Plan & Execute·Module 09

Strategy Lab — design, size and stress-test before you enter

An eight-tool workbench for turning a thesis into a sized, validated trade. Options pricing, a 14-template multi-leg builder, scenario simulation, position sizing and a rules-check planner — all crypto-native, all fed by your live platform data.

FOCSAL Strategy Lab showing a multi-leg options strategy builder with P&L diagram, aggregate Greeks and scenario simulation for BTC
Strategy Lab — the multi-leg builder with live P&L and aggregate Greeks

Why it exists

Reading the market is only half the job. The other half is turning a view into a concrete trade — the right strikes, the right size, a stop with an actual reason — and knowing how it behaves if the market crashes or rallies before you commit real money.

Strategy Lab is where that happens. Eight tools cover the whole pre-trade workflow, from pricing a single option to building a multi-leg structure, stress-testing it against scenarios, and sizing a futures position down to the fee and liquidation level.

What you get

8
Tools in one workbench
Pricing, builder, simulator, vol & Greeks, trade calculator, planner, library and cross-module imports.
14
Strategy templates
Multi-leg structures — spreads, condors, butterflies, risk reversals, calendars and more — ready to adjust.
3
Sizing modes
Size by USDT, by coin, or by % account risk — with leverage risk zones and a five-venue fee preset.
5
Rules-check validator
Every plan checked against five discipline rules before it's ready — stop reason, R:R, size, entry and confluence.

The eight tools

ToolWhat it does
Options CalculatorSingle-leg pricing and Greeks with five view modes — long/short call, long/short put, synthetic
Strategy BuilderMulti-leg composer with 14 templates, drag-drop legs, live P&L diagram and aggregate Greeks
Strategy SimulatorWhat-if scenarios — crash, rally, range — with probability of profit and IV expansion/contraction
Volatility & GreeksAn IV solver (inverse Black-Scholes) plus explainers for extreme gamma, theta and contract multipliers
Trade CalculatorFutures sizing in three modes, leverage risk badge, five-venue fees and in-range liquidation check
Trade PlannerBuilds an entry/stop/target plan and runs it through a five-row rules check
Strategy LibraryA catalogue of the 14 strategies — when to use each, best regime, typical R:R and risk profile
Cross-module importsPull the active trade plan, expiry and strikes, or positioning context from elsewhere in the platform
Discipline, built into the plan

The Trade Planner won't just take your numbers — it checks them. Does the stop have a structural reason, not an arbitrary percentage? Is R:R at least 1.5? Is the position within 2% account risk? Is the entry out of premium? Do at least three engines agree? Gaps are flagged before the plan is "ready", so risk discipline is enforced, not optional.

Sizing that knows the real cost

The Trade Calculator sizes futures positions three ways — by USDT amount, by coin amount, or by percentage of account risk — and accounts for what actually eats returns. A leverage risk badge flags LOW through EXTREME, a five-venue fee preset fills in typical taker costs, and an in-range liquidation check warns you when your liquidation price sits inside the move you're trading. The R:R read is benchmarked so you know whether a setup is poor, acceptable, good or excellent before you commit.

Part of the operating system

Strategy Lab doesn't work in isolation — it pulls the active trade plan from Market Intelligence, the live expiry and critical strikes from Options Map, and positioning context from Smart Money, straight into the designer. Plan a trade here and you can hand it off to Journal to track how it actually plays out.

New to the concepts?Read: The Options Strategy Library
Turn a thesis into a plan

Open Strategy Lab

Build, size and stress-test crypto trades before you enter — included from the Plus plan upward.

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