diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31891eb..d2537c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ per-contract fees and the CME calendar.
Per account type, in the **Hard Daily Loss** column: the **daily loss limit**
(Tradeify: 3% of size — every leg then carries a stop that keeps the firm's
day inside it, less fees and a reserve of 10% of the limit or 0.1% of the
-position, whichever is more) and the **static max drawdown** (Tradeify
+position, whichever is more — 0.02% on Vest, whose stops fill closer) and the **static max drawdown** (Tradeify
1-Step: $6,000 on 100K). When hitting the day's loss limit would leave the
account within 15% of that loss above its max-drawdown floor, the leg is a
*last stand*: no daily-loss stop, running to its take-profit or the firm's
diff --git a/app/api/state/route.ts b/app/api/state/route.ts
index ef7b3fa..7654ae1 100644
--- a/app/api/state/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/state/route.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export async function GET() {
// The reserve grows with the position (dllReserve): at
// the size the next leg would trade, where it's known.
const hard = dllRoom !== null && !lastStandNext
- ? dllStopDollars({ room: dllRoom, dailyLossLimit: dll, entryFee: 0, commissionPct: 0, notional: holdEstimate?.notional })
+ ? dllStopDollars({ room: dllRoom, dailyLossLimit: dll, entryFee: 0, commissionPct: 0, notional: holdEstimate?.notional, slippageFraction: client.stopSlippageFraction })
: Infinity;
const stop = Math.min(Number.isFinite(obf) && obf > 0 ? obf : Infinity, hard);
if (Number.isFinite(stop) && stop > 0) nextStop = Math.round(stop * 100) / 100;
diff --git a/app/page.tsx b/app/page.tsx
index 45694e7..94a184b 100644
--- a/app/page.tsx
+++ b/app/page.tsx
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ function AccountRow({ account, firm, hideDead, privacy, onAssigned, onStateChang
· no stop (last stand)
)}
{typeof account.dllRoom === 'number' && (
- · DLL room ${fmt(account.dllRoom)}
+ · DLL room ${fmt(account.dllRoom)}
)}
{account.holdEstimate && (
0 ? entryFee : (measured ?? MAX_COMMISSION_PER_CONTRACT * contracts);
const notional = fill.price * pv * contracts;
const dllDollars = dllOn && !plan.lastStand
- ? dllStopDollars({ room: item.dllRoom, dailyLossLimit: dll, entryFee: dllFee, commissionPct: pct, notional })
+ ? dllStopDollars({ room: item.dllRoom, dailyLossLimit: dll, entryFee: dllFee, commissionPct: pct, notional, slippageFraction: client.stopSlippageFraction })
: Infinity;
const ticks = stopTicks({ obfuscationDollars: obfuscation, dllDollars, pointValue: pv, contracts, tickSize: legContract.tickSize });
if (ticks === 0) {
diff --git a/lib/leg-estimate.ts b/lib/leg-estimate.ts
index a865769..99db137 100644
--- a/lib/leg-estimate.ts
+++ b/lib/leg-estimate.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ export function rankNextLeg(o: {
maxLossRoom: floorRoom,
obfuscationDollars: o.obfuscationDollars,
availableFunds: funds,
+ slippageFraction: o.client.stopSlippageFraction,
});
const p = plan(true);
if (!p.sizing || p.cost === null) return [];
diff --git a/lib/person-size.ts b/lib/person-size.ts
index a5f440b..b048cf4 100644
--- a/lib/person-size.ts
+++ b/lib/person-size.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
/**
- * The hold this machine sizes DXtrade legs for. Every person's machine would
- * otherwise size a like account in a like state to the same position as
- * everyone else's; each person's own draw (personHoldHours) puts their sizes
- * within ±PERSON_SIZE_SPREAD of the plan instead, the same for all of their
- * accounts and new each trade date.
+ * The hold this machine sizes DXtrade and Vest legs for. Every person's
+ * machine would otherwise size a like account in a like state to the same
+ * position as everyone else's; each person's own draw (personHoldHours) puts
+ * their sizes within ±PERSON_SIZE_SPREAD of the plan instead, the same for
+ * all of their accounts and new each trade date.
