Each lane chose its batch's side on its own coin flip. So one person's
machine could be long NQ in the futures lane while its Vest accounts sat
short NDX, hedging that person against themselves across firms.
- Every new entry now takes the side of whatever the machine holds in any
lane (machineSide in trading-logic). That includes another firm's
positions and hand trades on any of the machine's accounts.
- With positions on both sides already, nothing is added: the batch reports
positions-open with the reason, and a manual leg is refused.
- A side chosen with nothing held is reserved while its batch places it, so
a lane deciding meanwhile follows it.
- It works on the side, not the instrument: NQ against an NDX perp is the
same bet, and the indices and crypto are close enough that one side for
everything is the only rule that never hedges.
- Unchanged: one direction per batch within a lane, and the DXtrade and Vest
clients' own guards against opening opposite another of their accounts.
The fleet still doesn't coordinate sides across people.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
