Why So Serious? — BTC & ETH Paper Strategy Lab

Research-only paper trading. No real orders. Not investment advice. BTC and ETH are reported separately; there is no combined PnL.
BTC · Live Paper ETH · Experimental
Generated 2026-07-09T12:24:40+00:00 UTC BTC strategies 6 ETH monitors 2

A · BTC Strategy Lab

Live paper strategies on Kalshi BTC hourly markets (NO side, q=10 accounting). This is the only ranked / champion section. ETH (Section B) is never included in these rankings or totals.

Live Strategies
6
4 core + 2 challengers
Headline Fires (q=10)
8358
core + challengers
Headline Net PnL (q=10)
+181.17
BTC only · research evidence excluded
Core Net PnL (q=10)
+214.90
4 strategies
Challenger Fires (q=10)
2732
2 strategies

BTC Core Strategies

4 active
Most-established paper strategies, ranked by realized paper PnL on Kalshi BTC hourly NO-side markets. Longest track record of the two live groups; never includes ETH.
StrategySideTTEStatusInceptionFires (q10)ResolvedNet PnL (q10)Max DD (q10)Details
DOVE-14 — Distance-Oriented Value Entry
top5_overall_04_v0
NO14Champion2026-06-04843843+147.28-77.55Deep Dive
SIEVE-14 — Selective Implied-Edge Value Entry
top5_overall_03_v0
NO14Core2026-06-04760760+128.22-114.45Deep Dive
FTE-14 NO — Fixed-Time Entry
fixed_tte_14_no_v0
NO14Benchmark2026-06-1225082507-170.11-231.37Deep Dive
PACE-3/10 — Price-Adjusted Conditional Entry
patient_kiss_3ct_fallback_tte10_v0
NOmultiChampion Review2026-06-1315151515+109.50-70.50Deep Dive

BTC Challengers — Forward Monitoring

2 active
Forward-monitored paper strategies. No real orders. Each challenger is tracked from its own fresh inception with no backfill; research evidence is tracked separately where applicable.
StrategySideTTEStatusInceptionFires (q10)ResolvedNet PnL (q10)Max DD (q10)Details
DART-50 — Distance-Aware Rank Threshold
ml_shadow_01_distance_logit_top50pct_exec_v1
NO14Challenger2026-06-1413301330-69.07-129.23Deep Dive
LATE-12/10 — Late-Window Threshold Entry
kiss_late_sniper_12_10_v0
NOmultiChallenger2026-06-1314021402+35.34-93.11Deep Dive

BTC Strategy Charts

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Live forward-tracked resolved fires only · daily UTC aggregation · no backtest data
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Forward-tracked resolved paper fills only · daily UTC aggregation · q=10

Original In-Sample Discovery Evidence

historical · not live
Historical discovery evidence only — not current deployment status. PACE-3/10 and LATE-12/10 are ACTIVE challengers (see group above). This block documents how they were originally found on the canonical in-sample panel (May 25–Jun 5 2026) and is excluded from all headline totals. Full archives: PACE-3/10 in-sample research · LATE-12/10 in-sample research.

BTC Strategy Deep Dives

StrategyPage
DOVE-14 — Distance-Oriented Value EntryDeep Dive
SIEVE-14 — Selective Implied-Edge Value EntryDeep Dive
FTE-14 NO — Fixed-Time EntryDeep Dive
PACE-3/10 — Price-Adjusted Conditional EntryDeep Dive
DART-50 — Distance-Aware Rank ThresholdDeep Dive
LATE-12/10 — Late-Window Threshold EntryDeep Dive

B · ETH Forward Monitors — Experimental

Status. Logging-only ETH timing monitors on Kalshi ETH 15-minute markets. No real orders. Experimental; ETH results are never combined with BTC and never included in BTC rankings or totals. Forward evidence is shown separately from research watchlist evidence.
Service Status
running
last loop: 2026-07-09T12:23:41.434389Z
Mode
Logging-only
no real orders
Model
eth_moneyness_heuristic_logit_v0
pinned heuristic baseline
Execution Schema
eth_exec_vwap_v1
model kalshi_book_walk_q10_v1
Experimental Logging-only / no real orders Heuristic baseline

