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- Implementation details and configuration - Code examples showing quality calculation, leverage determination, position sizing - Risk impact analysis with capital preservation examples - Monitoring and validation procedures - Future enhancement ideas (multi-tier, per-direction, streak-based) - Complete deployment timeline and file change summary
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 # Adaptive Leverage System
 **Implementation Date:** November 24, 2025  
 **Status:** ✅ DEPLOYED - Container rebuilt and running  
 **Commit:** bfdb0ba
 ## Overview
 Adaptive leverage automatically adjusts position leverage based on signal quality score, providing risk-adjusted position sizing. High-confidence signals (quality 95+) use maximum leverage, while borderline signals (quality 90-94) use reduced leverage to preserve capital.
 ## Motivation
 **Data-Driven Decision (Nov 24, 2025):**
 - v8 Money Line indicator shows perfect quality separation
 - Quality 95+ signals: 100% win rate (4/4 wins, +$253.35)
 - Quality 90-94 signals: More volatile performance
 - User requested: "adaptive leverage per quality score? like for every trade below the 95 threshold we only use a 10x and for every trade with 95 and more we use the full blast 15x?"
 - **Goal:** Maximize profits on best setups while reducing risk on borderline signals
 ## Configuration
 ### Quality-Based Leverage Tiers
 ```typescript
 // Default configuration (config/trading.ts)
 useAdaptiveLeverage: true        // Enable adaptive leverage system
 highQualityLeverage: 15          // For signals >= 95 quality
 lowQualityLeverage: 10           // For signals 90-94 quality
 qualityLeverageThreshold: 95     // Threshold for high vs low leverage
 ```
 ### ENV Variables
 ```bash
 # Adaptive Leverage Settings (Nov 24, 2025)
 USE_ADAPTIVE_LEVERAGE=true        # Enable quality-based leverage tiers
 HIGH_QUALITY_LEVERAGE=15          # Maximum leverage for quality 95+
 LOW_QUALITY_LEVERAGE=10           # Reduced leverage for quality 90-94
 QUALITY_LEVERAGE_THRESHOLD=95     # Quality score threshold
 ```
 ## How It Works
 ### 1. Quality Score Calculation (Early in Execute Endpoint)
 Quality score is now calculated **before position sizing** (moved from line 755 to line 172 in execute route):
 ```typescript
 // app/api/trading/execute/route.ts (lines 172-192)
 const qualityResult = await scoreSignalQuality({
  atr: body.atr || 0,
  adx: body.adx || 0,
  rsi: body.rsi || 0,
  volumeRatio: body.volumeRatio || 0,
  pricePosition: body.pricePosition || 0,
  direction: body.direction,
  symbol: driftSymbol,
  currentPrice: body.signalPrice || 0,
  timeframe: body.timeframe,
 })
 console.log(`📊 Signal quality score: ${qualityResult.score} (calculated early for adaptive leverage)`)
 ```
 ### 2. Leverage Determination (Helper Function)
 ```typescript
 // config/trading.ts (lines 653-673)
 export function getLeverageForQualityScore(
  qualityScore: number,
  config: TradingConfig
 ): number {
  // If adaptive leverage disabled, use fixed leverage
  if (!config.useAdaptiveLeverage) {
    return config.leverage
  }
  // High quality signals get maximum leverage
  if (qualityScore >= config.qualityLeverageThreshold) {
    return config.highQualityLeverage  // 15x for quality 95+
  }
  // Lower quality signals get reduced leverage
  return config.lowQualityLeverage  // 10x for quality 90-94
 }
 ```
 ### 3. Position Sizing Integration
 ```typescript
 // config/trading.ts (lines 327-384)
 export async function getActualPositionSizeForSymbol(
  symbol: string,
  baseConfig: TradingConfig,
  freeCollateral: number,
  qualityScore?: number  // NEW: Optional quality score parameter
 ): Promise<{ size: number; leverage: number; enabled: boolean; usePercentage: boolean }> {
  // ... symbol-specific size calculation ...
