appear on the chart. You can adjust any line with your mouse. Each strategy combines four independent setups that you can save separately and reuse across multiple strategies: - Entry setup (blue, **Entry**): defines when to enter (buy, sell or both sides with automatic mirror rules). Start from 4CM-AI forecast zones with a confirmation candle, level breakouts or indicators. - Take profit setup (green, **Take Profit**): sets one to five price targets (`TP1` to `TP5`). Place targets on 4CM-AI forecast targets, an `R` multiple or price distance, and choose how much to close at each target. - Stop loss setup (red, **Stop Loss**): sets the exit level in a loss from the 4CM-AI pivot, recent swing high/low or an `ATR` multiple. You can also add an early exit when the trend breaks. - Management setup (purple, **Management**) and risk per trade: moves your stop to break-even automatically and trails price. It also calculates your lot size from your risk percentage per trade. ![Build tab in AI Strategy Studio with the price level table and mouse-adjustable lines on the chart.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/31/31321371ce345f1507747dc970d2e3599e98352fa564f602d8c7783f2c0cfb75.png) Build tab, price level table and lines you can adjust with your mouse on the chart 1. Trade side buttons, stage badge and colored strategy sentence 2. Risk per trade row (**Risk … per trade**) for automatic lot size calculation 3. **If you enter now, on the chart** section with live entry, stop loss and target prices 4. **⇕** handles on the chart lines to move and adjust levels with your mouse ## Tell the AI your strategy and let it build it for you Click the **✦** (**Ask the AI Trading Assistant**) button in **AI Strategy Studio** to open **AI Trading Assistant** right beside the studio. Use the ready-made **From AI Strategy Studio** starters or tell the AI your strategy in your own voice (or in a short sentence). The AI builds the complete strategy, setups and risk rules on the chart. ![AI Trading Assistant panel open beside AI Strategy Studio with From AI Strategy Studio starter prompts.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/7b/7b7060bb52107c4cbdd71a9d1b1bbc841edc4d9e7b74d9f1510599556f82f882.png) AI Trading Assistant working side by side with AI Strategy Studio 1. Active strategy and studio tab indicator at the top of the assistant window 2. Ready-made **From AI Strategy Studio** prompts (step-by-step build, 4CM-AI template, test and virtual run) 3. Chat box to ask the AI to build or edit any strategy rule ## Prove your strategy before risking real money Running a new idea straight on a real account puts your capital at risk right away. On the **Test** tab, test your strategy rules on past candles with a starting balance and realistic costs without risking a dollar. Review the balance curve, win rate and how trades ended, then use candle-by-candle **Replay** to spot weaknesses in minutes instead of weeks. (The Test tab will be released to everyone in the near future.) ![Test tab in AI Strategy Studio with performance summary, trade replay card and balance curve.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/20/2064617e858998e111be0e6469f9a6f581c2b67c1618dee0f03112c7a458071c.png) Testing a strategy on past candles and replaying trades step by step (Replay) 1. Time range picker, **Money** settings summary and **All N trades on the chart** checkbox 2. Step-by-step trade review card with the **Replay** button 3. **Result** card with net profit, balance curve, key metrics and **Run on a virtual account** button ## Run on virtual or real accounts On the **Run** tab, run and follow your strategy in the live market in two ways so you do not have to watch charts all day: - Automated forward test on a virtual account (**Virtual account**): run your strategy in the live market with virtual money. Trades open, manage and close with real spread, commission and swap costs, and **Compare with a variant** compares parallel versions side by side. - Watch symbols and follow open trades on a real account (**Real account**): watch your chosen symbols and timeframes on this tab and set the **Tell me when** notification grid. When your entry lines up, the full trading plan appears under **Latest alerts**, and step-by-step break-even and stop-trail reminders stay with you under **Open trades**. ![Run tab in AI Strategy Studio showing live strategy execution on a virtual account and parallel variant comparison.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/b1/b1253c79f9056254f5a47b481399655bb8979eebc60290eb2589e3a951bbe563.png) Run tab: live strategy run on a virtual account or symbol watching on a real account 1. **Virtual account** switch and active runs list with **Pause** / **Resume** button 2. Trade performance summary and latest forward-test trade activity 3. **Compare with a variant** section for running parallel shadow variants 4. **Open account**, **Change** and **Stop** buttons for the selected run ## Measure real vs untampered results in Performance and Journal Often the strategy itself is profitable, but last-second changes such as closing winners early, moving the stop loss or entering outside the rules cause losses. The **Performance** tab connects directly to **AI Trading Journal** and measures your results in two views: - Your real account trades (**Your trades**): every closed trade is checked against all strategy parts on the **Strategy check** card. You see clearly **what result you achieved vs. what result you would have achieved if you had followed the strategy without tampering**, and what each rule break cost in dollars. - Virtual accounts (**Virtual accounts**): track live virtual strategy performance and compare live results against past tests. You also see the dollar impact of manual changes compared with automated execution. ![Performance tab in AI Strategy Studio comparing your trades and virtual accounts with the strategy adherence card.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/c2/c26abc3b1ea833f14829ecc481bb17c82580acfc3ab8e822394629f48e25f603.png) Performance tab: checking strategy adherence and comparing results across real and virtual accounts 1. Switch between **Your trades** and **Virtual accounts** and the trading account picker 2. Performance summary cards: trade count (**Trades**), net result (**Result**) and average trade 3. **Followed the strategy** card and adherence breakdown across all six strategy parts 4. **Closed trades** list with links to the journal check card ## Start here - [Quick tour: build, test, watch and trade a strategy]() - [Step-by-step guides: learn strategies by example]() - [Build your first strategy from your trading style]() ## Build the four parts - [Set up your entry and stop loss]() - [Set up single and multi-target take profit]() - [Move your stop to break-even and trail price]() - [Set risk per trade and calculate lot size]() ## Test, watch and trade - [Test your strategy on past candles]() - [Run your strategy live on a virtual account]() - [Manage virtual accounts, challenges and verified pages]() - [Watch symbols and read your trading plan when an alert fires]() - [Follow open trades and break-even reminders on the chart]() ## Journal, playbooks and AI Trading Assistant - [Check strategy adherence and cost per part in AI Trading Journal]() - [Build and refine strategies with AI Trading Assistant]()