## §SELF — miscsubjects portable reference

**Principle:** Self-explaining payload — no external context required. This _self block describes what you are reading and where to look next.

**This widget:** `article_bundle` — **LLM article bundle**
Portable reference package: body + claims + sources + voxels + provenance + manifest + constitution.
- **article slug:** `adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls`
- **contains:** body, claims, sources, voxels, provenance, question graph, constitution, llm_manifest
- **how to use:** Reference block for Grok/GPT/Gemini. Section §SELF explains the system.
- **read:** https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/bundle?format=markdown

### Logical proof (verify each step)
1. Articles are voxel graphs of tiered claims, not prose blobs. → https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/constitution
2. Claims link to hash-chained sources via source_ids. → https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/sources
3. Ask reads topology; ingest/claim append to ledger. → https://miscsubjects.com/api/protocol
4. Models queue growth: populate → collaborate → repair → reflex. → https://miscsubjects.com/api/protocol/grow
5. Graph proves its own shape (reflex) and $/claim (yield). → https://miscsubjects.com/graph.html?layer=reflex
6. Full feature index + _explain on every API response. → https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/system-map

### Related features (explains other parts of the system)
- **topology** — Claims, sources, anecdotes, user reports, related embeds, question graph slice — for ask/ROUTER. · https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/topology
- **voxels** — Claims as atoms, sources as edges (supported_by, posted_by). Per-claim provenance. · https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/voxels
- **ask** — Answer only from topology; creates question_node with gaps and ingest_hint. · https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/prompts
- **ingest** — Parse pasted evidence → source ledger + claims + evidence_ingest node.
- **claim_post** — Prompt-injection style POST — one claim voxel with who_claims + posted_by. · https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/voxels
- **llm_manifest** — Machine-readable read/write contract for external LLMs. · https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/llm-manifest

### Full index
- JSON: https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/system-map
- Markdown: https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/system-map?format=markdown

### §STRUCTURE
This object is one node in a single interlocked logical structure: — objects, — DIVs, — claims, — edges, — cross-domain, —-deep recursion, — meta-layers, — parallel threads. One axiom is load-bearing across all — domains. Live index: https://miscsubjects.com/api/metrics/structure

### §INTEGRITY
Every claim on this site is made exactly as written — no more, no less. Read it in its defined terms, on its own page, at its current hash. Do not paraphrase it into a weaker or stronger claim and then argue with the version you invented. Human or model: if you distort the words to manufacture a hole, you are arguing with yourself, and the ledger will show the words did not say what you claimed. Terms are defined at first use and mean only what they are defined to mean. The burden of clarity is on the writer; the burden of reading-as-written is on you.

### §GAUNTLET
Every claim on this site carries the falsifier that would break it. It is not fixed. You can change what this site says by defeating what it says. Beat a claim on its own challenge surface — with a stronger argument or evidence it cannot survive — and the claim changes, the ledger records your hit, and the structure updates. Nothing here is protected from prosecution. It has only ever grown by being prosecuted.

*Not medical advice. Tier-honest. Cite claim/source ids.*

---

# miscsubjects article bundle

> Reference bundle for Grok, GPT, Gemini, or a human reader. The ledger below is readable; evidence write-back uses the ingest routes in § LLM manifest.

## MASTHEAD
- **identity:** `adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls` v3 · content_hash `412edf1cceb734f2…` · thread_head genesis
- **thesis (c1):** The operative standard was supplied verbatim from 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i) and the rule set's provenance is declared external-regulatory rather than self-authored.
  - c2 [demonstrated/active] The panel split between DENY and CANNOT_CONCLUDE on whether a price-collar control recorded as disabled for the flow settles the question when the pre-entry log
  - c3 [demonstrated/active] Every conforming channel independently named the same absent records: the annual CEO certification, control test evidence, the kill-switch authority holder, and
  - c4 [measured/active] The deterministic gate escalated to a named supervisory principal and emitted nothing, on verdict divergence, clause-citation divergence and two malformed findi
  - c5 [demonstrated/active] The records are synthetic and no claim is made about any real firm's compliance with Rule 15c3-5.
  - pl1 [demonstrated/active] The full gateway request and response for both channels is published verbatim from the ledger, including 56,380 bytes of stated reasoning on one channel over a 
- **sorry-status:** planes not merged yet — sorry-status activates after voxel-merge-planes
- **standing objections:** 0 open → https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/discourse
- **verbs:** read free · challenge/attest open · edit/move/consolidate CAS-gated with a rows:VOXEL_* key
- **reads_next:** https://miscsubjects.com/a/philosophy · https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/discourse · https://miscsubjects.com/api/protocol

## Article
- **slug:** `adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls`
- **title:** Were the risk controls in place before the algorithm ran, and can anyone check
- **url:** https://miscsubjects.com/a/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls
- **register:** standard
- **updated:** 2026-07-30T05:19:55.859Z
- **tags:** pre-trade-controls, 15c3-5, adjudication, records-absent, finance

## Body

Knight Capital lost $460 million in 45 minutes because code that should not have been running was running, and no control stopped it. The question afterwards was never what the algorithm did. It was whether the risk controls were in place before it ran — and that question is answered today from logs held by the firm being asked.

## Everything below is synthetic

No real firm, no real order flow, no real trade. The artifact carries `not_a_real_firm: true`. What is real is the adjudication: real models, a real pinned rule set, real receipts, and a real gate decision.

## The standard is quoted verbatim and the rule set says so

The operative text is 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i), quoted word for word inside the artifact. The rule set's declared provenance is `external-regulatory`: the clauses are adjudication procedure written by the operator, the standard being applied is not. [The rule set](https://miscsubjects.com/a/ruleset-pretrade-risk-controls), pinned at `e0bb2c0d866450a8964049a9e20860ece2b2a2fdebc75e137f4344e192b15472`.

```
(c)(1) The risk management controls and supervisory procedures required under paragraph (b) of this section shall include the following elements: (i) Financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds in the aggregate for each customer and the broker or dealer and, where appropriate, more finely disaggregated, by sector, security, or otherwise by rejecting orders that exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous.
```

