PROJECT_STATE.md — trading-agent
Current Status
Initial project shell created. No application code exists yet.
Objective
Build a financial research and simulation agent with strict anti-leakage rules before any live trading capability.
Durable Rules
- No real trading at the start.
- No automatic financial advice without disclaimer.
- Walk-forward backtests only.
available_at <= prediction_time.- News storage is metadata-first.
- Labels are separated from features.
Known Risks
- Look-ahead bias from future prices or news.
- Survivorship bias from current index constituents.
- Accidental storage of copyrighted full articles.
- Overfitting strategy logic before data quality is proven.
Next Priorities
- T-001 Create trading-agent skeleton.
- Define data schema with availability timestamps.
- Define walk-forward backtest harness.
Recent Task Reports
- None yet.