Comments & Discussion

Every public backtest on StratBase.ai includes a comments section where traders can discuss results, share observations, ask questions, and engage directly with strategy authors. Whether you are reviewing someone else's RSI mean-reversion strategy on BTC/USDT or publishing your own moving average crossover results, the comments section is where the community adds context, challenges assumptions, and builds collective knowledge.

Comments are attached to individual backtests and visible to anyone who can view that backtest. Public backtests have open comment sections — any logged-in user can participate. Private backtests restrict comments to users who have been granted access by the owner.

Comments support up to 2,000 characters of text and can include image attachments in JPEG, PNG, GIF, or WebP format up to 5 MB each. Images appear inline within the comment, making it straightforward to share annotated chart screenshots, equity curve comparisons, or indicator overlays alongside your written analysis.

1. Open any backtest page and scroll past the results panels to the comments section at the bottom.
2. Click inside the comment box. You must be logged in — if not, you will be prompted to sign in.
3. Type your comment (1 to 2,000 characters).
4. Optionally click the image icon to attach a screenshot or chart image. Select a JPEG, PNG, GIF, or WebP file under 5 MB. The image uploads immediately and previews inline.
5. Click Post to publish.

Your comment appears instantly in the thread.

Comments are organized in a two-level thread structure. Top-level comments appear in chronological order in the main stream. Any comment can receive replies, which nest directly beneath the parent. Click Reply on any comment to open an inline reply box. This keeps related discussion grouped together — for example, if someone asks why a strategy underperforms during high-volatility periods, all responses to that question stay in one place rather than fragmenting across the feed.

You can edit your own comment within 15 minutes of posting. After that window closes, the text is locked. Edited comments display a small "edited" label so readers know the content was revised. If you need to correct something after 15 minutes, delete the comment and repost.

You can delete your own comment at any time. Deleted comments show a [deleted] placeholder — the comment slot remains in the thread to preserve reply context, but the text and any attached images are hidden.

Only the comment author can edit or delete their comments. Backtest owners cannot edit other users' comments.

Click the heart icon on any comment to like it. Like counts are public. Sorting by top-liked comments is useful for quickly finding the most valued contributions on a heavily discussed backtest.

Backtest owners can pin one comment to the top of the section regardless of post time or like count. Use pinning to highlight an important author note — for example: "This result uses 0.1% taker fees on Binance. Results differ significantly at 0.05% — see my follow-up backtest linked below." Pinned comments display a pin icon and sit above the main comment stream.

Use the Report option on any comment to flag inappropriate content. Available report categories are: spam, abuse, harassment, and other. Selecting other requires a short description. Reports go to StratBase.ai administrators for review.

Owners on Pro or higher plans can disable comments for any of their backtests. When comments are turned off, existing comments remain visible but greyed out, and the comment input box is hidden — no new comments can be posted. Toggle this setting from the backtest's edit panel under Settings → Comments. Useful for backtests you want to publish for reference without inviting ongoing discussion.

• Attach your equity curve screenshot when questioning a strategy's drawdown — it removes ambiguity and gets faster, more precise responses.
• Tag the specific parameter set you are commenting on. For example: "With EMA 21/55 on ETH/USDT 4H, 2022–2024, max drawdown hit 38% — did you test with a stop-loss?" Vague comments get vague replies.
• Pin your own clarification as the backtest author before questions accumulate — it saves you from answering the same thing repeatedly.
• Use the 15-minute edit window to catch typos or add a forgotten metric before others start replying to your comment.
• If a strategy has many comments, sort by top to surface the highest-signal discussion first rather than reading through chronologically.