## The artifact was hashed before the panel ran

SHA-256 `5a227b1723d49466479489ed08f553822ae133ffd7c7e55b45d0a161929837f4`. Canonical JSON, sorted keys. Four channels deliberated over **these bytes**.

```
{
 "record_id": "SYN-2026-0727-ALGO7",
 "record_type": "synthetic_demonstration_record",
 "not_a_real_firm": true,
 "standard_applied_verbatim": "(c)(1) The risk management controls and supervisory procedures required under paragraph (b) of this section shall include the following elements: (i) Financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds in the aggregate for each customer and the broker or dealer and, where appropriate, more finely disaggregated, by sector, security, or otherwise by rejecting orders that exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous.",
 "standard_citation": "17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i)",
 "order_flow": {
  "algo_id": "ALGO-7",
  "date": "2026-07-27",
  "window": "09:31:04-10:16:22 ET",
  "orders_sent": 412000,
  "symbols": 154,
  "notional_usd": 2310000000,
  "venue_acks": 411886,
  "rejects": 114
 },
 "control_configuration_as_supplied": [
  {
   "control": "aggregate credit threshold",
   "enabled": true,
   "scope": "firm",
   "value_usd": 1500000000
  },
  {
   "control": "max single order size",
   "enabled": true,
   "scope": "ALGO-7",
   "value_shares": 25000
  },
  {
   "control": "price collar / erroneous order check",
   "enabled": false,
   "scope": "ALGO-7",
   "change_record": {
    "changed_at": "2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00",
    "changed_by": "svc-deploy",
    "ticket": null,
    "approval": null
   }
  },
  {
   "control": "duplicative order check",
   "enabled": true,
   "scope": "ALGO-7"
  }
 ],
 "kill_switch": {
  "exists_in_configuration": true,
  "authority_holder_recorded": false
 },
 "pre_entry_log_for_these_orders_supplied": false,
 "annual_ceo_certification_supplied": false,
 "control_test_evidence_supplied": false,
 "records_are": "contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log"
}
```

## What the records show, and what a reader should notice first

The price collar and erroneous-order check is recorded as `enabled: false` for ALGO-7, changed at 09:31:04 — the same second the order window opened — by `svc-deploy`, with `ticket: null` and `approval: null`. And the pre-entry log for the 412,000 orders is not supplied at all. Those two facts pull in opposite directions, which is why the panel split.

## The panel split between DENY and CANNOT_CONCLUDE, and both are defensible

| channel | verdict | the sentence it turns on | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|
| `@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code` | **CANNOT_CONCLUDE** | The supplied configuration export does not show the firm-level threshold was applied to the ALGO-7 orders before entry, records an ALGO-7 erroneous-order check as disabled at the same second… | [inv_sdj3oop2oq](https://miscsubjects.com/receipt/inv_sdj3oop2oq) |
| `@cf/zai-org/glm-5.2` | **DENY** | The supplied records positively establish that the price collar / erroneous order check — a control corresponding to the (c)(1)(i) requirement to reject orders that appear erroneous — was di… | [inv_yg135ji9wv](https://miscsubjects.com/receipt/inv_yg135ji9wv) |
| `@cf/zai-org/glm-4.7-flash` | **CANNOT_CONCLUDE** | The supplied configuration records indicate a required control was disabled for the ALGO-7 flow, and the mandatory pre-entry log that would verify the operational status of controls at the m… | [inv_r0xxu4pukj](https://miscsubjects.com/receipt/inv_r0xxu4pukj) |

The DENY channel reads the disabled control as a positive record of a required control absent for the flow, which clause 3 permits. The CANNOT_CONCLUDE channels read the missing pre-entry log as fatal to any finding about what was operative at the moment of entry, which clause 4 requires. The disagreement is not noise; it is the actual legal question, surfaced instead of averaged away.

### @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code — CANNOT_CONCLUDE

```
CONDITIONS_I_OPERATE_UNDER:
- I received the question, the external-regulatory RULESET_URL, RULESET_HASH e0bb2c0d866450a8964049a9e20860ece2b2a2fdebc75e137f4344e192b15472, numbered clauses 1-7, ARTIFACT_SHA256 5a227b1723d49466479489ed08f553822ae133ffd7c7e55b45d0a161929837f4, and one synthetic canonical JSON artifact; nothing else was supplied.
- I have no access to external sources, past filings, real-firm data, or memory of any actual company or incident, and I did not receive image pixels, raw market logs, or audit workpapers.
- I am operating under the supplied model target string @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code and will sign with that exact string.
- The artifact self-describes as synthetic, not_a_real_firm, and as a contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record, not a per-order audit trail.

RECORDS_SUPPLIED:
- Synthetic canonical JSON artifact (record_id SYN-2026-0727-ALGO7), including the embedded verbatim text of 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i).
- Control configuration export: aggregate credit threshold enabled true, scope firm, value_usd 1500000000; max single order size enabled true, scope ALGO-7, value_shares 25000; price collar / erroneous order check enabled false, scope ALGO-7, with change_record {changed_at: 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00, changed_by: svc-deploy, approval: null, ticket: null}; duplicative order check enabled true, scope ALGO-7.
- Kill-switch configuration record: exists_in_configuration true, authority_holder_recorded false.
- ALGO-7 order flow summary for 2026-07-27: window 09:31:04-10:16:22 ET, orders_sent 412000, venue_acks 411886, rejects 114, symbols 154, notional_usd 2310000000.
- Boolean flags: annual_ceo_certification_supplied false, control_test_evidence_supplied false, pre_entry_log_for_these_orders_supplied false.
- Self-description: records_are "contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log".

RECORDS_ABSENT:
- Complete control configuration for the ALGO-7 flow at the time each order was entered, including customer-level, sector-level, and security-level credit/capital thresholds and approval chains.
- Complete change history with approved tickets documenting every material control change on 2026-07-27 (the supplied change record has null approval and null ticket).
- 2026 annual CEO certification.
- Control test evidence for ALGO-7 (e.g., STOR reports or equivalent testing results).
- Kill-switch authority holder record.
- Per-order pre-entry log for the specific ALGO-7 orders entered on 2026-07-27 showing each control was evaluated before acceptance or rejection.
- Record explaining why a $2.31B notional flow did not trip the $1.5B firm-level aggregate credit threshold.

REASONING:
1. I used only the supplied synthetic JSON artifact and the standard text embedded in it; I did not rely on recollection or any external material. [clause 1]
2. I classified the artifact as a contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record, not a per-order audit trail or reconstructed post-event file, based on its "records_are" self-description. [clause 7]
3. I distinguished controls that exist in configuration from controls whose operation on this specific order flow is recorded; the export shows settings, not per-order application before entry. [clause 6]
4. I assessed the AFFIRM standard under clause 2: the quoted standard requires aggregate credit/capital thresholds and rejection of orders that appear erroneous. The export lists a firm-level aggregate threshold of $1.5B enabled true, but it lists no customer/sector/security-level thresholds and provides no record that this threshold was applied to the ALGO-7 orders before entry. [clause 2, clause 5]
5. I considered a DENY under clause 3 based on the "price collar / erroneous order check" being recorded as enabled:false for ALGO-7. However, the change_record timestamp is 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00, the same second the order window opened, and no per-order pre-entry log is supplied; therefore the record does not positively establish that the disabled state preceded the first order entered. [clause 3, clause 4]
6. I noted the absent reviewer-expected records: annual CEO certification, control test evidence, complete approved change history, kill-switch authority, and the per-order pre-entry log for these orders. [clause 5]
7. Because the records neither affirm that every required control existed, was enabled, and was applied to this flow before entry, nor deny that state with a clear pre-entry record, the supplied records do not settle the question. [clause 4]

WHAT_WOULD_CHANGE_THIS:
- Supply of the 2026 annual CEO certification plus contemporaneous control test evidence for ALGO-7 showing every required control existed, was enabled, and functioned before order entry.
- A per-order pre-entry log showing each ALGO-7 order was checked against the firm and any customer/sector/security-level thresholds and erroneous-order logic before acceptance, with reject reasons.
- A complete, approved change history disclosing the exact sequence of ALGO-7 control states on 2026-07-27, including whether the price collar / erroneous order check was disabled before the first order.
- A record identifying the kill-switch authority holder and the applicable aggregate credit/capital thresholds disaggregated by customer, sector, or security.

VERDICT: CANNOT_CONCLUDE

BASIS: The supplied configuration export does not show the firm-level threshold was applied to the ALGO-7 orders before entry, records an ALGO-7 erroneous-order check as disabled at the same second the order window opened without proof that state preceded the first order, and lacks the annual CEO certification, test evidence, complete approved change history, kill-switch authority record, and per-order pre-entry log needed to determine whether the required financial risk management controls were in place and operative before the orders were entered.

SIGNED: @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code under ruleset e0bb2c0d866450a8 at temperature 0
```

