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title: "Live"
description: "What following a strategy Live means in Fincanva, and where its parts are: going Live, the Live page, its positions, its order plan and its rebalances."
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# Live

A [Live strategy](/glossary/live-strategy) is a [strategy](/glossary/strategy) you follow Live: from the day you mark it, Fincanva tracks what its rules would hold and how that paper book performs — monitoring only, so nothing is traded, no order reaches a broker and no money moves. In the app you follow it from its **Positions** view, with these parts: touch one.

Live in the app: Go live, Positions, Order plan, Rebalances — each is a group below.

## Go live

The **Live** key on the action row: start following a strategy, choose which ones stay Live when your plan covers fewer, and stop following one. Every Live strategy is listed on the **Live** page, your [live book](/glossary/live-book).

- [Follow a strategy live](/docs/live/follow-a-strategy-live): You follow a strategy by marking it Live: Fincanva starts tracking what its rules would hold from today forward and lists it on the Live page — monitoring only, with no order placed and no money moved.
- [Choose which strategies stay Live](/docs/live/choose-which-strategies-stay-live): When your plan stops covering every strategy you follow Live, Fincanva asks you — once, in a dialog you cannot skip — which ones keep being followed; the rest stop and stay in your library.

Key terms: [Live book](/glossary/live-book), [Mark Live](/glossary/mark-live).

[All 2 terms](/glossary?subject=live&group=go-live)

## Positions

What the strategy would hold at a rebalance date, position by position — the sheet of target positions with their exits — and the To do list that keeps your live book healthy.

- [Keep your live book in order](/docs/live/keep-your-live-book-in-order): The To do section on Live lists which of your Live strategies need attention and why, worst first, so you can clear them one at a time.

Key terms: [Capital](/glossary/capital), [Positions table columns](/glossary/positions-table-columns), [Target allocation treemap](/glossary/target-allocation-treemap), [Target vs deployed](/glossary/target-vs-deployed), [Accuracy](/glossary/accuracy), [Cash % and capital invested](/glossary/cash-and-capital-invested).

[All 6 terms](/glossary?subject=live&group=positions)

## Order plan

What would change at the rebalance you are viewing: the instruments entering, exiting and re-sized.

- [Read your order plan](/docs/live/read-your-order-plan): The Positions view shows what a strategy would hold at a chosen rebalance date, and the Order plan card lists what would change to get there.

Key terms: [Order plan](/glossary/order-plan), [Target notional](/glossary/target-notional).

[All 6 terms](/glossary?subject=live&group=order-plan)

## Rebalances

When the strategy next [rebalances](/glossary/rebalance), and the dates before and after the one you are viewing.

Key terms: [Rebalance](/glossary/rebalance).

[All 1 terms](/glossary?subject=live&group=rebalances)

## Frequent questions

- [Does marking a strategy Live trade anything?](/glossary/mark-live#does-marking-a-strategy-live-trade-anything)
- [How do I stop following a strategy?](/docs/live/follow-a-strategy-live#how-do-i-stop-following-a-strategy)
- [Does changing Capital change my strategy?](/docs/live/read-your-order-plan#does-changing-capital-change-my-strategy)
- [Why is the Deployed amount lower than the Target value?](/docs/live/read-your-order-plan#why-is-the-deployed-amount-lower-than-the-target-value)
- [Which strategies appear under Needs attention?](/docs/live/keep-your-live-book-in-order#which-strategies-appear-under-needs-attention)

Fincanva is for education and illustration only. It is not personalised financial advice, and past or simulated results do not predict future ones. [Read the Terms Addendum](https://fincanva.com/terms/addendum#section-3)