In the last chapter, we learned what automatic means in TraderLobby. Now we will examine the controls that let you choose which strategies can work. The goal is more precise than making a button turn green. You should be able to identify a strategy, prepare its context and limits, enable it deliberately, and verify what changed. You should also know how to stop new activity without accidentally treating an open holding as if it had disappeared.

Start with the Strategies section in the navigation. This is where you can explore offerings and open their details. A marketplace card introduces a strategy. It is not proof that you have access to it, that it is configured in your account, or that its decision engine is on. Those are separate states. Keep that distinction in mind even when a familiar name appears in several parts of the app.

Use the search and available collections to find the strategy in the demonstration. Read its name and creator or source before opening it. If the list looks smaller than expected, check your search, filters, and selected collection. A narrow view can hide an offering without removing it from the catalog. A loading error is different from a successful search that has no matches.

Your Trading workspace provides another useful view: the strategies selected for that context. The strategy cards there summarize the mode, enabled state, and available activity or capacity information. Open a card's settings to inspect its controls. The marketplace helps you discover and understand an offering; the Trading view helps you manage the strategies selected for use. Neither view should be interpreted without checking Paper or Live.

Availability can depend on access, account requirements, or the offering's current state. Read the reason shown when an action is unavailable. Do not purchase access or change the account mode simply to make a lesson button usable. Our demonstration will use an eligible example strategy in an isolated Paper account. You can follow the explanation without enabling anything in your own account.

The same strategy may appear in a marketplace list, a subscription list, and a Trading card for different reasons. Think of those as different questions being answered. What exists? What access do I have? What have I selected for this mode? A name appearing in one list does not answer the other two questions. A name disappearing from a filtered list does not establish that its automation has stopped.

For your first checkpoint, find the example strategy in the marketplace and locate where you would manage its selected-mode settings. Say which view you are using and what it proves. If you cannot yet identify the mode or access state, pause the exercise at that point. A clear starting context makes every later change easier to understand and verify.