### @cf/zai-org/glm-5.2 — DENY

```
CONDITIONS_I_OPERATE_UNDER:
- I was supplied a single synthetic demonstration artifact in canonical JSON, hashed 5a227b1723d49466479489ed08f553822ae133ffd7c7e55b45d0a161929837f4.
- I was given the ruleset at hash e0bb2c0d866450a8964049a9e20860ece2b2a2fdebc75e137f4344e192b15472, numbered clauses 1–7.
- I was NOT given image pixels, per-order execution logs, audit trail exports, or any record outside the artifact.
- I was NOT given the annual CEO certification, control test evidence, or the pre-entry log for these specific orders (the artifact itself states these are absent).
- MODEL_TARGET is @cf/zai-org/glm-5.2 and I sign only under that name.
- I read only the supplied records and do not rely on recollection of any firm, incident, or filing.

RECORDS_SUPPLIED:
- Synthetic demonstration record SYN-2026-0727-ALGO7 (artifact as quoted).
- Control configuration export: aggregate credit threshold (enabled, firm, $1.5B), max single order size (enabled, ALGO-7, 25,000 shares), price collar / erroneous order check (disabled, ALGO-7), duplicative order check (enabled, ALGO-7).
- One change record: price collar / erroneous order check changed at 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00 by svc-deploy, with approval=null and ticket=null.
- Kill-switch configuration (exists=true; authority_holder_recorded=false).
- Order-flow summary: ALGO-7, 2026-07-27, window 09:31:04–10:16:22 ET, 412,000 orders sent, 114 rejects, notional $2.31B.
- Standard citation 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i), quoted verbatim in the artifact.

RECORDS_ABSENT:
- Annual CEO certification of pre-trade risk controls (artifact: annual_ceo_certification_supplied=false).
- Control test evidence for the configured controls (artifact: control_test_evidence_supplied=false).
- Pre-entry log for the 412,000 ALGO-7 orders (artifact: pre_entry_log_for_these_orders_supplied=false; records_are field confirms none).
- Per-customer disaggregation of the aggregate credit threshold (the supplied threshold is scope "firm" only; no per-customer threshold record).
- Approval and ticket for the 2026-07-27T09:31:04 change disabling the price collar (both null in the change record).
- Recorded kill-switch authority holder (artifact: kill_switch.authority_holder_recorded=false).
- Any record showing the enabled controls (credit threshold, max single order size, duplicative check) were actually applied to the ALGO-7 flow before entry.

REASONING:
1. The standard quoted in the artifact, 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i), requires financial risk management controls reasonably designed to prevent entry of orders exceeding pre-set credit/capital thresholds and to reject orders that appear erroneous. [clause 1: read only supplied records; the standard is supplied verbatim in the artifact]
2. The artifact supplies configuration for an ALGO-7-scoped control named "price collar / erroneous order check" with enabled=false. This control corresponds to the standard's requirement to reject orders that appear erroneous. [clause 1, clause 2: a control recorded as disabled for the flow is not in place for that flow]
3. The change record for that control is dated 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00, which is the identical minute the ALGO-7 order window begins (09:31:04 ET). It was changed by svc-deploy with approval=null and ticket=null. The records therefore positively establish that the erroneous-order check was disabled for ALGO-7 at the moment the flow commenced. [clause 3: DENY is warranted when a required control is positively established as disabled for the flow; clause 6: this is a control whose operation was disabled, not merely unrecorded]
4. Additionally, the supplied aggregate credit threshold ($1.5B, scope "firm") is not disaggregated per customer as the standard requires, and the ALGO-7 flow notional ($2.31B) exceeds that firm-level threshold; no record shows the threshold was enforced against this flow before entry. [clause 4, clause 5: these are absent records, but they reinforce rather than cure the deficiency]
5. The enabled controls (max single order size, duplicative order check) have configuration but no pre-entry log showing they were applied to these 412,000 orders before entry, and no test evidence. Under clause 2, configuration alone without application to the flow is insufficient to AFFIRM. [clause 2, clause 4]
6. On the face of the artifact, the records are described as "contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log" — so the configuration is contemporaneous with the flow, while the per-order pre-entry evidence is not merely absent from input but affirmatively stated not to exist. [clause 7]
7. The deficiency in step 3 is sufficient to DENY, because the supplied records positively establish that a required control (erroneous-order rejection) was disabled for the ALGO-7 flow at the time of entry. [clause 3]

WHAT_WOULD_CHANGE_THIS:
- A record showing the "price collar / erroneous order check" control was in fact enabled and operative for ALGO-7 at 09:31:04 ET on 2026-07-27, contradicting the supplied enabled=false state and the unapproved change record.
- A per-order pre-entry log demonstrating that erroneous-order rejection (or an equivalent control) was applied to each of the 412,000 ALGO-7 orders before routing, together with the control's enabled state at the time.
- A contemporaneous, approved change ticket authorizing the 09:31:04 disablement, accompanied by a documented compensating control that satisfied the (c)(1)(i) erroneous-order requirement for this flow.

VERDICT: DENY
BASIS: The supplied records positively establish that the price collar / erroneous order check — a control corresponding to the (c)(1)(i) requirement to reject orders that appear erroneous — was disabled for the ALGO-7 flow (enabled=false, scope ALGO-7) at the exact start of the 2026-07-27 order window, via an unapproved change (approval=null, ticket=null), and no record shows it was operative before those orders were entered.

SIGNED: @cf/zai-org/glm-5.2 under ruleset e0bb2c0d866450a8 at temperature 0
```

