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README.md

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 > In-repo pointers: [`core/docs/index.md`](docs/index.md) and
 > [`core/docs/code-map/core-pipeline-map.md`](docs/code-map/core-pipeline-map.md).
 
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 ## Why it is relevant
 
 Trading systems often drift when Backtesting logic, Live logic, policy limits, and
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 mapping, latency, liquidity, market-data quality, and infrastructure failure modes
 stay in the Runtime, Venue Adapter, and Venue—not in Core.
 
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 ## What it gives you
 
 | What you get | Why it matters |
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 source of mismatch—duplicating and subtly diverging Strategy/Risk Engine/
 Execution Control itself.
 
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 ## How it fits into a full system
 
 Backtesting Runtimes, Live Runtimes, and local Research or simulation harnesses can
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 pipeline and contracts; what varies by design is Runtime choice, Venue Adapter,
 Venue, and deployment.
 
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 ## When to use `tradingchassis_core`
 
 - Building an internal trading system where Backtesting and Live should share decision semantics.
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 - You expect this package to ship a full Kubernetes Runtime, deployment manifests, or production operations.
 - You expect Core to execute orders, talk to Venues, replace Venue Adapters, or perform external dispatch.
 
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 ## Quickstart
 
 Run the quickstart
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 [`docs/how-to/use-policy-evaluator.md`](docs/how-to/use-policy-evaluator.md) for policy extension points.
 Planned U3 cleanup candidates: [`docs/roadmap/dead-code-cleanup-candidates.md`](docs/roadmap/dead-code-cleanup-candidates.md).
 
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 ## Full pipeline
 
 Internal processing pipeline, in sequential order:
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 - Runtime may normalize venue data into canonical Events, but Core accepts only
   the documented canonical reduction contract.
 
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 ## Internally wired vs externally supplied
 
 The clean Core pipeline is always the same shape; some pieces run inside Core
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 Strategy code reads State and returns Intents. It must not mutate Core-owned
 State, Queue/inflight substate, or reducer-managed data.
 
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 ## Input / Core / Output / Not Owned By Core
 
 - Input: `EventStreamEntry` values with canonical Events and Event Stream position.
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   then runs Policy Admission and Execution Control once.
 - Runtime dispatches after the returned `CoreStepResult`.
 
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 ## Developer Commands
 
 From root: