Signal Marketplace

The signal marketplace lets you subscribe to trading signals built by other users and use them in your strategies -- without needing to configure the indicators or external data yourself. For signal creators, it's a way to earn recurring income from the analysis work you've already done.

Browsing signals

Visit /marketplace/signals or click the Signals tab on the marketplace page. You'll see a catalog of published signals with:

• Signal name and headline -- What the signal does
• Category -- Momentum, trend, volatility, sentiment, on-chain, or custom
• Price -- Free or a monthly fee in satoshis
• External data badge -- Signals that pull data from third-party APIs

Use the filters to narrow by category or price, and the search box to find signals by name or description.

Subscribing to a signal

Click a signal card to see its detail page. This shows the full description, category tags, subscriber count, and pricing.

Free signals are available to all users immediately. You'll see an "Available" badge and can start using them in your strategies right away.

Paid signals require a monthly subscription. Click "Subscribe" and the first month's fee is deducted from your wallet credits. The signal then appears in your Signals panel and Blockly toolbox, ready to use in strategies.

To unsubscribe: Click "Unsubscribe" on the signal's detail page. Your access continues until the end of the current billing period. You won't be charged again.

What you can and can't see

When you subscribe to someone else's signal, you can see:

• The signal name and current state (triggered or not)
• The signal's numeric value

You cannot see the signal's internal configuration -- which indicators it uses, what operator or thresholds are set, how many conditions it has, or how it's constructed. Only the creator can see and edit those details. This protects the creator's intellectual property. Compound signals (those with multiple AND/OR conditions) appear the same as simple signals to subscribers -- just a name and a triggered/not-triggered state.

Using subscribed signals in strategies

Subscribed signals appear in the Signals category of the Blockly strategy builder, alongside your own signals. You can drag them into your strategy logic just like any signal you created yourself.

Each signal block has the same two output modes:

• is triggered -- Returns true/false for use in conditions
• value -- Returns the numeric value for calculations

Signals in strategies you subscribe to

Some marketplace strategies use signals from other creators. When you subscribe to such a strategy, you may also need signal subscriptions. The strategy detail page shows any required signal subscriptions and their costs before you subscribe.

Cost breakdown example:

• Strategy fee: ~X sats per profitable trade
• Signal subscriptions: Y sats/month total

You can subscribe to the required signals from the strategy detail page, or manage them separately in the Signal Marketplace.

Managing subscriptions

Viewing your subscriptions

In the app, subscribed signals appear in your Signals panel with a "Subscribed" badge and renewal date. You can also view all your active subscriptions via the /api/marketplace/signals/subscriptions endpoint.

Costs and renewal

• Subscriptions renew automatically each month
• The fee is deducted from your wallet credits
• If your credits are insufficient at renewal time, the subscription expires and any strategies using the signal are paused with a notification
• You can top up credits and re-subscribe to resume

Spend awareness

Keep an eye on your total monthly signal subscription cost. The subscription management view shows your total recurring spend. Consider setting a personal budget before subscribing to multiple paid signals.

For creators: publishing signals

If you've built signals that deliver value -- especially signals using external data sources that other users would have to integrate themselves -- the marketplace is a way to earn recurring income from that work.

Why publish?

External data signals are the real opportunity. Any user can create a signal based on RSI or MACD -- those are built-in indicators. But if you've built a custom API that analyzes on-chain data, social sentiment, or funding rates, that integration work has genuine value. Subscribers pay for the convenience and expertise, not just a comparison rule.

Your internals stay private. Subscribers see results, not your recipe. The indicators, operators, thresholds, and external data sources that make your signal work are never exposed to subscribers.

Earn continuously. Set a monthly price, publish once, and earn as long as people subscribe. Update your signal as market conditions change, and publish new versions for subscribers.

How to publish

1. Create your signal in the Signals panel (if you haven't already)
2. Set up a marketplace profile -- headline, description, category, and pricing. In the app, use the signal marketplace profile flow to configure these.
3. Set your price -- Choose from the available price tiers (0 to ~10,000 sats/month). Free signals get maximum reach; paid signals earn revenue.
4. Publish -- This creates an immutable version snapshot. Your signal becomes visible in the marketplace. You can keep editing your signal -- subscribers stay on the published version until you publish an update.

Pricing guidance

• Free signals maximize reach and build your reputation as a creator
• Low-price signals (500-2000 sats/month) have the lowest friction for subscribers
• Higher-price signals (5000-10000 sats/month) work when the signal provides clear, unique value -- typically external data integrations

The platform takes a small cut from each subscription payment (the greater of 1% or a minimum of 10 sats). The rest goes directly to your wallet credits.

Updating published signals

When you edit a published signal and re-publish, a new version snapshot is created. Existing subscribers keep their current version. New subscribers get the latest version. This version pinning means you can improve your signal without breaking existing users' strategies.

Retracting a signal

If you need to take a signal off the marketplace, use the retract flow. This stops new subscriptions, but existing subscribers keep access until their current period expires. You cannot hard-delete a published signal while it has active subscribers.

Questions & Answers

Signal detail pages have a Q&A section, just like strategies. Anyone logged in can ask a question about a published signal. Only the signal creator can answer. This helps potential subscribers evaluate whether a signal is worth subscribing to before committing.

Earnings

Track your signal subscription earnings at /marketplace/earnings. The earnings page shows:

• Per-signal subscriber count and total earned
• Fee event history
• Combined strategy and signal earnings in one dashboard

Earnings accumulate in your wallet credits. See Account Settings for wallet details.