08-12-2026, 08:55 PM
A live strategy needs operational monitoring, not only a P&L chart. Build a dashboard that answers: is the system receiving current data, making expected decisions, and executing orders correctly?
Monitor at least:
Set alerts for system health, not just profit or loss. A silent stale feed can be more dangerous than a bad trade. Keep an audit trail so every order can be traced to data, signal, and risk decision.
What alert would have caught your most frustrating production issue earlier?
Monitor at least:
- Data freshness and missing symbols.
- Signal count versus normal range.
- Order submissions, rejects, partial fills, and latency.
- Actual versus expected position and cash.
- Slippage and costs versus backtest assumptions.
- Risk-limit triggers and manual interventions.
Set alerts for system health, not just profit or loss. A silent stale feed can be more dangerous than a bad trade. Keep an audit trail so every order can be traced to data, signal, and risk decision.
What alert would have caught your most frustrating production issue earlier?
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