Automation & Alerts

Real-time alerts for everyone, plus opt-in execution with user-defined slippage limits.

Two Layers of Safety

Flowlayer protects reward income in two layers. Alerts ship in Tranche 1, are available to everyone, and never access the user’s account. Opt-in execution and automation ship in Tranche 2 and run only when explicitly enabled.

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Alerts (Tranche 1)

Alerts flag conditions that require attention, leaving the user in full control. They deliver most of the safety value with none of the custody complexity.

Volatility spike

A sudden increase in price movement on a farmed market—the primary signal that an adverse fill may be imminent.

Order filled

A resting order has been hit, meaning the account now holds a position and directional risk.

Score drop

The reward score on a market has fallen, indicating orders may no longer be competitive.

Approaching resolution

A market is nearing resolution, where sudden, irreversible moves are most likely.

Alerts are the foundation. A timely, well-targeted alert delivers much of the protection of automated exit at a fraction of the risk and complexity.

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Opt-In Execution & Automation (Tranche 2)

Tranche 2 enables Flowlayer to act on the user’s behalf: fast execution, advanced order types, automated entry, and auto-exit. Because each of these places or cancels orders on the account, all are opt-in and run under access that is clearly disclosed, scoped, and revocable.

User-Defined Slippage Limits

Automated exit never fills at any price to force an exit. The user sets a slippage limit, and Flowlayer treats it as a hard boundary.

1. Set the threshold

   Define the maximum slippage acceptable on an exit, as a percentage or a tick distance from the expected price.

2. Execution respects it

   Automated exit only fills within the limit. If the book has moved beyond the threshold, it will not close the position at a worse price than agreed.

3. Notify on breach

   If an exit cannot complete within the limit, Flowlayer issues an alert so the user can decide how to proceed, rather than accepting a poor fill silently.

Automated Entry

When enabled, automated entry opens positions on the user’s behalf according to criteria they define.

1. Define the criteria

   Set a target risk-score range and analytics filters that describe the markets worth entering.

2. Flowlayer scans and enters

   Flowlayer continuously evaluates qualifying markets against the criteria and opens positions that match, sized within the limits the user sets.

3. Paired with auto-exit

   Combined with auto-exit and slippage limits, automated entry closes the loop into a fully automated, opt-in strategy that the user can pause or revoke at any time.

Execution Models

Automation can be delivered in three ways, each with a different trust profile. The full approach is documented on the Security page.

Advisory (default)

Flowlayer alerts; the user acts manually. Lowest risk, no account access. This is the Tranche 1 default and remains available to everyone.

Delegated execution

A scoped API credential lets Flowlayer place and cancel orders but never withdraw funds. Fully opt-in, offered only once API terms and liability are settled.

Client-side

Automation runs in the user’s own browser session with prior approval. Custody stays cleanest, but it operates only while the session is live.

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Limitations

Automation is not a guarantee. A slippage limit caps how poor a fill can be, but in a fast-moving market a tight limit can prevent an exit from filling at all. No automation can act during an outage or, in client-side mode, while the session is closed, and resolution can occur faster than any system can react. Automation reduces risk; it does not remove it.