*/
import { getSetting } from './db';
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function personKey(): string {
return getSetting('instance_id') || getSetting('instance_name') || '';
}
-/** The hold a DXtrade firm's legs are sized for on this machine today. */
+/** The hold a DXtrade or Vest firm's legs are sized for on this machine today. */
export function sizingHoldHours(
firm: { targetHoldHours?: number } | null | undefined,
tradeDate: string = currentTradeDateCT(),
diff --git a/lib/platform-client.ts b/lib/platform-client.ts
index dc02f84..f9427fc 100644
--- a/lib/platform-client.ts
+++ b/lib/platform-client.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ export interface PlatformClient {
fundTransactions: { [accountId: number]: { date: string; amount: number }[] };
priorProfit: { [accountId: number]: number };
autoLiqThresholds: { [accountId: number]: number };
+ /** Share of a position's notional a stop may fill past its price — the
+ * part of the daily-loss reserve that grows with size (dllReserve).
+ * Only where this platform's stops are measured to fill closer than
+ * DLL_SLIPPAGE_FRACTION, the default. */
+ stopSlippageFraction?: number;
fetchDaysComplete: boolean;
syncComplete: boolean;
diff --git a/lib/trading-logic.ts b/lib/trading-logic.ts
index 4f78791..9c40fac 100644
--- a/lib/trading-logic.ts
+++ b/lib/trading-logic.ts
@@ -1327,12 +1327,14 @@ export function obfuscationStopDollars(
* that fills worse than its price (gaps, thin weekend books). */
export const DLL_RESERVE_FRACTION = 0.10;
/** …or this share of the position's notional, when that is more: a stop's
- * slippage grows with the position, a flat reserve doesn't. */
+ * slippage grows with the position, a flat reserve doesn't. A platform whose
+ * stops are known to fill closer states its own (stopSlippageFraction). */
export const DLL_SLIPPAGE_FRACTION = 0.001;
/** The part of the day's room a stop leaves unspent. */
-export function dllReserve(dailyLossLimit: number, notional = 0): number {
- return Math.max(DLL_RESERVE_FRACTION * dailyLossLimit, DLL_SLIPPAGE_FRACTION * Math.max(0, notional));
+export function dllReserve(dailyLossLimit: number, notional = 0, slippageFraction = DLL_SLIPPAGE_FRACTION): number {
+ const share = Number.isFinite(slippageFraction) && slippageFraction >= 0 ? slippageFraction : DLL_SLIPPAGE_FRACTION;
+ return Math.max(DLL_RESERVE_FRACTION * dailyLossLimit, share * Math.max(0, notional));
}
/** Smallest daily-loss stop worth trading. Under a fair walk a leg of L with a
* stop of S wins S/(S + L) of the time — about 9% for $50 against $500 — so
@@ -1454,10 +1456,10 @@ export function dllRoom(o: {
* reset has its entry fee on the old day's books, and the swap takes no more
* than that slot on the new day's.
*/
-export function dllStopDollars(o: { room: number; dailyLossLimit: number; entryFee: number; commissionPct: number; notional?: number }): number {
+export function dllStopDollars(o: { room: number; dailyLossLimit: number; entryFee: number; commissionPct: number; notional?: number; slippageFraction?: number }): number {
if (!Number.isFinite(o.room)) return Infinity;
const r = Math.max(0, o.commissionPct) / 100;
- return (o.room - dllReserve(o.dailyLossLimit, o.notional) - 2 * o.entryFee - 0.01) / (1 + r);
+ return (o.room - dllReserve(o.dailyLossLimit, o.notional, o.slippageFraction) - 2 * o.entryFee - 0.01) / (1 + r);
}
/**
@@ -1765,6 +1767,8 @@ export function planLegSize(o: {
/** Infinity (or ≤ 0) = no obfuscation stop. */
obfuscationDollars: number;
availableFunds?: number;
+ /** The platform's stopSlippageFraction; default DLL_SLIPPAGE_FRACTION. */
+ slippageFraction?: number;
}): {
lastStand: boolean;
cap: number;
@@ -1780,7 +1784,7 @@ export function planLegSize(o: {
obf,
!dllOn ? Infinity
: stand ? breachDistance({ dllRoom: o.dllRoom, maxLossRoom: o.maxLossRoom, entryFee: r * notional })
