experiment ledger · updated 18 sep 2026

Failures stay in the record.

The public ledger tracks the progression from causal data infrastructure to preregistered action-side treatments. Closed studies remain visible; no failed lineage is rewritten as a success.

CURRENT: ENTRY CONFIRMATIONFRESH PERFORMANCE SEALEDHISTORICAL TEST LOCKED
research history

From market data to frozen selection rules.

Only results already inside the scientific record are shown. Current Fresh candidate performance is deliberately absent.

Aug 2026 · data architecture

EXP-0003 — MarketGenome foundation

Multi-timeframe BTCUSDT causal dataset, dataset validation and normalized observation architecture. The foundation dataset established 475 columns with 468 numeric market features before later RL state extensions.

COMPLETEDCAUSAL DATA
Aug 2026 · discrete PPO

EXP-0004 — Discrete PPO validation

LONG / FLAT / SHORT PPO iteration. Validation did not produce an eligible candidate under its frozen constraints; Historical TEST remained locked.

FAILED VALIDATIONTEST LOCKED
26 Aug 2026 · futures-native stack

EXP-0005 — Futures-native RL stack

Introduced futures-native execution semantics: mark-to-market equity, historical funding, leverage/margin mechanics, next-bar execution and deterministic risk ordering. This became part of the later parent stack.

INFRASTRUCTURE MILESTONE
Aug 2026 · closed predecessor

TURNOVER-CONTROL-STUDY-0001 — cooldown study

Three preregistered cooldown arms tested whether reducing churn was sufficient. The frozen result was NO_ELIGIBLE_TURNOVER_CONTROL: 0 / 30 eligible, no arm winner, no champion, Historical TEST not accessed.

0 / 30 ELIGIBLELINEAGE CLOSED
Current · Fresh reserve accruing

ENTRY-CONFIRMATION-STUDY-0001 — current lineage

Tests whether requiring 1, 2 or 3 consecutive identical directional requests before a new entry improves selectivity without changing economics, risk limits, PPO hyperparameters or the 30-minute policy cadence.

FROZENAWAITING COMPLETE FRESH SOURCE30 CANDIDATES
closed predecessor evidence

Cooldown reduced churn — not enough.

These figures are frozen development evidence from the predecessor and have no selection authority in the current ENTRY lineage.

ArmTreatmentRisk terminationMean returnMedian returnMean turnover
EXP-00090m CONTROL58.333%-8.468%-9.120%122.8805x
EXP-001060m cooldown12.500%-4.684%-5.552%67.4022x
EXP-0011120m cooldown7.500%-4.548%-4.633%60.0498x
All 30 predecessor candidates failed the strict positive mean and positive median economic-return requirements. Lower churn and lower risk termination remained diagnostic only.
current arms

One control, two treatments.

EXP-0012 · CONTROLN = 1Immediate directional admission. Frozen parent direct reversal behavior preserved.
EXP-0013 · TREATMENTN = 2Two consecutive identical directional requests required for a new exposure.
EXP-0014 · TREATMENTN = 3Three consecutive identical directional requests required for a new exposure.