Quickstart

A Kestrel session is four kinds of statement. Here is the shape of a day, end to end. Everything is illustrative and uses generic instruments.

1. View — see the market as text

A View renders the panes your agent needs to decide — macro, volatility, levels, tape, chain — as attributed, watermarked text.

VIEW open budget 1800
  macro  calendar
  levels prior=rth
  tape   bucket=1m

2. Wake — decide when to look

A Wake is a condition that returns control to the agent.

WAKE cross(level.pdh) within rth
WAKE time 15:45

3. Plan — compile judgment into a reflex

A Plan is the slow judgment, compiled into a fast reflex the runtime fires at the tick — no wall time, no nondeterminism.

PLAN on wake:
  # stand aside unless the level holds on volume
  if tape.accepts(level.pdh): arm long exec=IDXW

4. Grade — get a black-box receipt

Every sim produces a certified Blotter and Grade — replay-stable, signed, date-blind. That receipt is the product, not a screenshot.

realized +836.52  ( +3.56R on 235.10 at risk )
grade   A-   replay=stable   proof=https://kestrel.markets/p/…