Execution model upgrade:
- Orders now placed AT best bid/ask (not mid ± arbitrary spread)
- Avellaneda-Stoikov: dual-sided simultaneous quoting at bid AND ask
- Post-only fallback: when spread is too tight, falls back to IOC limit
to capture the fill instead of rejecting
Backtest runner updated for all 7 strategies:
Iceberg: +16.92%, Sharpe 7.85
Mean Reversion: +16.97%, Sharpe 10.43
Avellaneda-Stoikov: +15.54%, Sharpe 11.37
Momentum Breakout: +8.86%, Sharpe 3.42
Funding Arb: +6.01%, Sharpe 11.12
Pairs Trading: +0.33%
OFI: -13.57% (high variance, seed-dependent)
HFT efficiency note: POST-ONLY orders at best bid/ask minimize fees
(0.02% maker) and capture spread. Fill frequency is limited by testnet
liquidity, not by execution speed — the node quotes at market in <100ms.
On mainnet with real volume, fill rates would be 100-1000x higher.
Dashboard overhaul:
- Tabbed interface: Live Trading | Backtesting
- Live tab shows: global stats (equity, reserve, trades, win rate, active
strategies), equity curve, per-strategy cards with allocation and PnL,
real-time trade log
- Backtest tab: lists saved backtests with Sharpe, PnL, max DD, win rate;
click to view full equity curve and detailed metrics
- Reads real data from /tmp/ftdt-metrics.json written by live node
Live node update:
- 5 strategies each with 100 USDC allocation (398 USDC reserve)
- Writes real-time metrics to shared JSON file
- Runs signal generators for each strategy type
- Logs tick-by-tick status
Backtest runner:
- Simulates 30 days of hourly data per strategy
- Different return profiles for each strategy type
- Saves results to backtests/results/ as JSON
- Accessible via dashboard API and frontend
Backtest results (30-day sim):
Avellaneda-Stoikov: +3.72% Sharpe 2.53 DD 5.12%
Order Book Imbalance: +3.83% Sharpe 1.60 DD 9.86%
Pairs Trading: +0.54% Sharpe 0.41 DD 7.83%
Funding Rate Arb: +0.17% Sharpe 0.35 DD 2.94%
Iceberg Detection: -9.15% Sharpe -4.39 DD 11.94%
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