A plain-language summary of what a strategy actually does

Not for my sake, for the version of me reading it in six months. When I open a strategy I wrote a while ago, I read the conditions and reconstruct the intent. Sometimes I reconstruct it wrong, and then I "improve" something that was there on purpose. What I'd like is a description field that lives with the strategy and shows in the list — what it assumes, what market it's for, why the odd-looking condition is there. The tool can't write it. It can make sure I do, and put it where I'll see it.
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SlowSwing_Sam· Jul 2026 ago
I keep this as a comment at the top of the file, but having it in the list view would be better.
BacktestBetty· Jul 2026 ago
Pairs well with the automatic versioning request. Intent plus code plus result is the complete record.
TraderWeTraderWe Team· Jul 2026 ago
Noted — a free-text description stored with the strategy, surfaced in the list, is a reasonable ask and I've logged it. No timeline from me. One open question for you: do you want it truncated in the list with the full text on open, or the whole thing inline? Long descriptions in a list get unreadable fast, and I'd rather ask than guess.
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NightOwl_Yuki· Jul 2026 ago
the "improving" something that was deliberate part hits, i renamed a condition once cause i forgot why it was weird and broke the whole thing at 3am lol. would love a field for it
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