# Sell what you built. Keep how it works.

> If you make strategies or indicators for other people, your code is your business. AlgoBarsX lets you hand over something that runs without handing over how it works.

Source: https://algobarsx.com/for/strategy-creators/

## What gets in your way.

- **Giving away your work** Send someone your code and you cannot take it back.
- **Buyers cannot trust a black box** People are right to be wary of tools that say nothing about what they do.
- **One platform, one audience** A script for one platform only reaches that platform's users.

## How AlgoBarsX helps.

- **Sealed files** A sealed `.abx` file runs on another account. Nobody can read the code. [Read more](https://algobarsx.com/docs/abx-files/)
- **Honest on the outside** A sealed file still states its name, what it trades, its inputs and what it does in plain English. Nobody runs it blind. [Read more](https://algobarsx.com/docs/abx-files/)
- **Versions** Libraries and indicators carry version numbers, so an update never breaks a buyer's setup by surprise. [Read more](https://algobarsx.com/docs/writing-a-library/)
- **Bring your back catalogue** Import your old scripts from six languages. Read every result before you ship it. [Read more](https://algobarsx.com/convert/)
- **A place to sell** AlgoBars has a marketplace for strategies. Creators keep 80% of each sale. Card payments are held for 180 days before payout. [Read more](https://algobars.com/)
- **Proof you can show** The fill rules are written down, and a test gives the same answer every time. [Read more](https://algobarsx.com/docs/#execution-rules)

## Make it easy to set up.

Inputs become settings, with labels, limits and groups. Your buyers change numbers, not code.

```algobarsx
input fast = 20, label: "Fast length", min: 2, max: 500, group: "Trend"
input source = close, label: "Source"
input higher_tf = 4h, label: "Higher timeframe"
input session = "london", options: ["london", "new_york", "asia"]
input risk = 1%, min: 0.1%, max: 5%, step: 0.1%
input show_zones = true, group: "Display"
input zone_color = blue.fade(70), group: "Display", visible_if: show_zones

const RISK_CAP = 2%
```


> **Selling strategies comes with duties.** Do not promise profits. Tell buyers that tests are hypothetical and leave out costs. In many places, selling signals or managing money needs a licence. That is your job to check. AlgoBars does not give legal advice.

## Good questions.

**Can a buyer ever see my sealed code?** No. The code travels sealed and only the AlgoBars platform can open it. Sealing happens on the platform, not in your browser.

**What does a buyer see?** The name, what it trades, the inputs they can change, and a plain-English description of what it does.

**Will live results match a backtest?** No. Tests use past prices and leave out spread, fees, swaps and slippage. Past results do not tell you what will happen next.

## Important

Trading is risky and you can lose money. AlgoBars is software, not a broker or an adviser. Backtests are hypothetical and leave out spread, fees, swaps and slippage. AlgoBarsX is in beta.