Setup → Entry → Risk → Management → Exit
A complete trade is more than an entry signal. The source's concept of an 'ideal trade' includes preparation, timely entry and disciplined closure, including the possibility that a correctly executed trade ends at its protective stop.
Strategy rule
That perspective maps naturally to software: process quality and outcome are separate. A losing trade can be VALID_EXECUTION if every rule was followed; a profitable rule violation should still be logged as INVALID_EXECUTION.
FX Nova Bot can represent the lifecycle as SCAN → SETUP → ENTRY_READY → RISK_APPROVED → ORDER_SENT → POSITION_OPEN → MANAGE → EXIT → REVIEW. Every transition should be reproducible from logged inputs.
Connected FX Nova modules
Educational software-engineering material. Source-specific trading rules are presented as a framework to test, not guaranteed market laws or investment advice.