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# Trading Config Reference

Live config file: `/home/ubuntu/bots/trading_config.json`
Hot-reloaded every trade cycle — changes take effect immediately.

## Key Parameters

| Field | Current | Description |
|-------|---------|-------------|
| `simulation_mode` | false | If true, no real money bets |
| `strategy` | "simple" | Entry strategy: "simple" or "chainlink" |
| `bet_size_usdc` | 10 | Base bet size in USDC |
| `hard_cap_usdc` | 25 | Maximum single bet (after multipliers) |
| `daily_loss_limit` | 30 | Stop trading after losing this much today |
| `max_window_exposure` | 10 | Max USDC in active positions at once |

## Edge / Price Filters

| Field | Value | Description |
|-------|-------|-------------|
| `edge_max_price` | 0.5 | Don't bet if token price > this (min edge required) |
| `edge_max_price_late` | 0.5 | Same for late entries |
| `bigmove_edge_max` | 0.7 | Edge max for big-move fast path |
| `bigmove_fastpath_pct` | 0.1 | BTC move % to trigger fast path |

## Move Thresholds

| Field | Value | Description |
|-------|-------|-------------|
| `simple_min_move_pct` | 0.03 | Min BTC move % for simple strategy |
| `simple_max_move_pct` | 0.4 | Max BTC move % (avoid chasing) |
| `cl_late_min_move` | 0.008 | Min move for CL-late |
| `cl_confirmed_min_move` | 0.04 | Min move for CL-confirmed |
| `bn_flip_min_move` | 0.05 | Min move for Binance flip signal |

## Confidence Thresholds

| Field | Value | Description |
|-------|-------|-------------|
| `min_confidence_5min` | 0.63 | Min confidence to enter any trade |
| `cl_late_min_confidence` | 0.75 | Min conf for CL-late |
| `cl_confirmed_min_confidence` | 0.70 | Min conf for CL-confirmed |
| `snipe_min_confidence` | 0.72 | Min conf for snipe entries |

## CL-EARLY Tier Multipliers

| Field | Value | Description |
|-------|-------|-------------|
| `cl_early_tier1_conf` | 0.82 | Tier 1 confidence threshold |
| `cl_early_tier1_mult` | 1.6 | Tier 1 bet multiplier |
| `cl_early_tier2_conf` | 0.88 | Tier 2 confidence threshold |
| `cl_early_tier2_mult` | 2.4 | Tier 2 bet multiplier |

## Wallet Safety

| Field | Value | Description |
|-------|-------|-------------|
| `min_wallet_balance` | 50 | Hard stop if balance falls below this |
| `wallet_warn_threshold` | 150 | Log warning |
| `wallet_critical_threshold` | 100 | Alert boss |
| `wallet_emergency_threshold` | 60 | Emergency pause |
| `sizing_wallet_floor` | 65.0 | Floor for auto-sizing calculations |
| `live_balance` | 188.01 | Last known balance (USDC) |

## Toxic Hours

Hours (UTC) where bot pauses trading due to historically poor performance.

```json
"toxic_hours": [14],
"sunday_toxic_hours": []
```

Auto-tuner manages this list. Currently minimal — hour 14 was added back by auto-tune on 2026-04-07 based on historical loss data.

## Locked Fields

These fields cannot be changed via auto-tune (protected from autonomous modification):
```json
"config_locked_fields": [
  "scalper_simulation_mode",
  "min_wallet_balance",
  "daily_loss_limit",
  "total_deposited",
  "min_confidence_5min",
  "simple_entry_min_remain"
]
```

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