Timing Monitors

MonitorRoleCandidates Accepted Paper FillsRejectedFull-Fill Rate Resolved (VWAP)Deep Dive
EME-5 — ETH Moneyness Edge
eth_t5_moneyness_edge_v0
primary1656138027683.3%1361Deep Dive
EME-10C — ETH Moneyness Edge Control
eth_t10_moneyness_edge_control_v0
control1656129536178.2%1274Deep Dive

Legacy (legacy_top_of_book_v0) and current (eth_exec_vwap_v1) execution records are counted separately and never combined; legacy counts are kept in the sanitized artifacts and traceability manifest. Rejection diagnostics are reported in the per-monitor deep dives and internal artifacts.

Execution Quality

Avg / max slippage vs best ask: n/a — fill detail not surfaced in summary. Walked-VWAP fills are canonical only for eth_exec_vwap_v1; legacy top-of-book fills are reported separately and never reinterpreted as VWAP.

Settlement & PnL

EME-5 — T-5 Primary Timing Monitor, Walked-VWAP Paper Performance

Primary monitor only (eth_t5_moneyness_edge_v0). Excludes the T-10 control.

T-5 Primary Resolved
1361
walked-VWAP trades
T-5 Primary Win Rate
14.5%
T-5 Primary Net PnL (q=10)
-587.75
T-5 Primary Max Drawdown
+624.68

Per-Monitor Walked-VWAP Performance (q=10)

The T-10 control is reported separately and never folded into the T-5 headline.

MonitorRoleResolvedWinsLossesWin RateGross PnLFeesNet PnLMean Net/TradeMax DDDeep Dive
EME-5 — ETH Moneyness Edgeprimary1361198116314.5%-457.08130.67-587.75-0.43+624.68Deep Dive
EME-10C — ETH Moneyness Edge Controlcontrol127431795724.9%-360.26172.33-532.59-0.42+581.37Deep Dive

C · Research Watchlist — Observational

Observational watchlist. Forward evidence is collected from inception (q=10, starting at zero); research evidence is shown separately from forward PnL. No real orders, no capital. Never included in Section A rankings or totals.

Status: observational watchlist. Promotion review requires a longer live window (≥30 days) and passing robustness checks, including the search-adjusted reality check and independent review. Full detail: Research Watchlist page.
CodeNameAssetStatusInception Fwd TradesFwd Net PnL (q10) Research Test PnLCand. p Search-Adj. Reality CheckPromotion Guard
FTE-N5H6
btc_watch_fte14no_nearstrike_hour_v1
FTE-14 NO Near-Strike Hour GateBTCWATCHLIST2026-07-01400-210.08+102.600.035FAILED (p=0.455)forward sample below 30 days
EME-N25P40
eth_watch_nearmoney_lowpyes_v1
ETH Near-Moneyness Low-pYES GateETHWATCHLIST2026-07-01143-39.93+78.820.0NOT_RUNforward sample below 30 days

Generated 2026-07-09T12:24:25Z · inception 2026-07-01T20:45:00Z · research evidence is historical and separate from forward performance.

Research Watchlist — ML

Model-score-gated candidates from the ML discovery grid. Not an execution candidate. Paper-only; real orders disabled. Never included in Section A rankings or totals. Full detail: Research Watchlist page.

CodeNameAssetStatusInception Fwd TradesFwd Net PnL (q10) Research Test PnLSearch-Adj. pTracking status
XGB-GATE-20
xgb_side_filter_q20_phase2
XGB Risk Gate — q20BTCWATCHLIST2026-07-07135-27.84+315.550.01ACTIVE

D · Methodology / Disclaimers