# AGENTS.md — trading-agent

Follow `../../AGENTS.md` and `../../WORKFLOW.md`.

## Trading Rules

- No real trading by default.
- No automatic financial advice without clear disclaimer.
- Simulations must be labeled as research or backtest.
- Walk-forward backtesting is required.
- No future data in features.
- Store news metadata only unless content storage is explicitly validated.
- Required news fields: `source_url`, `published_at`, `ingested_at`, `available_at`.
- Labels must be separated from features.
- Block work if temporal availability is unclear.

## Required Pre-Code Checks

- Search existing strategy, data, feature and backtest code.
- Confirm leakage rules.
- Define tests and smoke checks.