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Value ref

equity

The strategy's running equity-curve value.

field selects: current (equity right now), peak (the running high-water mark), or drawdown_pct (percent below that peak — 0 at a new high, positive while underwater). Use drawdown_pct directly for a circuit-breaker gate rather than deriving it from current/peak.

VIB-1370 / VIB-1319: the sub-metric selector is named field across every ValueRef-style type. The legacy name equity_metric was removed.

Backing types

EquityValueRef

Required fields

fieldreqenum: drawdown_pct, current, peak-

Optional fields

kindstring-
resolutionanyOf (2 variants)Optional higher-timeframe override for this value ref. Set it inside left/right refs such as {'kind': 'indicator', ..., 'resolution': '4h'} or {'kind': 'price', 'field': 'close', 'resolution': '4h'}. Do not put timeframe/source_timeframe on the parent condition. None = strategy timeframe.
symbolanyOf (2 variants)Optional reference symbol this value ref reads from (e.g. 'SPY'). None = the traded/primary symbol. Mutually exclusive with resolution.

Backing types

The IR ValueRef classes this builder field resolves to.

EquityValueRef
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