What is shadow mode for trading signals?
Shadow mode is how serious quant shops deploy new signals.
Why
New signals look great in backtest and fail in live. Shadow mode catches the failures without losing money.
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8 shadow signals live, all weight 0. /admin/shadow-validation tracks 28d minimum + 200 samples before flip.
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