8. Deploying a Strategy to Live (Demo) Trading for Validation
Once a strategy has passed backtesting and OOS validation, you can deploy it to live trading directly from EdgeLab. This means EdgeLab will monitor the market and execute trades on your connected broker account according to the strategy rules.
Before you deploy
Make sure:
- You have at least one broker account connected (see: Connecting a Broker Account)
- Your backtest shows 30+ trades, positive expectancy, robustness ≥ 0.5, and an OOS PASS
- You have tested on a demo account first
How to deploy from a research session
- After a backtest runs, click the Deploy tab in the right-hand results panel
- If the strategy meets all deployment criteria, the status bar will show a green "Meets all deployment criteria" message
- Enter a name for your strategy in the Strategy name field
- Click Deploy Live — this opens the deploy modal
How to deploy from your Strategy Library
- Click Strategies in the top navigation
- Find the strategy you want to deploy and click its Deploy button
- The deploy modal will open
The deploy modal
Select Broker Account — Choose which connected account to trade on. You can see how many active strategies are already running on each account.
Position Sizing — Choose one of three modes:
Mode | Description |
|---|---|
% Risk | Risk a percentage of your account balance per trade. Lot size adjusts automatically as your balance grows or shrinks. Recommended for most users. |
Fixed Lots | Trade a fixed lot size on every trade regardless of account balance. Simple but does not scale with your account. |
$ Risk | Risk a fixed dollar amount per trade. Useful if you want a specific dollar exposure per trade. |
Account Size — Enter your current account balance. This is used to calculate lot sizes for % Risk and $ Risk modes.
Strategy slots — Your subscription plan includes a limit on the number of simultaneously live strategies. The modal shows your current usage.
- Review the warning — this strategy will trade live on the selected broker. We cannot stress enough--do not put a strategy on real funds until you have validated it on a demo account!
- Click Deploy Live → to confirm
After deployment
Your strategy will appear in the Strategies view with a green Live badge. It will begin trading on the next signal generated by the strategy rules.
To stop a live strategy, go to the Strategies view and click Stop
Updated on: 24/04/2026
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