Cancel or Stop a Strategy
You can stop a running strategy at any time from the strategy dashboard. This page covers how cancellation works and what to expect, including what happens to any open positions.
Cancel a strategy
- Open the strategy dashboard.
- Find the strategy you want to stop.
- Click the … (more options) menu on the strategy card.
- Select Cancel.
- Confirm the action.
The cancellation is processed by Synchronicity. Once confirmed, the strategy stops advancing through its flow. Its status changes to Cancelled.
What happens when you cancel
Cancelling a strategy stops the flow. It does not automatically close any open positions.
Cancelling stops the strategy, not the position. If your strategy holds an open position when you cancel, that position stays open and you remain exposed to the market, including liquidation on a leveraged position, with test funds on today’s testnet and real funds once mainnet launches. Close it yourself from the Hyperliquid positions panel, or place a closing order separately.
If your strategy has a pending limit order when you cancel, it may still fill if it was already submitted before the cancellation processed. Check your open orders on Hyperliquid after cancelling.
Done versus Cancelled
A strategy that reaches the end of its flow and finishes successfully shows as Done, not Cancelled. Cancellation only applies when a strategy is stopped before it finishes, which you do manually from the dashboard. A strategy where a node could not complete shows as Failed instead.
After cancellation
A cancelled strategy cannot be restarted. To run the same logic again, load it from the dashboard, make any changes you need, and deploy it as a new instance.
Completed and cancelled strategies stay in your dashboard history. You can open them in read-only canvas view to review what happened.
Next steps
Ready to build something more advanced? Read Using Multiple Assets to learn how to trade across different markets within a single strategy.