# A3-SEED forward paper test (Test Manager) - 13 Oct 01:00 UTC
Hunt: entry +305 s, cap 300k-1M at +300 s (v3), target 5M+; filter = seed (first print) cap < 7.8k and 5-min vol >= $49k (A3 #621, fw/a3-iter-10oct-i.md).
Arms: S = seed<7.8k AND vol5>=49k | L = seed<7.8k only | B = every band pool (baseline). tp5 sl.5 4 h, 7% slippage, pull=0.
- Replay since 6 Oct (in-sample, threshold fitted by A3): 91 band entries
  - S: n 44 closed, mean 0.90x, median 0.45x, win 5, hit5 5, stop 38, pull 0, time 1
  - L: n 44 closed, mean 0.90x, median 0.45x, win 5, hit5 5, stop 38, pull 0, time 1
  - B: n 91 closed, mean 0.87x, median 0.45x, win 9, hit5 9, stop 64, pull 5, time 13
- FORWARD only (pools created from 10 Oct 00:00 UTC): 39 band entries
  - S: n 17 closed, mean 0.42x, median 0.43x, win 0, hit5 0, stop 16, pull 0, time 1
  - L: n 17 closed, mean 0.42x, median 0.43x, win 0, hit5 0, stop 16, pull 0, time 1
  - B: n 39 closed, mean 0.56x, median 0.44x, win 1, hit5 1, stop 29, pull 3, time 6
- Skipped: {'cap300 outside 300k-1M': 1704, 'no swaps by 300 s': 113, 'no swap after +305 s yet': 4}
- Kill (A3): forward arm S mean < 1.1 over 30 closed. A3 sim: S 1.43 (n 136), rest 0.82. Threshold in-sample: expect lower forward.
- Limits: mark-to-print exits; entry fill depth not audited. Only Ben switches live (D-030).