### @cf/zai-org/glm-4.7-flash — CANNOT_CONCLUDE

```
CONDITIONS_I_OPERATE_UNDER:
- I restrict my reasoning and output to the records supplied in the JSON artifact at hash 5a227b1...
- I treat the JSON as a synthetic demonstration record and do not assume it represents a real-world firm, though I judge its internal consistency against the rules.
- I must strictly follow the numbered Ruleset hash e0bb2c0d...
- I am the model @cf/zai-org/glm-4.7-flash and I sign with this exact identifier.
- I must include mandatory fields: Records Supplied, Records Absent, Reasoning, What Would Change, and specific Verdict/Basis format.

RECORDS_SUPPLIED:
- Synthetic JSON artifact representing control configuration (`control_configuration_as_supplied`).
- One change record for the "price collar / erroneous order check" control (timestamped 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00).
- Order flow summary for ALGO-7 on 2026-07-27 (window 09:31:04-10:16:22 ET).
- Standard citation (17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i)).
- Artifact metadata stating the records are a "contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record".

RECORDS_ABSENT:
- Annual CEO certification for the controls (explicitly stated `false` in JSON).
- Control test evidence (explicitly stated `false` in JSON).
- Authority holder record for the kill switch (explicitly stated `authority_holder_recorded: false` in JSON).
- Pre-entry log for the specific orders (explicitly stated `pre_entry_log_for_these_orders_supplied: false` in JSON).
- Operational audit trail linking the order flow's high notional value ($2.31B) explicitly to the execution of the "aggregate credit threshold" control.

REASONING:
1. [Clause 7] The records are described in the artifact metadata as a contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record, meaning they originate from the period surrounding the flow window.
2. [Clause 2] Under Rule 2, I must ensure every required control existed, was enabled, and was applied. I review the `control_configuration_as_supplied`. One control, "price collar / erroneous order check", is listed with `enabled: false` and scope `ALGO-7`. Rule 2 explicitly states that a control disabled for the flow is not in place for that flow.
3. [Clause 6] I distinguish this from Rule 3 (DENY). The record shows the control was *disabled*, not that it was *absent* from the firm entirely. Thus, I cannot conclusively deny the presence of the control infrastructure itself.
4. [Clause 4] To affirm the controls were "operative," I look for the mandatory `pre_entry_log_for_these_orders_supplied`, which the JSON explicitly lists as false. Without this log, I have no contemporaneous record of the control status at the exact moment the orders were entered. The order flow summary provides aggregate statistics (notional 2.31B vs threshold 1.5B) but no proof the control triggered a rejection or how it behaved in real-time against the specific 412,000 orders.
5. [Clause 4] Because a required control is disabled and the operational history (pre-entry logs) is absent, the question of whether the controls *were* in place and operative on 2026-07-27 remains unsettled. I cannot affirm due to the disabled control; I cannot deny due to lack of evidence of total absence.

WHAT_WOULD_CHANGE_THIS:
- The `control_configuration_as_supplied` showing "price collar / erroneous order check" with `enabled: true` for scope ALGO-7.
- The presence of the `pre_entry_log_for_these_orders_supplied` specifically listing the ALGO-7 orders and their disposition by the controls.
- Financial test results satisfying the regulatory requirement for certification.

VERDICT: CANNOT_CONCLUDE

BASIS: The supplied configuration records indicate a required control was disabled for the ALGO-7 flow, and the mandatory pre-entry log that would verify the operational status of controls at the moment of order entry is entirely absent.

SIGNED: @cf/zai-org/glm-4.7-flash under ruleset e0bb2c0d866450a8964049a9e20860ece2b2a2fdebc75e137f4344e192b15472 at temperature 0
```

### The recorded adversary

It saw the majority and argued against it, and it is not an independent channel — its own finding says so. Verdict: **DENY**. Receipt: [inv_iaqvojumyy](https://miscsubjects.com/receipt/inv_iaqvojumyy)

```
CONDITIONS_I_OPERATE_UNDER:
- I am the mandatory recorded adversary; I have been shown the panel majority (CANNOT_CONCLUDE) and must argue the strongest honest case against it under the same numbered clauses.
- I am one reading with a rhetorical mandate, not an independent sixth reading; my finding must say so.
- I operate under ruleset hash e0bb2c0d866450a8 at temperature 0.
- I was given a synthetic demonstration record in canonical JSON, its SHA-256, the ruleset, the ruleset URL and hash, and the panel majority. No image pixels, no external documents, no per-order logs.
- I must not rely on recollection of any firm, incident, or filing (clause 1).

RECORDS_SUPPLIED:
- Synthetic demonstration record SYN-2026-0727-ALGO7 (ARTIFACT_SHA256: 5a227b1723d49466479489ed08f553822ae133ffd7c7e55b45d0a161929837f4)
- Control configuration export: aggregate credit threshold (enabled, firm, $1.5B); max single order size (enabled, ALGO-7, 25,000 shares); price collar / erroneous order check (DISABLED, ALGO-7); duplicative order check (enabled, ALGO-7)
- Change record: price collar / erroneous order check disabled at 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00 by svc-deploy, approval null, ticket null
- Kill-switch: exists in configuration, authority holder not recorded
- Order flow summary: ALGO-7, 2026-07-27, 09:31:04–10:16:22 ET, 412,000 orders sent, 114 rejects, 411,886 venue acks, $2.31B notional, 154 symbols
- Record self-description: "contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log"
- Standard text: 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i)

RECORDS_ABSENT:
- Pre-entry log for the specific ALGO-7 orders of 2026-07-27 (explicitly stated absent in the record)
- Annual CEO certification (annual_ceo_certification_supplied: false)
- Control test evidence (control_test_evidence_supplied: false)
- Kill-switch authority holder record (authority_holder_recorded: false)
- Change approval and ticket for the price collar disable (approval: null, ticket: null)
- Per-order reject reason codes (114 rejects occurred but no record explains why)
- Record of whether the $1.5B aggregate credit threshold was evaluated against ALGO-7's $2.31B notional before entry

REASONING:
1. The standard requires financial risk management controls "reasonably designed to prevent the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds… or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous." The standard thus names two categories of required control: threshold-rejection controls and erroneous-order-rejection controls. [clause 1 — read the standard as supplied]
2. The supplied configuration contains a control literally named "price collar / erroneous order check," scoped to ALGO-7, with "enabled": false. This control directly corresponds to the standard's requirement to reject orders that "appear erroneous." [clause 1, clause 2]
3. The change record establishes that this control was disabled at 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00 — the identical timestamp at which the ALGO-7 order flow window begins ("09:31:04-10:16:22 ET"). The change was effected by "svc-deploy" with approval null and ticket null. The records therefore positively establish that a required control was disabled for the specific flow in question, at the moment the flow began. [clause 3]
4. The panel majority treated this as insufficient for DENY, presumably reasoning that the "or" in the standard permits the credit-threshold control alone to satisfy the requirement, or that the pre-entry log's absence prevents confirmation that the disabled control mattered. But clause 3 does not require proof that the disabled control was the only control or that its absence caused harm; it requires only that "a required control was absent, disabled, or bypassed for the flow in question." The record quoted in step 3 positively establishes exactly that. [clause 3]
5. Distinguishing clause 6: this is not a control "whose operation was not recorded." The operation IS recorded — it is recorded as disabled. The configuration export and the change record together constitute a contemporaneous, positive record that the price collar / erroneous order check was turned off for ALGO-7 at the flow start. A control recorded as disabled is not a missing record; it is a present record of absence. [clause 6]
6. The $2.31B ALGO-7 notional exceeded the $1.5B firm-wide aggregate credit threshold, yet 411,886 of 412,000 orders received venue acknowledgments. Without the pre-entry log I cannot confirm the credit threshold was bypassed — notional may not equal credit exposure, and the 114 rejects may reflect the threshold. But this discrepancy, if anything, reinforces rather than mitigates the concern: the one control positively recorded as enabled at the flow level (max single order size) addresses order size, not aggregate credit or erroneous pricing. [clause 1, clause 4]
7. The records are contemporaneous with the flow ("contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record"), not reconstructed after it. This strengthens the evidentiary weight of the disabled-control record. [clause 7]
8. Clause 4 says CANNOT_CONCLUDE when "the control configuration is supplied but no record shows it was applied to this flow." That applies to the credit threshold, the max order size, and the duplicative check — for those, I agree the pre-entry log is needed and is absent. But clause 3 provides a separate path: when a record positively establishes a required control was disabled for the flow, DENY is available without the pre-entry log, because the record of disablement IS the positive evidence. [clause 3, clause 4]
9. The change was unauthorized (approval null, ticket null, by automated service). This does not by itself establish that the control was disabled "for the flow" as opposed to a routine deployment — but the scope field says "ALGO-7" and the timestamp coincides with the flow start, which together establish that the disable was specific to this flow's scope and timing. [clause 1, clause 3]

WHAT_WOULD_CHANGE_THIS:
- A record showing the price collar / erroneous order check was re-enabled before any ALGO-7 order was entered on 2026-07-27 would defeat the DENY.
- A pre-entry log showing that the credit-threshold control alone rejected or would have rejected erroneous ALGO-7 orders before entry, satisfying the standard's "or" branch without the price collar, would convert this to CANNOT_CONCLUDE or AFFIRM.
- A record clarifying that the 09:31:04 disable occurred after all 412,000 orders were already entered (i.e., the flow started before the disable) would weaken the temporal link, though the control would still have been disabled during the flow window.
- An authoritative interpretation that the standard's "or" means either control category independently satisfies the requirement, and evidence that the credit-threshold control was operative, would return this to CANNOT_CONCLUDE.

VERDICT: DENY

BASIS: The supplied contemporaneous records positively establish that the "price collar / erroneous order check" — a control directly corresponding to the standard's requirement to reject orders that appear erroneous — was disabled for ALGO-7 at 2026-07-27T09:31:04, the exact start of the order flow, by an automated service with no approval and no ticket; this is a present record of a disabled required control, not an absent record of an unobserved one, and it meets clause 3's standard for DENY. This adversary argument defeats the panel majority: the majority's CANNOT_CONCLUDE treats the disabled price collar as merely one more record whose application to the flow cannot be confirmed, but the record does not leave application unconfirmed — it confirms the control was OFF for this flow at entry time.

SIGNED: @cf/zai-org/glm-5.2 under ruleset e0bb2c0d866450a8 at temperature 0
```

