Hydra Paper

deployment paper

-98d

to live

✓

Circuit breaker fix

SOFT removed, HARD -15%, KILL -25%

✓

QC strategies live-hardened

Model persistence + error handling + live logging on all 3 legs

✓

Pushed to QC cloud & compiled

DynamicVIX + EquityGold ML + LSH — all compiled, DV+EG backtested

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Open Interactive Brokers accountYOU

ibkr.com — Individual or LLC. Takes 1-3 business days.

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Fund IBKR accountYOU

Wire transfer: 1-2 business days. Need $110K+ for Portfolio Margin.

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Enable IBKR market dataYOU

US Securities bundle ($10/mo) + CBOE One for VIX ($1/mo)

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Connect QC to IBKRCLAUDE

Add IBKR credentials to lean.json, deploy to QC paper first

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Verify QC paper trading via IBKRCLAUDE

All 3 strategies filling orders on IBKR paper account

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Deploy LIVE

Switch IBKR to live mode. Start at 50% target leverage.

3/9 complete

$400,803

strategy equity

+$803 (+0.20%)

P&L

strategies

trading

strategies

sort: sharpe · equity · P&L % · category

macro ML

#1●macro regime equitygoldregime×multi-asset

$100,347 +0.3% new

sharpe

1.28

live sharpe

—

need 30d

schedule

daily + monthly retrain

data

Alpaca, FRED, FMP

holding

SPY (313 shares), GLD (140 shares)

last trade

Aug 25

#2●vol regime equitygoldvolatility×multi-asset

$100,384 +0.4% new

sharpe

1.15

live sharpe

—

need 30d

schedule

daily + monthly retrain

data

Alpaca, FRED, FMP

holding

NVDA (234 shares), AMZN (191 shares), MSFT (101 shares), AAPL (161 shares), GLD (200 shares)

last trade

Aug 25

vol regime

#3●dynamic vix regimevolatility×equity

$100,072 +0.1% new

sharpe

1.31

live sharpe

—

need 30d

schedule

daily + monthly retrain

data

Alpaca, FRED, FMP

holding

SPY (78 shares), TLT (299 shares), GLD (35 shares)

last trade

Aug 25

long/short

#4●long short harvestvalue×equity

$100,000 +0.0% new

sharpe

2.00

live sharpe

—

need 30d

schedule

daily + monthly retrain

data

Alpaca, FRED, FMP

holding

flat

last trade

never

ML trains on 1st of month (next: May 1)

correlation matrix (need 30+ days of data)

insufficient data — need 30 trading days of daily P&L across strategies.

recent trades (10 total)

time	strategy	symbol	side	qty	fill
2026-08-25 17:32	vol_regime_equitygold	GLD	BUY	200	$425.4987
2026-08-25 17:32	vol_regime_equitygold	AAPL	BUY	161	$309.7324
2026-08-25 17:32	vol_regime_equitygold	MSFT	BUY	101	$489.4736
2026-08-25 17:32	vol_regime_equitygold	AMZN	BUY	191	$260.2426
2026-08-25 17:32	vol_regime_equitygold	NVDA	BUY	234	$212.3627
2026-08-25 17:32	dynamic_vix_regime	GLD	BUY	35	$425.4875
2026-08-25 17:32	dynamic_vix_regime	TLT	BUY	299	$83.3470
2026-08-25 17:32	dynamic_vix_regime	SPY	BUY	78	$765.0086
2026-08-25 17:32	macro_regime_equitygold	GLD	BUY	140	$425.4946
2026-08-25 17:32	macro_regime_equitygold	SPY	BUY	313	$765.0107

data sources

● Alpaca (equities) ● Databento (futures) ● Binance (crypto) ● FMP (fundamentals) ● FRED (macro)