- : dllStopDollars({ room: o.dllRoom, dailyLossLimit: o.dailyLossLimit, entryFee: r * notional, commissionPct: o.commissionPct, notional }),
+ : dllStopDollars({ room: o.dllRoom, dailyLossLimit: o.dailyLossLimit, entryFee: r * notional, commissionPct: o.commissionPct, notional, slippageFraction: o.slippageFraction }),
);
const cap = notionalCap({ marginRate: o.contract.marginRate, availableFunds: o.availableFunds });
const step = o.contract.stepNotional ?? 0;
diff --git a/lib/vest-class.ts b/lib/vest-class.ts
index 818a253..dfe8350 100644
--- a/lib/vest-class.ts
+++ b/lib/vest-class.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import { vestSessionFor, dropVestSession, listVestSessions, refuseVestSession }
import {
vestAccountId, vestAccountName, vestDayOf, lastVestResetMs, nextVestResetMs, parseCapitalAccount, parsePosition, parseOpenOrder,
parseTxn, bookTxns, awaitingLegs, unrealizedPnl, hourlyVolatility, marketOpen, num, toMs, formatDecimal, resetSafeStop,
- parseHistoryPosition, jwtClaimStrings, accountScopedToken, VEST_STATUS_ACTIVE, VEST_TXN,
+ parseHistoryPosition, jwtClaimStrings, accountScopedToken, VEST_STATUS_ACTIVE, VEST_TXN, VEST_STOP_SLIPPAGE_FRACTION,
} from './vest-helpers';
import type { VestCapitalAccount, VestPosition, VestOpenOrder, VestTxn, VestTrade } from './vest-helpers';
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ export class VestClient implements PlatformClient {
public fundTransactions: { [accountId: number]: { date: string; amount: number }[] } = {};
public priorProfit: { [accountId: number]: number } = {};
public autoLiqThresholds: { [accountId: number]: number } = {};
+ public readonly stopSlippageFraction = VEST_STOP_SLIPPAGE_FRACTION;
public fetchDaysComplete = false;
public syncComplete = false;
@@ -1010,7 +1011,7 @@ export class VestClient implements PlatformClient {
side: pos.side, quantity: pos.quantity, openPrice: pos.openPrice, mark,
balance: cash.amount - committed, dailyLossPct: a.maxDailyLossPct, maxDrawdownFloor: a.maxDrawdownLimit,
floorBalance: cash.amount,
- reserve: dllReserve(cash.amount * a.maxDailyLossPct, notionalSoFar),
+ reserve: dllReserve(cash.amount * a.maxDailyLossPct, notionalSoFar, this.stopSlippageFraction),
exitFeeRate: spec.takerFee, currentStop, tick: spec.tick,
});
const stopAt = decision.action === 'stop' ? decision.price : decision.action === 'none' ? currentStop : null;
diff --git a/lib/vest-helpers.ts b/lib/vest-helpers.ts
index 860763d..80e0e4b 100644
--- a/lib/vest-helpers.ts
+++ b/lib/vest-helpers.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ export function nextVestResetMs(now: number): number {
return NaN;
}
+/** Vest's stopSlippageFraction: 0.02% of the position, about 6 NDX points.
+ * Measured 2026-10-27 on 9 bot stop-outs (Me, $74k–$132k): fills 0.9 points
+ * past the trigger on average, 2.25 at worst — the 0.1% default held back
+ * about 30. The flat 10% of the limit still applies under it. */
+export const VEST_STOP_SLIPPAGE_FRACTION = 0.0002;
+
/**
* What to do with an open position before the daily reset so the reset can't
* breach it. At 20:00 ET Vest captures the realized balance (collateral in,
diff --git a/scripts/check-trading-logic.mjs b/scripts/check-trading-logic.mjs
index ab8288f..5d828bd 100644
--- a/scripts/check-trading-logic.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-trading-logic.mjs
@@ -419,6 +419,21 @@ test('the daily-loss reserve grows with the position past 10% of the limit', ()
assert.equal(dllStopDollars({ room: 3000, dailyLossLimit: 3000, entryFee: 0, commissionPct: 0 }), 2699.99);
});
+test('a platform whose stops fill closer reserves its own share of the position', () => {
+ // Me's Vest eval on 2026-10-27: $1,400 of room on $495,439 of NDX. At the
+ // 0.1% default the reserve is $495.44; at 0.02% the flat $140 binds.
