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title: "Starring strategies and screeners"
description: "How favourites work in Fincanva: star a strategy or screener, filter to see only starred items, the 200-item cap per list, and why a live strategy's star locks."
canonical_url: "https://fincanva.com/docs/strategies/starring-strategies-and-screeners"
last_updated: "2026-09-03"
md_url: "https://fincanva.com/docs/strategies/starring-strategies-and-screeners.md"
---

# Starring strategies and screeners

You mark a strategy or screener as a favourite by selecting its star; the **Favourites** filter then shows you only the items you've starred.

↗ See this in Fincanva — the Favourites filter on Strategies

## Before you start
No prerequisites — you can favourite anything you can see, including your own strategies and screeners and any public ones you're browsing. To understand what a strategy is before you start starring them, see [What is a strategy?](/docs/strategies/what-is-a-strategy-in-fincanva).

## Steps
1. Find the strategy or screener — in its explorer sidebar row, in its dashboard table row, or on its own page — and select the star.
2. Selecting an unstarred star adds the item to your favourites; selecting a starred (gold) star removes it. You can do the same from the row's ⋯ menu, which shows "Add to favourites" or "Remove from favourites" depending on the current state.
3. To see only your starred items, turn on the **Favourites** filter above the strategy or screener list.

## What you should see
A favourited item's star stays filled gold, visible even when you're not hovering the row. Turning on the **Favourites** filter narrows the list to your starred strategies or screeners only; if you haven't starred anything yet in that list, you see "No favourites yet".

## Why does a live strategy's star lock?
Marking a strategy Live automatically adds it to your favourites, and its star locks gold for as long as the strategy stays live — you can't remove it from favourites while it's running. Selecting the locked star, or otherwise trying to unfavourite a live strategy, shows "Turn the strategy off first"; turn the strategy off, then unstar it if you want to. Screeners have no Live state, so a screener's star never locks.

## How many favourites can I have?
You can favourite up to 200 strategies and up to 200 screeners — the two lists are tracked and capped separately, so favouriting 200 screeners doesn't use up any of your strategy favourites. If a strategy is auto-favourited by going Live while you're already at the 200-strategy cap, it still goes live — it just isn't added to your favourites, rather than blocking the Live toggle.

## Common problems
### Why can't I unstar my live strategy?
The strategy is currently Live, and Fincanva keeps a live strategy favourited so you don't lose track of it. Turn the strategy off first, then remove the star.

### Why won't a new favourite save?
If you're already at the 200-item cap for that list — strategies or screeners — the app can't add another and shows "Couldn't save favourite". Remove an existing favourite from that list, then try again.