# Strategy builder glossary > What every term in the Janorium strategy editor means — entry layers, setup → trigger, bar windows, exit scope, re-arm, DCA grid — each with an example. Guide · Janorium · Published 2026-11-02 Web page: https://janorium.com/guides/strategy-builder-glossary A strategy in Janorium is a set of rules: when to enter, with how much, and when to get out. This glossary explains every term the strategy editor uses, in the order you meet them, each with an example — the same explanations the editor shows behind its «?» icons. ## Timeframe The timeframe is how long one candle lasts: 1m, 5m, 15m, 1h, 4h or 1d. The engine checks every condition **once per candle, when that candle closes**, and acts on the close. So a 4h strategy looks at the market six times a day, and a 1d strategy once. Shorter timeframes trade more often, which makes fees and slippage weigh more. Indicators count in candles of the run’s timeframe: RSI(14) on 1h covers 14 hours, on 1d two weeks. A condition can also read an indicator on a longer timeframe than the run’s — “I trade 1h, but only while the price is above EMA(200) on 1d”. > **Example** > > 1h for intraday ideas, 4h or 1d for trades that last days or weeks. ## Conditions: ALL, ANY, NONE A condition row compares an indicator with a number (`RSI(14) < 30`) or with another indicator (`EMA(9) crosses above EMA(21)`). Rows are combined by the group’s switch: - **ALL (AND)** — every row must hold on the same candle; - **ANY (OR)** — one row is enough; - **NONE (NOT)** — the rows inside must not hold. Groups nest, which is how “A and (B or C)” is written: a group set to ALL with a row A and a nested group set to ANY holding B and C. “Crosses above” is true only on the candle where the line passes from below to above — one candle, not every candle while it stays above. > **Example** > > ALL: RSI(14) < 30 and price > EMA(200) — a dip inside an uptrend. ## Bar window By default a row is checked on the current candle only. A bar window stretches it over several candles: - **Held for N** — the row is true on each of the last N bars. It filters out one-candle blips: “volume above its average for 3 bars in a row”. - **Within N** — the row was true on at least one of the last N bars. It lets two events a few bars apart count together. > **Example** > > RSI(14) < 30 within 3 bars, and the price crosses above EMA(20): the dip and the recovery need not fall on the same candle. ## Entry layers and the entry mode An entry layer is one entry rule: its conditions, a side (long or short — spot is long only) and a size. Most strategies have one layer. Several layers let one strategy enter in stages — a first buy on a dip and a second, larger one if the dip deepens — or trade both directions, a long layer and a short one. Each layer that holds a position counts against **Max open positions** (see Position size), so two layers that should each hold a trade need it at 2 or more; the editor refuses to save otherwise. The **entry mode** switches between writing layers yourself and a DCA grid, where one start rule opens a deal and safety orders do the rest (see DCA grid). > **Example** > > Layer 1 buys 10% when RSI < 30; layer 2 buys 20% more when RSI < 20. ## Setup → trigger A two-step entry for ideas that wait for a situation and then for a moment. The **setup** is the situation: when it is true, the layer is armed for a number of bars. The **trigger** is the moment to act, and it counts only while the setup is armed. An invalidation rule can disarm the setup early. The editor edits the trigger like ordinary entry conditions; the setup itself is written in the Config tab, and the layer shows a «setup → trigger» chip when it has one. > **Example** > > Setup: a close above the 20-bar high. Trigger: within the next 5 bars the price dips to EMA(20) and closes back above it — a breakout, then a retest. ## Position size and max open positions The size says how much one entry uses. Five modes: - **% cap.** — a share of the free capital (on futures, the margin); - **USDT** — a fixed amount; - **% risk** and **$ risk** — the size at which hitting the stop loses that share of capital or that many USDT; they need a stop-loss; - **vol.** — a size set by volatility, so a calm market gets a larger position than a wild one. **Max open positions** caps how many positions the strategy holds at once, across all layers. At the default of 1 a new signal is ignored while a trade is open. > **Example** > > 20% with 10,000 USDT of capital: the first entry is 2,000 USDT. ## Cooldown and re-arm **Cooldown** makes a layer enter at most once every N bars, counted from its previous entry. It keeps a condition that stays true for a while from firing on candle after candle. **Re-arm** says when a layer may enter again: `ALL_LAYERS_CLOSED` (default) — once every position of the strategy is closed; `THIS_LAYER_CLOSED` — once this layer’s own position is closed; `ALWAYS` — even while its earlier positions are open, up to Max open positions. With `ALWAYS` a step in percent can require the price to move against the open positions before the next entry. > **Example** > > Re-arm ALWAYS, max open positions 