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Text Scripting Rules

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Text scripting rules are the plain-text strategy blocks that Atlas can copy into the Backtest - Strategy Builder. They are designed for copy-paste strategy import, not full programming.

Use this page when you want to understand exactly what the Strategy Builder accepts in the Add Atlas Rules Below text box.

Basic Format

A rule block is made from sections. Each section has a header, then a Trigger: line, and optionally a States: line.

Long Entry:
Trigger: Smart Signals +▲/▲ Fires (SSA)
States: Trend Bias Is Bullish (SSA), TRC Is Trending (SSA)

Short Entry:
Trigger: Smart Signals +▼/▼ Fires (SSA)
States: Trend Bias Is Bearish (SSA), TRC Is Trending (SSA)

A section fires when:

Trigger is true AND every listed State is true

Trigger: accepts one signal. States: accepts comma-separated signals.

Supported Sections

SectionPurpose
Long Entry:Opens a long position when its trigger and states pass.
Short Entry:Opens a short position when its trigger and states pass.
Exit Condition:Exits either side when its trigger and states pass.
Exit Long:Exits long positions.
Long Exit:Alias for Exit Long:.
Exit Short:Exits short positions.
Short Exit:Alias for Exit Short:.

If both Long Entry: and Short Entry: are present but no exit section is supplied, the Strategy Builder uses the opposing entry as the exit. A short entry exits an open long, and a long entry exits an open short.

Trigger

Trigger: is the event that starts the section.

Valid:

Trigger: Smart Signals +▲/▲ Fires (SSA)

Also valid:

Trigger: External Signal 1

Not supported:

Trigger: Smart Signals +▲/▲ Fires (SSA), TRC Trending (SSA)
Trigger: A AND B
Trigger: A OR B

Only one trigger signal is accepted. If you need extra requirements, put them in States:.

States

States: is a comma-separated list of conditions that must already be true when the trigger fires.

States: Trend Bias Is Bullish (SSA), TRC Is Trending (SSA), Price Above All Clouds (SSA)

This means:

Trend Bias Is Bullish
AND TRC Is Trending
AND Price Above All Clouds

Use commas, not written AND.

Not supported:

States: A AND B
States: A OR B
States: A, B OR C
States: A, NOT B
States: (A OR B), C

If States: is missing or blank, it is treated as true. That makes trigger-only rules valid.

External Signals

Text rules can reference the Strategy Builder's six external signal slots:

External Signal 1
External Signal 2
External Signal 3
External Signal 4
External Signal 5
External Signal 6

They work in both Trigger: and States:.

Example:

Long Entry:
Trigger: External Signal 1
States: Trend Bias Is Bullish (SSA), External Signal 2

External signals use the settings from Condition Setup:

SlotWhat it uses
External Signal 1-3Source compared to another source.
External Signal 4-6Source compared to a fixed number.

Operators include greater than, lesser than, equal to, not equal to, crossover, crossunder, cross, rising, and falling.

Supported Signal Families

Text rules can use signal names from:

  • Smart Signals Assistant (SSA)
  • Institutional Liquidity and Price Action Concepts (ILPAC)
  • Momentum Concepts (MC)
  • External Signal 1-6

The parser ignores these suffixes when matching names:

(SSA)
(ILPAC)
(MC)
(Momentum Concepts)
[Trigger]
[State]

So these are equivalent:

Trigger: TRC Is Trending (SSA)
Trigger: TRC Is Trending
Trigger: TRC Is Trending [State] (SSA)

Signal names are case-insensitive.

Parser Warnings

The Strategy Table includes an Atlas Rules row. It warns when the pasted text contains:

  • unknown sections
  • ignored fields
  • missing triggers
  • unknown trigger names
  • unknown state names
  • empty state items

Unknown signals evaluate as false. If a strategy is not trading after you paste rules, check the Atlas Rules row first.

Examples

Trigger-only entries

Long Entry:
Trigger: Smart Signals ▲ Fires (SSA)

Short Entry:
Trigger: Smart Signals ▼ Fires (SSA)

Entries with state filters

Long Entry:
Trigger: Smart Signals +▲/▲ Fires (SSA)
States: Trend Bias Is Bullish (SSA), TRC Is Trending (SSA)

Short Entry:
Trigger: Smart Signals +▼/▼ Fires (SSA)
States: Trend Bias Is Bearish (SSA), TRC Is Trending (SSA)

External signal mixed with built-in states

Long Entry:
Trigger: External Signal 1
States: TRC Is Trending (SSA), Hidden Liquidity Flow Greater Than Zero (MC)

Exit Long:
Trigger: Smart Exits Long (SSA)

Shared exit condition

Exit Condition:
Trigger: Smart Exits Any (SSA)

Current Limitations

Text scripting rules do not support:

  • written AND
  • OR
  • NOT
  • parentheses
  • nested logic
  • multiple triggers in one section
  • direct numeric expressions like RSI > 50
  • manual multi-step sequencing
  • manual invalidation settings

For those workflows, switch off Use Atlas and use Manual Mode.

Atlas Mode — Strategy Import

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