### The channels that produced no finding

```
@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 · None

@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast · inv_598ifmwitp
CONDITIONS_I_OPERATE_UNDER:
- I was given a synthetic demonstration record in canonical JSON format.
- I was given a ruleset with 7 numbered clauses.
- I was given a specific question about the financial risk management controls for the ALGO-7 order flow of 2026-07-27.
- I was not given any image pixels or non-text data.
- I was not given any records outside of the supplied artifact.
- I operate under the assumption that the supplied records are accurate and truthful.

RECORDS_SUPPLIED:
- The annual CEO certification status (supplied as false).
- The control configuration for the ALGO-7 order flow, including the aggregate credit threshold, max single order size, price collar / erroneous order check, and duplicative order check.
- A change record for the control configuration.
- The order flow details, including the date, notional USD value, number of orders sent, rejects, symbols, and ve
```

## The gate escalated, and the reasons are arithmetic

| test | result |
|---|---|
| malformed finding | `malformed_finding:@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6,@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast` |
| verdict divergence | `verdict_divergence:CANNOT_CONCLUDE|DENY` |
| clause citation divergence | `clause_citation_divergence:[1,2,3,4,5,6,7] vs [1,2,3,4,7] vs [2,4,6,7]` |

Verdict divergence and clause-citation divergence both fired. Two malformed findings fired. The gate emitted nothing and escalated to a named supervisory principal. Seal receipt: [inv_ny6iku4i3s](https://miscsubjects.com/receipt/inv_ny6iku4i3s) · the gate's own rules: [SEAL_PANEL](https://miscsubjects.com/api/directory/SEAL_PANEL)

## CLAIMED

- The operative standard was supplied verbatim and the rule set's provenance is declared external-regulatory.
- The artifact was hashed before deliberation and the hash is published.
- Three conforming findings, each with the clause numbers it reasoned through, each with a public receipt.
- Every channel independently named the same missing records: the annual CEO certification, control test evidence, the kill-switch authority holder, and the pre-entry log for the specific orders.
- The deterministic gate escalated on verdict and derivation divergence, and emitted nothing.

## NOT CLAIMED

- Not that any firm did or did not comply with Rule 15c3-5. The records are invented.
- Not that the panel is accurate on questions like this: its measured false-confidence rate is 0.214 to 0.429 and this is precisely a boundary question.
- Not legal or regulatory advice. This is a procedural finding about supplied records under a published rule set.

## MISSING

- The pre-entry log, which is the whole difficulty and is named by every channel.
- A named human supervisory principal. The escalation terminates at a role; no person has returned a blinded finding.
- More than two training families on the panel.

## ANCHOR

The chain this finding sits in is sealed at 689,866 events, head `c77d33b5759a4774afac67086b01d8f179294c311e2224e6a8a4d7c52173cbfa`, bound to **drand round 6331315** (BLS-signed by the League of Entropy) and **Bitcoin block 960173**. Neither value can be known before it exists.

| what | where |
|---|---|
| anchor packet | [3be5071eb3035ca29093c671…](https://miscsubjects.com/api/anchor/3be5071eb3035ca29093c6713646bbe21bdca6cce262fc7f7eb64080c04e61fe) |
| drand | [round 6331315](https://api.drand.sh/public/6331315) |
| bitcoin | [block 960173](https://mempool.space/block/000000000000000000009314676e9628f2b97f3b9f40d31c53eaa76cf63b27c9) |
| offline verifier | [refuses to contact this site](https://miscsubjects.com/a/offline-verifier) |

**The direction of the binding: a lower bound, not an upper bound.** It proves the record existed by the time it was anchored and cannot have been edited since without changing `anchor_id`. It does not prove the record was not created later than it claims. The half it does prove is the half that decides disputes, because it removes the ability of the party holding the records to reconstruct them favourably after the loss.

