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Smarter Auto-Names for Backticks and SweepTicks

Published July 20, 2026
Improvement Backtick
Smarter Auto-Names for Backticks and SweepTicks

Until now, a backtick you didn't name yourself simply took the first position's name. If you were testing 28 entry-time clones of the same strategy, every one of those tests ended up with the same name.

Names That Describe the Whole Test

Auto-names are now synthesized from all of the positions in the test: the words every position shares, plus the range of whatever varies between them. Entry times and numeric values are both recognized, so a set of clones running from 11:32a through 2:00p names itself "0DTE SPX 40/80 11:32a-2:00p" instead of just "0DTE SPX 40/80".

Backtick name input showing a synthesized auto-name
The auto-name keeps the shared words and adds the entry-time range.

The name keeps itself current as you add and remove positions. The moment you type a name of your own, auto-naming steps aside and never overwrites it.

Cleaner SweepTick Names

SweepTick gets the same intelligence. Sweeping entry time on a core position that already carries a time in its name (like "0DTE SPX 40/80 - 11:32a") used to leave that stale time in the sweep's name and in every generated iteration. That stale time is now stripped automatically. For value sweeps, the name is built from the generated iterations themselves, so it always reflects the actual range being tested.

SweepTick name with the stale entry time removed
An entry-time sweep drops the cloned core's stale time from the name.

Nothing to configure: leave the name field blank on your next backtick and it will name itself.