File the memo
Start with a hypothesis and the condition that would kill it.
- Step 01
Log the idea
The board holds open, testing, killed, and promoted. A kill needs a written reason.
Every idea starts with what would prove it wrong. Killed ideas stay on the board so the team does not re-run them.
Prior-work check activeOpenOpenInventory revision spread
Dies if post-filing drift reverses within two quarters.
TestingTestingSupplier lead-time residual
Dies if signal decays under execution delay.
KilledKilledOvernight gap reversion
Killed: the opening auction explained the entire result.
PromotedPromotedSemiconductor capex residual
Cleared: residual holds with sector beta hedged.
Hypothesis. Prior-work check is available on Power and on firm tiers. - Step 02
Count the trials
Run the tests here, or import a QuantConnect or VectorBT study. The ledger counts every trial.
Every test is logged as you work—whether run in quantOS, from Python, or imported from QuantConnect and VectorBT.
9 trials countedPromotedSemiconductor capex residual
quantOS Studio
CountedSupplier lead-time parameter sweep
AlphaEngine CLI
CountedHistorical parameter grid import
VectorBT Import
KilledOpening gap mean-reversion study
QuantConnect Import
Experiment ledger. Robustness grid and factor overlap sit beside the count. - Step 03
File the memo
Deliver writes the IC report, CIO memo, risk pack, change note, or model note, with sources cited.
Committee MemoFiledSealedSemiconductor Capex Revision Sleeve
Prepared for the Investment Committee with the hypothesis, the counted trial history, and the dataset version attached.
Download PDFDownload WordKill condition
Cleared out of sample
Trials counted
9 runs on the ledger
Mandate gates
All desk limits cleared
Sources citedHypothesis cardValidation study (9 trials)Point-in-time dataset v3Prior-work checkFiled memo. PDF and Word. This is the artifact the committee reads. - Step 04
Record the decision
Firm Pro records the decision against the memo. The signer is the signed-in user, and the rationale is required.
Approved · sha256:7c91…4b0eRecorded committee decision
Firm ProSigned-in reviewer
William · Portfolio Manager
“Kill condition held out of sample, and the sleeve adds independent exposure to the equity book.”
What the seal covers
- · The filed memo and its cited runs
- · The written rationale and decision status
- · The authenticated signer and timestamp
Recorded decision. Labelled Firm Pro. The hash covers the memo, the linked runs, the decision, the rationale, the signer, and the time.
What comes out: a hypothesis, a counted ledger, a filed memo, and on Firm Pro a recorded decision.