> ## 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.

# How Strategies Work

> Pick a strategy by your goal, and the rules every strategy follows.

Every strategy is set up the same way; see [Your First Strategy](https://docs.sonar.trade/start/first-strategy.md) for the steps. This page helps you pick the right one.

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## Start From Your Goal

What do you want to do?

> [card] [Move Size Quietly](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/volume.md)
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> **Volume**: trades into real orders, so it’s quiet when the market is quiet.

> [card] [Buy Or Sell Steadily](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/dca.md)
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> **DCA**: the same size every interval, on a schedule you set.

> [card] [Take Profit Or Stop Losses](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/trigger.md)
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> **Trigger**: sells or buys at market caps you choose.

> [card] [Distribute Token Supply](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/ripple.md)
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> **Ripple**: sells in legs with smaller buy-backs. For token teams.

> [card] [Trade The Swings](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/rsi-oscillator.md)
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> **RSI Oscillator**: buys dips and sells spikes in a range.

> [card] [Answer Big Moves](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/volume-response.md)
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> **Volume Response**: sells into demand or buys into sell-offs, sized by volume.

**Core** strategies have a few settings that suit most moves. **Expert** strategies have finer controls built into their own setup.

## **Every Strategy Starts From One Side**

Every strategy is funded from one side, buy or sell:

* **Buy**: fund it with a native token or stablecoin (for example SOL or USDC).
* **Sell**: fund it with the token.

A strategy ends once that funded balance is spent or sold. The exception is Ripple and RSI Oscillator, which trade both ways and can finish holding either asset.

## Vault Balance Is Set Aside

In the Vault, the amount you commit is reserved for that strategy. Other strategies and swaps can’t use it, and it isn’t available to send until the strategy is stopped or completed.

Wallets have no reserve. They work like any other wallet, so an asset tied to a strategy can still be swapped or sent. If you move it, the strategy has no funds left and can’t complete.

## Related

> [card] [Manage Strategies](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/managing-strategies.md)
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> Pause, adjust, stop, and stack several strategies on one token.

> [card] [Your First Strategy](https://docs.sonar.trade/start/first-strategy.md)
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> The five steps every strategy shares.


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