5, cooldown 6 on 1h: the layer can buy up to five times on the way down, at least six hours apart. ## Exit scope: per position or aggregate The take-profit and stop-loss can be set in percent, in multiples of ATR, in multiples of the risk (R), at an indicator’s level, or in parts (a ladder). The scope decides what they are measured from: - **Per position** — each position has its own levels, measured from its own entry price; - **Aggregate** — all open positions on a side close together, with the levels measured from their average entry price. This is the usual choice when you add to a position, and the only one a DCA grid uses. > **Example** > > Buys at 100 and at 90 with a take-profit of +5%: per position they close at 105 and 94.5; aggregate closes both at 99.75 — the average 95 plus 5%. ## Exit signal An exit signal closes the trade when a condition becomes true, whatever the profit or loss — for instance when the trend that justified the entry ends. It works alongside the take-profit and stop-loss: whichever comes first closes the trade. A strategy needs at least one way out: a take-profit, a stop-loss or an exit signal. Trend-following strategies often have no take-profit at all — an exit signal and a stop. > **Example** > > Enter when EMA(9) crosses above EMA(21); exit when it crosses back below. ## Pyramiding Pyramiding adds to a position that is already open, when the layer’s entry condition holds again — usually only while the position is in profit, so a winning trade grows. An add skips the re-arm rule and the position cap: it is the same position, larger. Each add can be smaller than the one before, and the stop can follow the new average price. It is the opposite of a DCA grid, which adds to a position that is losing. > **Example** > > Max adds 2, only in profit: the layer buys twice more while the trend runs on. ## DCA grid A DCA grid is an averaging-down bot. A deal starts with a **base order** when the start rule holds. If the price then moves against it, **safety orders** add at set steps — each step and each order can grow — which pulls the average entry price toward the market. The whole deal closes at a take-profit measured from that average, or at an optional stop. A grid needs room: Max open positions must be at least 1 + the number of safety orders. And a grid without a stop can sit in a deep loss for a long time — the backtest shows how long and how deep. > **Example** > > Base order 100 USDT, safety orders every 1.5%: after a 3% drop the average entry sits well below the first buy, so a small bounce is enough to close the deal in profit. ## Leverage, margin and liquidation On futures you put up margin and the exchange lends the rest. **Leverage** is the ratio: at 5x, 10% of capital as margin opens a position worth 50% of it. Profit and loss grow by the same factor. **Margin mode.** Isolated: a position can lose only the margin assigned to it. Cross: all free capital backs every position — liquidation is further away, but a bad trade can take more. When losses eat the margin the position is **liquidated**: closed at a loss of almost all its margin. The **liquidation buffer** moves the liquidation price this many percent closer to the entry, as a safety margin. > **Example** > > At 10x a move of about 10% against the position wipes out its margin; at 2x it takes about 50%. ## Funding Perpetual futures have no expiry; instead, longs and shorts pay each other every few hours (usually every 8) a small rate that keeps the futures price near spot. When most traders are long, longs pay shorts, and the other way round. With funding on, the backtest charges and credits these payments as the exchange would. > **Example** > > A rate of 0.01% on a 1,000 USDT long costs 0.10 USDT per settlement. ## Fees and slippage **Fees** are the exchange’s commission, charged on the entry and again on the exit as a percentage of the trade. **Slippage** is the gap between the price a signal sees and the price an order really fills at; it is charged on every fill too. Both are small per trade and large over hundreds of trades. A backtest with zero costs flatters any strategy that trades often; keep the defaults or set the rates of your exchange. > **Example** > > Fees 0.1% and slippage 0.05%: a round trip costs about 0.3% — a strategy needs to make more than that per trade. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is an entry layer in a trading strategy? An entry layer is one entry rule: the conditions that must hold, the side (long or short) and the position size. A strategy can have several layers to enter in stages or to trade both directions. ### What is the difference between per-position and aggregate exits? Per position, each position has its own take-profit and stop measured from its own entry price. Aggregate closes all positions on a side together, with the levels measured from their average entry price — the usual choice when you add to a position. ### What is a DCA grid? A DCA grid opens a deal with a base order and, if the price moves against it, adds safety orders at set steps to lower the average entry price. The whole deal closes at a take-profit measured from that average.