What does validate do, and how is it different from Run or Schedule?
Validate checks your automation for completeness and basic correctness. It’s a safety gate you must clear
before you can Run now or Schedule. Validation does not place orders or start the strategy.
What Validate does
- Prompts you to save key details (Name, Description, Tags) via the Save before validation form.
- Checks the canvas for required inputs and obvious wiring issues (e.g., missing fields, unconnected nodes, invalid choices).
- If everything is OK, the bottom bar shows Run now (and Schedule if available). If not, you’ll see errors to fix.
How it differs from Run or Schedule
- Validate: a pre-flight check. Saves details and verifies the setup. No execution, no orders.
- Run now: starts the automation immediately from the Start node (after a successful validation).
- Schedule: sets a time/recurrence to start later (also requires a successful validation first).
- You can click Save to drafts after the first Validate prompt to park work-in-progress and finish later.
- If validation fails, fix the highlighted nodes/inputs, then validate again. Run now/Schedule appear only after a clean pass.
What If?
| Scenario | Outcome |
|---|
| I click Validate and see errors on a node | Fix the highlighted input or connection and validate again; Run now/Schedule stay hidden until it passes. |
| I validated successfully but don’t want to start immediately | Use Schedule to pick a start time, or click Save to drafts to finish later. |
| I only validated—did it place any orders? | No. Validation never places orders or reserves margin. Execution begins only with Run now or at your Schedule time. |
Last updated: 22 Dec 2025
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