  // NEW (Nov 24, 2025): Apply adaptive leverage based on quality score
  let finalLeverage = symbolSettings.leverage
  if (qualityScore !== undefined && baseConfig.useAdaptiveLeverage) {
    finalLeverage = getLeverageForQualityScore(qualityScore, baseConfig)
    console.log(`📊 Adaptive leverage: Quality ${qualityScore} → ${finalLeverage}x leverage (threshold: ${baseConfig.qualityLeverageThreshold})`)
  }
  return {
    size: actualSize,
    leverage: finalLeverage,  // Use adaptive leverage
    enabled: symbolSettings.enabled,
    usePercentage,
  }
 }
 ```
 ## Examples
 ### High Quality Signal (Quality 95+)
 ```
 📊 Signal quality score: 100 (calculated early for adaptive leverage)
 📊 Adaptive leverage: Quality 100 → 15x leverage (threshold: 95)
 💰 Position: $540 × 15x = $8,100 notional
 ✅ Maximum firepower for high-confidence setup
 ```
 ### Borderline Quality Signal (Quality 90-94)
 ```
 📊 Signal quality score: 92 (calculated early for adaptive leverage)
 📊 Adaptive leverage: Quality 92 → 10x leverage (threshold: 95)
 💰 Position: $540 × 10x = $5,400 notional
 ⚠️ Reduced exposure by $2,700 (33% less risk)
 ```
 ### Below Threshold (Quality <90)
 ```
 📊 Signal quality score: 85
 ❌ Blocked by direction-specific quality filter
   LONG threshold: 90
   SHORT threshold: 95
 🛑 Trade not executed
 ```
 ## Risk Impact Analysis
 ### Capital Preservation on Borderline Signals
 **Example: Quality 90 LONG signal**
 - Without adaptive: $540 × 15x = $8,100 position
 - With adaptive: $540 × 10x = $5,400 position
 - Risk reduction: $2,700 (33% less exposure)
 **Profit trade-off:**
 - Hypothetical win at +0.77%: $62.37 vs $41.58
 - Profit reduction: $20.79 (33% less profit)
 - **But:** Borderline signals more likely to stop out
 - Net effect: Less painful losses on volatile setups
 **Data-driven expectation:**
 - Quality 95+ signals: Proven 100% WR in v8 → deserve full leverage
 - Quality 90-94 signals: Volatile results → reduced leverage appropriate
 - Quality <90 signals: Blocked by filters (not executed)
 ## Integration Points
 ### Execute Endpoint
 1. Quality score calculated early (line 172)
 2. Passed to `getActualPositionSizeForSymbol()` (line 196)
 3. Leverage determined by quality tier
 4. Position opened with adaptive leverage
 ### Test Endpoint
 Test trades always use quality score 100 for maximum leverage:
 ```typescript
 const { size: positionSize, leverage, enabled, usePercentage } = await getActualPositionSizeForSymbol(
  driftSymbol, 
  config, 
  health.freeCollateral,
  100  // Test trades always use max leverage
 )
 ```
 ## Monitoring
 ### Log Messages
 **Adaptive leverage determination:**
 ```
 📊 Adaptive leverage: Quality 95 → 15x leverage (threshold: 95)
 📊 Adaptive leverage: Quality 92 → 10x leverage (threshold: 95)
 ```
 **Trade execution:**
 ```
 💰 Opening LONG position:
   Symbol: SOL-PERP
   Base size: $534.60
   Leverage: 15x (adaptive - quality 100)
   Requested notional: $8,019.00
 ```
 ### Analytics Dashboard
 Future enhancement: Add "Leverage Tier" column to analytics showing which leverage was used per trade.
