Research contracts and evidence identity
Source provenance, timestamps, immutable manifests, canonical hashes, and failure boundaries define what a later research claim is allowed to depend on.
Multi-Asset Research Lab
The Lab documents data contracts, deterministic replay, frozen comparisons, R15 gross-candidate validation, and the source-role runtime now waiting for prospective evidence. ASRA is the current research program; historical findings and execution authority remain separate.
What this infrastructure demonstrates
R15 model development
R15 brings raw-return prediction, volatility-aware targets and ensemble design into a shared research framework. Results are hypothetical and before all trading frictions; they are distinct from the personal account record.
R15_RAW_1X returned +1,463.45% over the FULL zero-friction replay with a 1.955 daily Sharpe and -46.03% minute-open maximum drawdown. RECENT returned +108.63% with a 1.719 Sharpe and -27.55% MDD. Commission, spread, slippage, and funding are zero in these cited payoff results, so this remains exposed historical development rather than execution-confirmed profitability.
System progression
Each layer can add evidence or operational discipline. None can silently grant the authority of the layer after it.
Source provenance, timestamps, immutable manifests, canonical hashes, and failure boundaries define what a later research claim is allowed to depend on.
A shared strategy contract replays completed BTCUSDT bars with explicit next-open timing, authenticated Funding, transaction costs, deterministic outputs, and independent reconciliation.
A raw-return reference connects multi-timeframe predictors to a 15-minute target under explicit timing and hypothetical zero-friction accounting.
Target normalization and scale-aligned signal blending produced positive gross results. Fixed paired comparisons kept model selection separate from headline returns.
R15 is bound behind a WSS-primary, mandatory asynchronous REST-audit contract with fail-closed quarantine and deterministic replay.
The 3 Oct 2026 checkpoint records readiness for separately governed observation, with zero forward-valid origins at that checkpoint and no live-trading approval.
Outside this research system. A research result, retained strategy, or forward state never creates broker authority, sizing, leverage, or an order.
Research operating rules
Simple trading logic is not the differentiator. The harder part is proving what data, timing, costs, state, and decisions actually produced the result.
Scientific definitions, source identities, cost assumptions, partitions, and decision gates are frozen before the accepted run begins.
Historical strategy comparisons share the same causal timing, Funding convention, cost treatment, benchmarks, and reconciliation surface.
Discarded features and failed strategy archetypes remain part of the research history instead of disappearing after a survivor emerges.
Historical and bridge context cannot be relabeled as prospective evidence. Forward observation begins only after an explicit authenticated handoff boundary.
Non-negotiable boundary
These restrictions apply to the research Lab and retained research runtime. Separate execution-system telemetry does not grant research findings automatic authority.
No live trading in the research runtime
No paper trading approval
No private Binance or broker integration
No order submission, cancellation, or routing
No entry or short permission
No leverage or position sizing
No automatic strategy approval from historical performance
No claim that retrospective return is a live track record
No claim that one forward observation validates future profitability