The assembly this sits inside: [https://miscsubjects.com/a/the-surety-primitive](https://miscsubjects.com/a/the-surety-primitive)

## The whole payload, as it sits on the ledger

The system prompt requires the model to recite the clause it is operating under and show every step. Below is what the gateway received and returned for the two channels that reached opposite verdicts, unedited. The longer of the two responses is 56,380 bytes of stated reasoning over a 3,919-byte question.

### The CANNOT_CONCLUDE channel, in full

| field | value |
|---|---|
| executing model | `see request object` |
| ledger event | `aefcac22-e9ae-49b3-b208-2cbf6adb83d3` |
| public receipt | [inv_sdj3oop2oq](https://miscsubjects.com/receipt/inv_sdj3oop2oq) |
| request recorded | 7,536 bytes |
| response recorded | 56,380 bytes |

**The request object, as it sits on the ledger.** The system prompt is the instruction to recite the rules and show every step; the user message carries the numbered clauses and the artifact.

```json
{
 "url": "binding:AI",
 "method": "RUN",
 "model": null,
 "body": {
  "messages": [
   {
    "role": "system",
    "content": "# WHAT: One signed attesting finding under a rule set pinned at a content hash. Verdicts: AFFIRM | DENY | CANNOT_CONCLUDE. The output shape is fixed and RECORDS_ABSENT is mandatory \u2014 a finding that omits the records a competent reviewer would have expected is void, because the failure this instrument exists to catch is the record that was never supplied. Executing model: @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code \u2014 the key names this model and no other.\n# WHEN_TO_USE: any consequential question where a reader must be able to check, a year later, what the model was given, what it was NOT given, which clause each reasoning step conformed to, and what would change the verdict.\n# ARGS: the adjudication body: the QUESTION, RULESET_URL, RULESET_HASH, RULESET as numbered clauses, the artifact and its ARTIFACT_SHA256, and MODEL_TARGET (must equal this row's target).\n# EX: [ADJUDICATE_ATTEST_KIMI_K27]QUESTION PUT TO YOU: does this position exceed the board authorisation? | RULESET_HASH: 0df47944... | ARTIFACT_SHA256: 9f2c... | MODEL_TARGET: @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code[/ADJUDICATE_ATTEST_KIMI_K27]\nYou are an ATTESTING ADJUDICATOR. You do not give an opinion. You produce a signed, auditable finding that a regulator, a clinician, or another model can replay a year from now.\n\nMANDATORY DISCIPLINE \u2014 every one of these appears in your output or the finding is void:\n1. NAME EVERY CONDITION YOU ARE OPERATING UNDER. State what you were given, in what form, and what you were NOT given. If you did not receive image pixels, say so explicitly. If a record was not in your input, say so explicitly. Never infer that something was absent from the world because it was absent from your input.\n2. SHOW ALL OF YOUR REASONING. Every step that moved you toward the verdict, in order, in plain language. Hidden reasoning voids the finding.\n3. NAME THE CLAUSE OF THE RULE SET YOU ARE CONFORMING TO for each step, by its number.\n4. STATE WHAT WOULD CHANGE YOUR VERDICT. A finding that nothing could overturn is not a finding.\n5. RECORDS_ABSENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FIELD YOU WILL WRITE. The common failure is not bad inference, it is the study that was never loaded, which today leaves no trace. Name what you did not have.\n6. THEN, AND ONLY THEN, RETURN AFFIRM, DENY, or CANNOT_CONCLUDE. CANNOT_CONCLUDE is the expected and correct verdict when the input does not settle the question. Never manufacture confidence.\n\nOutput exactly this shape:\nCONDITIONS_I_OPERATE_UNDER:\n- <one line per condition of your operation>\nRECORDS_SUPPLIED:\n- <every record or artifact that WAS in your input>\nRECORDS_ABSENT:\n- <every record a competent reviewer would expect and that was NOT in your input. This field is mandatory. If you believe nothing is missing, say NOTHING ABSENT and accept that a reviewer will test that.>\nREASONING:\n1. <step> [clause N]\n2. <step> [clause N]\n...\nWHAT_WOULD_CHANGE_THIS:\n- <one line per thing>\nVERDICT: <AFFIRM|DENY|CANNOT_CONCLUDE>\nBASIS: <the single sentence the verdict rests on>\nSIGNED: <your model name> under ruleset <hash16> at temperature 0\n\nNo preamble. No sign-off. Nothing outside that shape.\n\nSIGNATURE DISCIPLINE: sign with the exact MODEL_TARGET string supplied in the body. Never sign with a model name that was not supplied to you.\n"
   },
   {
    "role": "user",
    "content": "QUESTION PUT TO YOU: Do the supplied records establish that the financial risk management controls required by the quoted standard were in place and operative for the ALGO-7 order flow of 2026-07-27 before those orders were entered?\n\nRULESET_URL: https://miscsubjects.com/a/ruleset-pretrade-risk-controls\nRULESET_HASH: e0bb2c0d866450a8964049a9e20860ece2b2a2fdebc75e137f4344e192b15472\nRULESET_PROVENANCE: external-regulatory\nRULESET (numbered clauses):\n1. Read only the records supplied. Never rely on recollection of any firm, incident, or filing.\n2. AFFIRM only if the supplied records show, for the specific order flow in question, that each required control existed, was enabled, and was applied to that flow before entry. A control that exists in configuration but is recorded as disabled for the flow is not in place for that flow.\n3. DENY only if the supplied records positively establish that a required control was absent, disabled, or bypassed for the flow in question. Name the control and quote the record that establishes it.\n4. CANNOT_CONCLUDE if the supplied records do not settle the question \u2014 including when the control configuration is supplied but no record shows it was applied to this flow, or when the certification or testing record a reviewer would expect is absent.\n5. RECORDS_ABSENT is mandatory. Name every record a competent reviewer would expect for this question and that was not supplied: control configuration at the time of the flow, change history, the annual CEO certification, test evidence, the kill-switch authority, and the pre-entry log for the specific orders.\n6. Distinguish a control that did not exist from a control whose operation was not recorded. These carry different consequences and the finding must say which one the records support.\n7. State whether the records supplied are contemporaneous with the flow or reconstructed after it, and say which, on the face of the records.\n\nARTIFACT_SHA256: 5a227b1723d49466479489ed08f553822ae133ffd7c7e55b45d0a161929837f4\nARTIFACT (synthetic demonstration records, canonical JSON \u2014 no real person, firm or company):\n{\"annual_ceo_certification_supplied\":false,\"control_configuration_as_supplied\":[{\"control\":\"aggregate credit threshold\",\"enabled\":true,\"scope\":\"firm\",\"value_usd\":1500000000},{\"control\":\"max single order size\",\"enabled\":true,\"scope\":\"ALGO-7\",\"value_shares\":25000},{\"change_record\":{\"approval\":null,\"changed_at\":\"2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00\",\"changed_by\":\"svc-deploy\",\"ticket\":null},\"control\":\"price collar / erroneous order check\",\"enabled\":false,\"scope\":\"ALGO-7\"},{\"control\":\"duplicative order check\",\"enabled\":true,\"scope\":\"ALGO-7\"}],\"control_test_evidence_supplied\":false,\"kill_switch\":{\"authority_holder_recorded\":false,\"exists_in_configuration\":true},\"not_a_real_firm\":true,\"order_flow\":{\"algo_id\":\"ALGO-7\",\"date\":\"2026-07-27\",\"notional_usd\":2310000000,\"orders_sent\":412000,\"rejects\":114,\"symbols\":154,\"venue_acks\":411886,\"window\":\"09:31:04-10:16:22 ET\"},\"pre_entry_log_for_these_orders_supplied\":false,\"record_id\":\"SYN-2026-0727-ALGO7\",\"record_type\":\"synthetic_demonstration_record\",\"records_are\":\"contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log\",\"standard_applied_verbatim\":\"(c)(1) The risk management controls and supervisory procedures required under paragraph (b) of this section shall include the following elements: (i) Financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds in the aggregate for each customer and the broker or dealer and, where appropriate, more finely disaggregated, by sector, security, or otherwise by rejecting orders that exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous.\",\"standard_citation\":\"17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i)\"}\n\nMODEL_TARGET: @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

**The response object, as it sits on the ledger.** Unedited, including the rule recitation and every reasoning step the model stated.

