Models and automation
Understand model cards, ARM, Auto Entry direction, programme status, and Stop Automation.
Execution Models and Automation are related but distinct parts of TurtleSoupX. A model card can be configured and made ready to monitor. Auto Entry controls a direction-specific programme. Neither action should be treated as a manual order confirmation.
Execution Models
The Compact workspace includes cards for Turtle Soup, Silver Bullet, and Key Level Tap when available for your licence and current build. A card’s Configure controls change its user-facing settings; ARM changes its model state. Read the status and any displayed reason after making a change.
ARM means the model is ready to monitor subject to its current safeguards and prerequisites. It does not mean that an order has been placed, that one will be placed immediately, or that a trade will be filled.
Auto Entry
The Compact Automation card has Buy Program and Sell Program controls. Choose the intended direction to arm that programme. While a direction is active, its control may display DISARM; Stop turns the programme off. Use Settings on the card to review its configuration.
Starting the programme asks TurtleSoupX to monitor the configured workflow. Any later entry request remains subject to the app’s current readiness checks and the trading service’s response. Choosing a programme is not a manual market-order confirmation, and stopping it does not close an existing position.
Read the programme state
OFF is normal when no programme is active. Other states can indicate that the programme is armed, waiting, monitoring, or blocked. If the app shows a block reason, resolve the stated account, connection, data, risk, timing, or calendar issue before starting again. Do not use another control to work around a safety block.
Before starting
- Confirm the intended account and contract-size preference.
- Check connection, Market Data, and calendar status.
- Review quantity and the relevant risk settings.
- Understand which model and direction the current programme will use.
- Know how to stop automation and how to manage a live position separately.
For risk-setting scope, see Risk and brackets. For current exposure, see Managing an open position.