Have a QATS Bot workspace and select the account the bot should trade in Active trading account. A strategy trades only after it is linked to that account and Start bot is pressed.
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Open a workspace
Choose QATS Bot in the sidebar under Trade. Without a workspace, the page explains QATS Strategy Builder and offers the purchase right there.
Buy a workspace. The page shows its price and whether it is monthly or one-time, and how many workspaces you can hold.
Choose Open workspace. The builder opens inside QATS: build with blocks or the AI assistant, then backtest.
Add a trading account before you connect a strategy for execution. A strategy you only build or backtest never trades.
Bind the strategy and start the bot
Select the account the bot should trade in Active trading account at the top. Start and Stop act on that account.
Publish the strategy in the builder and link it to the account. Linking a different strategy to an account stops the bot there until you start it again.
Open Settings in the QATS Bot bar. Under Workspace settings, choose Start bot. QATS answers Bot started inside the locked server risk envelope.
If Start bot answers Link a published strategy before starting the bot, link one first. If it answers Renew the monthly subscription before starting the bot, renew the workspace first.
Stop the bot and handle refusals
To stop, choose Stop bot in the same Settings. QATS answers Bot stopped. No new automated entries will be accepted.
A stopped bot can still close what it holds: exits always go through, new entries do not.
If the bot reports BOT_NOT_RUNNING, the bot is stopped in QATS Prop; start it again on the right account. STRATEGY_NOT_BOUND means no strategy is linked to that account, or it moved to another account.
A lapsed workspace subscription also stops new entries. Renew it, then start the bot again.
Every bot order passes the same plan rules and risk checks as a manual order. An account that leads a copy-trading group cannot take bot orders.
Common questions
My bot sends orders but they are refused with BOT_NOT_RUNNING.
The bot is stopped in QATS Prop for that account. Open QATS Bot → Settings with the right account selected and choose Start bot. Exits still go through while it is stopped.
Do bots have different risk limits?
The account’s server rules still apply. Check the selected account and verify orders and positions after the strategy starts.
You’re done when…
You have checked the bot’s selected account and connection state, rather than assuming it is trading.
If this does not match what you see, use Common questions above or contact support with the page and account details.Continue in QATS
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