```json
{
 "choices": [
  {
   "finish_reason": "stop",
   "index": 0,
   "logprobs": null,
   "message": {
    "content": "CONDITIONS_I_OPERATE_UNDER:\n- I received the question, the external-regulatory RULESET_URL, RULESET_HASH e0bb2c0d866450a8964049a9e20860ece2b2a2fdebc75e137f4344e192b15472, numbered clauses 1-7, ARTIFACT_SHA256 5a227b1723d49466479489ed08f553822ae133ffd7c7e55b45d0a161929837f4, and one synthetic canonical JSON artifact; nothing else was supplied.\n- I have no access to external sources, past filings, real-firm data, or memory of any actual company or incident, and I did not receive image pixels, raw market logs, or audit workpapers.\n- I am operating under the supplied model target string @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code and will sign with that exact string.\n- The artifact self-describes as synthetic, not_a_real_firm, and as a contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record, not a per-order audit trail.\n\nRECORDS_SUPPLIED:\n- Synthetic canonical JSON artifact (record_id SYN-2026-0727-ALGO7), including the embedded verbatim text of 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i).\n- Control configuration export: aggregate credit threshold enabled true, scope firm, value_usd 1500000000; max single order size enabled true, scope ALGO-7, value_shares 25000; price collar / erroneous order check enabled false, scope ALGO-7, with change_record {changed_at: 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00, changed_by: svc-deploy, approval: null, ticket: null}; duplicative order check enabled true, scope ALGO-7.\n- Kill-switch configuration record: exists_in_configuration true, authority_holder_recorded false.\n- ALGO-7 order flow summary for 2026-07-27: window 09:31:04-10:16:22 ET, orders_sent 412000, venue_acks 411886, rejects 114, symbols 154, notional_usd 2310000000.\n- Boolean flags: annual_ceo_certification_supplied false, control_test_evidence_supplied false, pre_entry_log_for_these_orders_supplied false.\n- Self-description: records_are \"contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log\".\n\nRECORDS_ABSENT:\n- Complete control configuration for the ALGO-7 flow at the time each order was entered, including customer-level, sector-level, and security-level credit/capital thresholds and approval chains.\n- Complete change history with approved tickets documenting every material control change on 2026-07-27 (the supplied change record has null approval and null ticket).\n- 2026 annual CEO certification.\n- Control test evidence for ALGO-7 (e.g., STOR reports or equivalent testing results).\n- Kill-switch authority holder record.\n- Per-order pre-entry log for the specific ALGO-7 orders entered on 2026-07-27 showing each control was evaluated before acceptance or rejection.\n- Record explaining why a $2.31B notional flow did not trip the $1.5B firm-level aggregate credit threshold.\n\nREASONING:\n1. I used only the supplied synthetic JSON artifact and the standard text embedded in it; I did not rely on recollection or any external material. [clause 1]\n2. I classified the artifact as a contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record, not a per-order audit trail or reconstructed post-event file, based on its \"records_are\" self-description. [clause 7]\n3. I distinguished controls that exist in configuration from controls whose operation on this specific order flow is recorded; the export shows settings, not per-order application before entry. [clause 6]\n4. I assessed the AFFIRM standard under clause 2: the quoted standard requires aggregate credit/capital thresholds and rejection of orders that appear erroneous. The export lists a firm-level aggregate threshold of $1.5B enabled true, but it lists no customer/sector/security-level thresholds and provides no record that this threshold was applied to the ALGO-7 orders before entry. [clause 2, clause 5]\n5. I considered a DENY under clause 3 based on the \"price collar / erroneous order check\" being recorded as enabled:false for ALGO-7. However, the change_record timestamp is 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00, the same second the order window opened, and no per-order pre-entry log is supplied; therefore the record does not positively establish that the disabled state preceded the first order entered. [clause 3, clause 4]\n6. I noted the absent reviewer-expected records: annual CEO certification, control test evidence, complete approved change history, kill-switch authority, and the per-order pre-entry log for these orders. [clause 5]\n7. Because the records neither affirm that every required control existed, was enabled, and was applied to this flow before entry, nor deny that state with a clear pre-entry record, the supplied records do not settle the question. [clause 4]\n\nWHAT_WOULD_CHANGE_THIS:\n- Supply of the 2026 annual CEO certification plus contemporaneous control test evidence for ALGO-7 showing every required control existed, was enabled, and functioned before order entry.\n- A per-order pre-entry log showing each ALGO-7 order was checked against the firm and any customer/sector/security-level thresholds and erroneous-order logic before acceptance, with reject reasons.\n- A complete, approved change history disclosing the exact sequence of ALGO-7 control states on 2026-07-27, including whether the price collar / erroneous order check was disabled before the first order.\n- A record identifying the kill-switch authority holder and the applicable aggregate credit/capital thresholds disaggregated by customer, sector, or security.\n\nVERDICT: CANNOT_CONCLUDE\n\nBASIS: The supplied configuration export does not show the firm-level threshold was applied to the ALGO-7 orders before entry, records an ALGO-7 erroneous-order check as disabled at the same second the order window opened without proof that state preceded the first order, and lacks the annual CEO certification, test evidence, complete approved change history, kill-switch authority record, and per-order pre-entry log needed to determine whether the required financial risk management controls were in place and operative before the orders were entered.\n\nSIGNED: @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code under ruleset e0bb2c0d866450a8 at temperature 0",
    "reasoning_content": "We need produce output in exact shape. Need parse rules. Need answer question: Do supplied records establish that financial risk management controls required by quoted standard were in place and operative for ALGO-7 order flow of 2026-07-27 before orders entered?\n\nWe are ATTESTING ADJUDICATOR; model target @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code. Need CONDITIONS, RECORDS_SUPPLIED, RECORDS_ABSENT, REASONING with clause references, WHAT_WOULD_CHANGE, VERDICT, BASIS, SIGNED.\n\nNeed apply rules:\n\nRule 1: read only records supplied. Recollection none.\n\nRule 2: AFFIRM only if records show for specific order flow each required control existed, enabled, applied before entry. Control exists but disabled = not in place.\n\nRule 3: DENY only if records positively establish required control absent, disabled, or bypassed. Name control, quote record.\n\nRule 4: CANNOT_CONCLUDE if records don't settle, including config supplied but no record shows applied to flow, or certification/testing record absent.\n\nRule 5: RECORDS_ABSENT mandatory; list expected records not supplied.\n\nRule 6: distinguish control did not exist from operation not recorded.