Cloning Strategies

Cloning lets you copy another user's strategy configuration to create your own backtest. It's a quick way to learn from successful strategies and adapt them.

1. Open any public backtest (or a private one you have access to)
2. Click the Clone button
3. A new backtest is created with the same configuration
4. The clone runs automatically — you'll see results when it completes

| Copied | Not Copied | |--------|------------| | All entry conditions | Original results | | All exit conditions | Comments and likes | | Indicators and parameters | AI conversation history | | TP / SL / Trailing settings | Original author's ownership | | Position sizing mode | | | Instrument and market type | | | Direction (Long/Short) | | | Grid/DCA settings | | | Commission and leverage | |

The cloned backtest:

• Gets a new ID and new name (auto-incremented, e.g., "My Strategy #2")
• Starts in queued status and runs immediately
• You become the owner of the clone
• Inherits the same visibility level
• Shows attribution to the original author

• Cannot clone your own backtest — use the "Duplicate" feature instead
• Public backtests — anyone can clone, no restrictions
• Private backtests — only users with approved access can clone
• Confidential backtests — cannot be cloned by anyone

For private strategies you want to clone:

1. Click Request Access on the backtest page
2. Write an optional message to the author
3. Wait for the author to approve or deny
4. If approved, you can view the full config and clone it

Authors receive access request notifications via in-app, email, and Telegram (if connected). Telegram notifications include inline Approve/Reject buttons for quick response.

StratBase.ai has a 3-phase clone protection system to prevent unauthorized copying:

1. Config Hash — SHA-256 fingerprint detects identical configurations
2. Equity Curve Correlation — Pearson correlation identifies strategies with similar performance curves (threshold: r ≥ 0.93)
3. Signal Comparison — trade-by-trade analysis with match rate verdicts

See Clone Protection System for full details.

Q: Will my clone get the same results as the original? A: Results should be very similar, but may differ slightly due to randomization in simulation (e.g., fill order within a candle).

Q: Does the original author know when I clone? A: Yes — they see a clone event in their activity feed and the clone count on their backtest increases.

Q: Can I modify a cloned strategy? A: The clone creates a fixed backtest. To modify, clone again with different parameters or create a new backtest.

• Clone Protection System
• Publishing a Backtest
• Privacy Levels