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Rules
Each rule is one sentence, most with the failure that taught it.
Your agent can run all eight: the vet skill.
- 01
Model fills against the real trade tape.
Learned from
A fill model built on price candles predicted that almost every order would fill. Few did.
- 02
Replay only what was public at the time.
Learned from
A backtest edge came from knowing a figure would later be revised.
- 03
A number is not citable until its job has finished.
Learned from
A per-trade figure from a partial scan was later withdrawn.
- 04
A strong secondary result is not an edge until it replicates as the pre-registered primary.
Learned from
One did not.
- 05
Compare with a tolerance, not equality.
Learned from
A match rate that looked like a data problem was a floating-point comparison.
- 06
A result that looks too good is a bug until you decompose it.
- 07
A pass on the data that chose it needs a second look before it counts.
- 08
Ask whether the question is decidable before you work on it.
Learned from
Some needed years of data.