Sessions

This is the entity reference for sessions. By the end you’ll know what a session contains, what it references, and how to think about it as a reusable operating template.

What this is

The session is the main operating unit in the Cortiq trading cycle — the practical bridge between strategy design and live operation. Every other entity in the trading cycle is something a session points at.

A session bundles:

One MT5 account.
One primary AI provider and integration mode.
One symbol — the single instrument the session trades.
One data package.
One or more playbooks (with priority).
Optional trade ideas.
Optional support layers — preparation package, instrument profile, sentiment report.
A time window, active days, and execution settings.

How it fits into Cortiq

Without sessions, you’d reassemble the whole workflow manually each time. The session is what makes the trading cycle repeatable — start it, pause it, review it, improve it, duplicate it into a new template.

For runtime behavior and the session lifecycle, see Sessions. For the architectural role, see Session architecture.

How to use it

Treat the session as a trading-desk template. Once it’s stable, duplicate before changing — keep the original running as a control while you experiment on the duplicate. Cohort comparison turns the two runs into evidence.

Reference

Entities a session references

Reference	Required?	Read more
MT5 account	yes	MetaTrader 5 integration
AI provider + mode	yes	AI providers
Data package	yes	Data packages
Playbooks	yes (one or more)	Playbooks
Trade ideas	optional	Trade ideas
Preparation package	optional	Preparation packages
Instrument profile	optional	Instrument profiles
Sentiment report	optional	Sentiment reports