+ const n = 495439;
+ assert.ok(Math.abs(dllReserve(1400, n) - 495.439) < 1e-9);
+ assert.equal(dllReserve(1400, n, 0.0002), 140);
+ assert.ok(Math.abs(dllReserve(1400, 900000, 0.0002) - 180) < 1e-9, 'past $700k the share binds again');
+ // Left out, or not a share at all: the default.
+ for (const bad of [undefined, NaN, -0.0002, Infinity]) assert.equal(dllReserve(1400, n, bad), dllReserve(1400, n), String(bad));
+ assert.equal(dllReserve(1400, n, 0), 140, 'no slippage at all still keeps the flat 10%');
+ const stop = (slippageFraction) => dllStopDollars({ room: 1400, dailyLossLimit: 1400, entryFee: 12.45, commissionPct: 0, notional: n, slippageFraction });
+ assert.ok(Math.abs(stop(undefined) - (1400 - 495.439 - 24.9 - 0.01)) < 1e-9);
+ assert.ok(Math.abs(stop(0.0002) - (1400 - 140 - 24.9 - 0.01)) < 1e-9);
+});
+
test('max-drawdown room: the static floor, the broker floor, the higher', () => {
assert.equal(maxLossRoom({ balance: 99757.39, accountSize: 100000, maxLoss: 6000 }), 5757.39);
assert.equal(maxLossRoom({ balance: 99757.39, accountSize: 100000, maxLoss: -6000 }), 5757.39);
@@ -531,6 +546,30 @@ test('planLegSize: a split day\'s next leg, with the day\'s gain on its stop, si
assert.ok(widened.walkAt(n) > 2604.24 && widened.walkAt(n) < 4004.24, `stop ${widened.walkAt(n)}`);
});
+test('planLegSize: a platform\'s own slippage share widens the stop and sizes the leg up for the same hold', () => {
+ // Me's first-day Vest eval leg on 2026-10-27: $5,000 to pass, $1,400 of
+ // room, NDX at ~$29.8k, sized for 2.6 h.
+ const ndx = { stepNotional: 2.98, volatilityPerHour: 0.0131 / Math.sqrt(24), spreadFraction: 0.0000085, marginRate: 0.02 };
+ const leg = {
+ leg: 5000, contract: ndx, commissionPct: 0.0025, targetHoldHours: 2.6, financingPctPerDay: 0,
+ dailyLossLimit: 1400, dllRoom: 1400, obfuscationDollars: Infinity, availableFunds: 50000, maxLossRoom: 3000,
+ };
+ const deflt = planLegSize(leg);
+ const vest = planLegSize({ ...leg, slippageFraction: 0.0002 });
+ assert.equal(planLegSize({ ...leg, slippageFraction: undefined }).sizing.notional, deflt.sizing.notional);
+ for (const p of [deflt, vest]) {
+ assert.equal(p.lastStand, false);
+ assert.ok(Math.abs(p.sizing.predictedHoldHours - 2.6) < 0.05, `hold ${p.sizing.predictedHoldHours}`);
+ }
+ const r = 0.0025 / 100;
+ const nd = deflt.sizing.notional, nv = vest.sizing.notional;
+ assert.ok(Math.abs(deflt.walkAt(nd) - (1400 - 0.001 * nd - 2 * r * nd - 0.01) / (1 + r)) < 1e-9);
+ assert.ok(Math.abs(vest.walkAt(nv) - (1400 - 140 - 2 * r * nv - 0.01) / (1 + r)) < 1e-9, 'the flat $140 binds');
+ assert.ok(vest.walkAt(nv) > 1200 && deflt.walkAt(nd) < 950, `stops ${vest.walkAt(nv)} vs ${deflt.walkAt(nd)}`);
+ assert.ok(nv > 1.1 * nd, `${nv} vs ${nd}`);
+ assert.ok(vest.sizing.winProbability > deflt.sizing.winProbability);
+});
+
test('personSizeFactor: one draw per person and trade date, within the spread', () => {
const people = Array.from({ length: 300 }, (_, i) => `0b6f${i.toString(16).padStart(4, '0')}-5c1e-4a7e-9d2b-${i}`);
const draws = people.map((p) => personSizeFactor(p, '2026-10-20'));