# A3-CAPS forward paper test (Test Manager) - 12 Oct 01:00 UTC
Hunt: mc5 band entries (v3, cap 250k-1M at +300 s, buy first swap >= +306 s), tp5 sl.5, 4 h, target 5M-tier; filter = what separates the runners from the band's losers. Rule from fw/a3-iter-10oct-h.md (#603).
Arms: A = all-caps symbol (not "Robinhood Token") AND 5-min USD vol >= 49k or >= 40 swaps (A3 arm) | B = all-caps only | C = every band pool (baseline). 7% slippage (mult*0.93); pull=0.
- Replay since 6 Oct (in-sample, A3 thresholds fitted here): 68 band entries
  - A: n 43 closed, mean 1.11x, median 0.45x, win 7, tp 7, stop 35, pull 0, time 1
  - B: n 55 closed, mean 0.99x, median 0.45x, win 7, tp 7, stop 37, pull 2, time 9
  - C: n 68 closed, mean 0.91x, median 0.45x, win 7, tp 7, stop 46, pull 2, time 13
- FORWARD only (pools created from 10 Oct 00:00 UTC): 10 entries
  - A: n 5 closed, mean 0.52x, median 0.44x, win 0, tp 0, stop 4, pull 0, time 1
  - B: n 7 closed, mean 0.51x, median 0.44x, win 0, tp 0, stop 5, pull 0, time 2
  - C: n 10 closed, mean 0.54x, median 0.46x, win 0, tp 0, stop 7, pull 0, time 3
- Skipped: {'cap300 outside 250k-1M': 1550, 'no swaps by 300 s': 85, 'no swap after +306 s yet': 6, 'no name in names.db yet': 13}
- Kill (A3): forward arm A mean < 1.0 over 30 closed trades. A3 sim: A 1.35, mixed-case 0.95.
- Limits: mark-to-print exits, names.db may lag new tokens (counted as skipped, not entered). Only Ben switches live (D-030).