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Settings

The Settings workspace controls application-level preferences and local connection configuration. These settings affect how AQS looks, how it starts new runs, which local services it can reach, and how account-related links behave.

Open Settings from the left sidebar, then choose a settings section from the settings navigation.

Appearance

Section titled “Appearance”

Use Appearance to control workspace presentation.

AQS Appearance settings showing theme and language controls.

  • Theme switches between dark mode, light mode, or system sync.
  • Language changes static workspace text between English and French.

Change the application language

Section titled “Change the application language”
  1. Open Settings from the left sidebar.
  2. Select Appearance.
  3. Find Language.
  4. Choose English or French.
  5. AQS updates supported workspace text immediately.

On first launch, AQS checks the operating system language. If the locale is supported, AQS uses it automatically. If it is not supported, AQS defaults to English.

Configurations

Section titled “Configurations”

Use Configurations for application refresh intervals and development-only paths.

  • Active price refresh controls how often AQS refreshes current prices for live insight rows.
  • Live health check controls how often AQS checks whether live strategy data is still updating.
  • Live stale timeout controls when a live strategy is marked stale.
  • Development builds can also expose local website and AQE source path overrides.

Execution Defaults

Section titled “Execution Defaults”

Use Execution Defaults to set default behavior for new strategy runs.

  • Default runtime mode.
  • Preferred local or remote server node.
  • Log retention for editor run logs.
  • Compile target and default log level.
  • Safeguards such as prompting before live deploy.

Backtests always use paper execution, even if a live broker is selected. The selected datafeed can still be used to load market data for a backtest.

Data Feeds

Section titled “Data Feeds”

Use Data Feeds to configure market data and execution integrations.

  • Add or edit local datafeed providers.
  • Configure MT5 bridge details, including token and bridge bind address.
  • Test datafeed connectivity.
  • Select datafeeds later from charts, editor runtime config, or strategy detail market data settings.

AQS Cloud

Section titled “AQS Cloud”

Use AQS Cloud when signed in to manage cloud-linked strategy records, live session secrets, and membership status.

AQS Cloud settings showing cloud account and membership controls.

This section is only available for authenticated users. Local-only strategy runs do not require AQS Cloud.

Updates

Section titled “Updates”

Use Updates to manually check whether a newer AQ Studio desktop release is available.

AQS Updates settings showing the current version and update check controls.

  • Current version shows the desktop version currently installed.
  • Check for Updates asks the AQS website updater endpoint for the latest release metadata.
  • When an update is available, AQS shows the target version, release notes, and an install action.
  • Installing an update downloads the signed updater package, applies it, and restarts AQ Studio.

AQS also checks for updates automatically on startup. The manual settings screen uses the same updater endpoint as the startup update prompt.

Privacy Settings

Section titled “Privacy Settings”

Use Privacy Settings to review account identity, session state, and legal links.

Legal links open on the AQS website. When the application language is French, supported website links open under the French route where available.