Module 03 · Checklist

Execution habits that keep the desk stable

The terminal should support these decisions, but the operator still owns them.

Before enabling live flow

Verify symbol mapping and account context.
Confirm the capital budget matches the strategy's tested assumptions.
Check that pause, stop, and escalation actions are understood.

While the bot is running

Watch status and health indicators, not just PnL.
Track whether the live trade pattern still resembles tested behavior.
Treat repeated warnings as operational data, not noise.

Reasons to intervene

Execution quality changes materially from expectations.
Capital usage breaches the intended budget or cluster risk.
The strategy behaves in a regime it was never designed to handle.

In this lesson

Before enabling live flow
While the bot is running

Try it — slippage & fills

A market order takes whatever price is available. The larger and more urgent the order relative to liquidity, the further your average fill drifts from the quote.

Order size vs liquidity 1.0×

Quote

€100.00

Avg fill

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Slippage

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Execution risk reminder

Do not promote directly from a promising backtest into full-size live flow.

Strategy Creator

Backtesting Engine

Chart Analysis

Analytics Workspace

Portfolio & Live Trading

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Execution habits that keep the desk stable