 ## Validation & Testing
 ### Pre-Deployment Checks
 ✅ TypeScript compilation: No errors  
 ✅ Docker build: Successful in 71.8s  
 ✅ Container startup: Clean, no errors  
 ✅ Log messages: Showing "Adaptive leverage: Quality X → Yx leverage"  
 ### Post-Deployment Monitoring
 **Track first 10 trades with adaptive leverage:**
 - Quality 95+ trades → Verify using 15x leverage
 - Quality 90-94 trades → Verify using 10x leverage
 - Compare P&L impact vs historical 15x-only results
 - Assess if risk reduction > profit reduction
 ## Future Enhancements
 ### Additional Leverage Tiers
 ```typescript
 // Potential multi-tier system
 qualityScore >= 97: 20x leverage  // Ultra-high confidence
 qualityScore >= 95: 15x leverage  // High confidence (current)
 qualityScore >= 90: 10x leverage  // Borderline (current)
 qualityScore >= 85: 5x leverage   // Low confidence (currently blocked)
 qualityScore < 85: Blocked        // Too low quality
 ```
 ### Per-Direction Multipliers
 ```typescript
 // Example: SHORTS more conservative
 if (direction === 'short') {
  finalLeverage = finalLeverage * 0.8  // 15x → 12x, 10x → 8x
 }
 ```
 ### Dynamic Adjustment Based on Streak
 ```typescript
 // Reduce leverage after losing streak
 if (lastThreeTradesLost()) {
  finalLeverage = Math.min(finalLeverage, 10)  // Cap at 10x
 }
 ```
 ## Files Changed
 ### Core Configuration
 - **config/trading.ts** (105 lines modified)
  - Added interface fields: `useAdaptiveLeverage`, `highQualityLeverage`, `lowQualityLeverage`, `qualityLeverageThreshold`
  - Added ENV variable parsing for adaptive leverage
  - Created helper function: `getLeverageForQualityScore()`
  - Modified `getActualPositionSizeForSymbol()` to accept optional `qualityScore` parameter
 ### API Endpoints
 - **app/api/trading/execute/route.ts** (32 lines modified)
  - Moved quality score calculation earlier (before position sizing)
  - Pass quality score to `getActualPositionSizeForSymbol()`
  - Removed duplicate quality scoring later in function
 - **app/api/trading/test/route.ts** (3 lines modified)
  - Test trades use quality score 100 for maximum leverage
 ## Deployment Timeline
 - **Nov 24, 2025 08:00 UTC:** User requested adaptive leverage
 - **Nov 24, 2025 08:15 UTC:** Implementation complete
 - **Nov 24, 2025 08:25 UTC:** Docker build successful (71.8s)
 - **Nov 24, 2025 08:28 UTC:** Container deployed and running
 - **Nov 24, 2025 08:30 UTC:** Git commit bfdb0ba pushed
 - **Status:** ✅ LIVE in production
 ## Expected Impact
 ### Capital Efficiency
 - Quality 95+ signals: Maximum leverage (15x) = maximum profit potential
 - Quality 90-94 signals: Reduced leverage (10x) = 33% less risk exposure
 - Net effect: Better risk-adjusted returns
 ### System Behavior Changes
 - Before: All signals used same leverage (15x fixed or per-symbol override)
 - After: Leverage adapts to signal confidence automatically
 - Trade-off: Slightly lower profits on borderline wins, significantly lower losses on borderline losses
 ### Success Metrics (After 50+ Trades)
 - Compare quality 95+ win rate and avg P&L (should be similar to before)
 - Compare quality 90-94 win rate and avg P&L (should be better risk-adjusted)
 - Calculate: (risk reduction on 90-94) > (profit reduction on 90-94 wins)?
 - If yes: System is net positive
 - If no: Adjust thresholds or disable adaptive leverage
 ---
 ## Summary
 Adaptive leverage provides intelligent risk management by matching position size to signal confidence. High-quality signals (95+) earn full leverage for maximum profit, while borderline signals (90-94) use reduced leverage to preserve capital during volatile periods. This data-driven approach aligns position sizing with the proven performance characteristics of the v8 Money Line indicator, where quality 95+ signals have demonstrated 100% win rate.
 **Next steps:** Monitor first 10-20 adaptive trades, validate leverage tiers are working as expected, collect performance data for threshold optimization.