> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sonar.trade/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Your First Strategy

> The five steps every strategy shares.

Every strategy is set up the same way. Learn these five steps once, then pick the strategy you want to learn first.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Before You Start**\
> You need a funded source that holds the token: your Vault, a wallet or a group. See [Fund Your Account](https://docs.sonar.trade/start/fund.md).

## 1. Open Create Strategy

Open Create Strategy, or open a token from Discover and choose Set Strategy.

![Create Strategy in the Sonar app](https://docs.sonar.trade/images/docs/first-strategy-1.png?v=20261104i)

* **Chain**: Solana, Robinhood and Ethereum up front, the rest under More.
* **Order Type**: Buy or Sell. A strategy is funded from one side.
* **Strategy Method**: Core (Volume, DCA, Trigger) or Expert (Ripple, RSI Oscillator, Volume Response), then the strategy.
* **Name**: optional. Handy once you run many strategies.

## 2. Pick The Token And Size

Select the token and how much to trade. If more than one source holds it, pick the source. Then the counter asset you trade against: the chain’s native token or a stablecoin (see [Swap Pairs](https://docs.sonar.trade/money/swap.md#swap-pairs)).

![Token, size and counter asset in the Sonar app](https://docs.sonar.trade/images/docs/parts/strategy-amount.png?v=20261104i)

## 3. Set The Main Settings

This step is different for every method: a strength for Volume, a schedule for DCA, triggers for Trigger, and so on. Each strategy page below explains its own settings.

## 4. Add Optional Parameters

For example a minimum market cap, below which it waits. Skip them to run on defaults.

![Optional settings in the Sonar app](https://docs.sonar.trade/images/docs/parts/optional-box.png?v=20261104i)

## 5. Set Strategy

It starts right away, or at your scheduled start. Every trade is listed on the strategy with a link to the transaction. Find it on the Strategies page to pause, adjust or stop it.

## Pick A Strategy To Learn More

Not sure where to start? Begin with a Core strategy.

### Core

> [card] [Volume](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/volume.md)
>
> Trades into real market orders as they come in.

> [card] [DCA](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/dca.md)
>
> Equal slices on a fixed interval.

> [card] [Trigger](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/trigger.md)
>
> Trades a share at each market cap level.

### Expert

> [card] [Ripple](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/ripple.md)
>
> A larger sell, then a smaller buy back.

> [card] [RSI Oscillator](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/rsi-oscillator.md)
>
> Buys oversold, sells overbought.

> [card] [Volume Response](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/volume-response.md)
>
> Answers other people’s trades.

> [!TIP]
>
> **Not Sure Which One?**\
> [How Strategies Work](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/how-strategies-work.md) helps you pick by your goal.


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