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title: "Live strategy"
description: "A Live strategy is a strategy you follow live on the Live page; marking it Live starts paper monitoring — nothing is traded and no orders are placed."
canonical_url: "https://fincanva.com/glossary/live-strategy"
last_updated: "2026-10-11"
md_url: "https://fincanva.com/glossary/live-strategy.md"
---

# Live strategy

A Live strategy is a [strategy](/glossary/strategy) you have chosen to follow live — one of the strategies on the **Live** page, your [live book](/glossary/live-book). [Marking a strategy Live](/glossary/mark-live) adds it to that page and starts paper monitoring: nothing is ever traded and no order is placed.

**Also seen as:** paper portfolio

Fincanva keeps following what the strategy would hold and how it would perform. A Live strategy is an ordinary strategy, Single or [Combined](/glossary/combined), with the Live mark on: there is no separate object to create. Until October 2026 the Live page was called Portfolios and a Live strategy a portfolio; neither word names a strategy in Fincanva any more.

## How does Fincanva handle it?

- Marking a strategy Live uses the "Go live" control; it then shows in Live and counts toward your dashboard.
- Going live starts paper monitoring only — Fincanva tracks the strategy's positions and performance and never places an order or moves real money.
- Choosing "Stop following" removes the strategy from Live; the strategy itself is unchanged and can be followed again later.

## What does it look like in practice?

You have a screener-based strategy you have [backtested](/glossary/backtest) and like. You open it and choose Go live, and it moves to the Live page to be tracked day to day. No broker is connected and no trade is ever sent — Fincanva simply follows the positions the strategy's rules imply and shows how that paper book would perform. Later you choose Stop following, and the strategy leaves Live with no effect on the saved strategy itself.

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)