Research tooling

Signal Smith

An internal agent for the rules pipeline. Course geometry is encoded into checkable bot rules. Paper comes first.

Signal Smith is Rowen's EFX-encoding step: structure from a course becomes constraints a bot can execute and a person can inspect. If a rule cannot be checked, it does not move.

Drafts are gated through paper trading. Owen confirms a draft before it is considered further. This page describes tooling, not a live desk.

How a draft moves

Pipeline

Encode

Course geometry is written as explicit rules — entry, exit, and size — not as a story about the market.

Check

Each rule has to be testable. Ambiguity is treated as a defect, not as discretion.

Paper

Paper gates run before any live consideration. Nothing here is a live result.

Confirm

Owen reviews and confirms drafts. Confirmation is a control, not a performance claim.

Scope. Signal Smith is internal research tooling. This page does not report live trading, assets under management, or returns. Paper first. No performance promises.