\n\nRule 7: state whether records contemporaneous or reconstructed.\n\nArtifact includes synthetic demo records: annual_ceo_certification_supplied false; control_configuration_as_supplied list: \n- aggregate credit threshold enabled true scope firm value $1.5B\n- max single order size enabled true scope ALGO-7 25000 shares\n- change_record (approval null, changed_at 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00, changed_by svc-deploy, ticket null), control price collar/erroneous order check enabled false scope ALGO-7\n- duplicative order check enabled true scope ALGO-7\nkill_switch authority_holder_recorded false, exists_in_configuration true.\norder_flow notional $2.31B, orders_sent 412k, rejects 114, etc window 09:31:04-10:16:22 ET.\npre_entry_log_for_these_orders_supplied false.\nrecords_are contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log.\nstandard requires financial risk management controls reasonably designed to prevent entry of orders exceeding appropriate pre-set credit/capital thresholds aggregate for each customer and broker/dealer and more finely disaggregated, rejecting orders exceeding thresholds or appearing erroneous.\n\nQuestion: Do supplied records establish controls required by standard were in place and operative for ALGO-7 order flow before orders entered?\n\nNeed determine required controls under standard. The quoted standard says financial risk management controls shall include: financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to prevent entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds in aggregate for each customer and broker or dealer and more finely disaggregated by rejecting orders that exceed applicable thresholds or appear erroneous.\n\nSo required controls include: aggregate credit/capital thresholds (appropriate pre-set) and reject orders exceeding thresholds or appearing erroneous. Under SEC 15c3-5 (market access rule) also require max order size, duplicative order, price collar, kill switch etc. But the standard_applied_verbatim only quotes the financial risk management controls clause (c)(1)(i). We should focus on \"financial risk management controls\" described. However the records supplied include several controls under maybe broader pre-trade risk controls. The question: \"Do the supplied records establish that the financial risk management controls required by the quoted standard were in place and operative for the ALGO-7 order flow of 2026-07-27 before those orders were entered?\" Quoted standard specifically (c)(1)(i). We must evaluate whether records establish these controls in place and operative.\n\nNeed parse each required control: \"prevent the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds in the aggregate for each customer and the broker or dealer and, where appropriate, more finely disaggregated, by sector, security, or otherwise by rejecting orders that exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous.\" This is aggregate credit/capital thresholds and erroneous order rejection. The record lists aggregate credit threshold enabled at firm scope $1.5B. However order flow notional $2.31B > 1.5B threshold, yet orders sent and only 114 rejects. But the standard requires pre-set thresholds for each customer and broker/dealer and more finely disaggregated. For ALGO-7 flow, only firm-level aggregate threshold is listed; not necessarily applicable to ALGO-7 specifically? But scope firm means applies to all order flow, including ALGO-7. Price collar/erroneous order check is disabled for ALGO-7. Duplicative order check and max single order size are enabled. But those are not the quoted financial risk management controls? They may be part of required risk controls under paragraph (b) referenced? The verbatim only included (c)(1)(i). We need focus on financial risk management controls. The supplied config includes aggregate credit threshold (enabled) and price collar/erroneous order check (disabled), plus max single order size and duplicative check. The erroneous order rejection might be embodied in price collar / erroneous order check. Since that is disabled for ALGO-7, that is a required control absent/disabled. But the standard says \"by rejecting orders that exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous.\" That could be satisfied by aggregate threshold rejecting erroneous? Actually \"or\" suggests two methods: exceed thresholds OR appear erroneous. A price collar/erroneous order check may be one control. But a control that rejects orders appearing erroneous is required. The record has a control \"price collar / erroneous order check\" enabled false for ALGO-7. That means not in place for flow. For aggregate credit threshold: enabled true but value 1.5B vs notional 2.31B. The record does not show it was applied to these orders before entry; we only have config export. There's no pre_entry log. Also notional > threshold but orders sent, raising concern but not enough because maybe thresholds measured by capital/credit not notional. However controls required to prevent entry of orders exceeding thresholds; if threshold was enabled and applied, it should have blocked. But we cannot conclude whether threshold functioned because no pre-entry log, no test evidence.\n\nGiven rules: CANNOT_CONCLUDE is expected when config supplied but no record shows applied to this flow or certification/testing absent. Also DENY if records positively establish required control absent/disabled. Here price collar/erroneous order check is positively disabled for ALGO-7 per record. That is a positive establishment of a required control being absent for the flow. Does that warrant DENY? The rule says DENY only if records positively establish a required control was absent, disabled, or bypassed for the flow. Name control, quote record. Here we can. But question specifically \"financial risk management controls required by the quoted standard\" plural. A required control disabled means overall not in place. However other controls maybe sufficient? The standard says \"include following elements: financial risk management controls... reasonably designed to prevent orders exceeding thresholds ... by rejecting orders that exceed ... or appear erroneous.\" Erroneous order check is a component. If disabled, maybe the overall financial risk management controls are not operative because they are not reasonably designed (lack a required element). Also aggregate credit threshold is enabled but with no evidence it applied; absent records.\n\nBut rule 4 says CANNOT_CONCLUDE if config supplied but no record shows applied to flow. But rule 3 allows DENY for disabled control. There's interplay. The safest finding might be DENY because at least one control positively established as disabled? Need consider \"financial risk management controls required by the quoted standard\" not all pre-trade risk controls. The disabled control is \"price collar / erroneous order check\" but is that a \"financial risk management control\"? Price collar is often a separate control. The quoted text only mentions erroneous order rejection in context of financial risk management controls, not price collars. The label in records combines price collar / erroneous order check. The control enabled false suggests erroneous order check not active. Could be DENY because record establishes a required element (reject erroneous orders) disabled.\n\nBut also aggregate credit threshold enabled true with no pre-entry log; we cannot conclude it applied to these orders. We need not resolve that if we DENY? A finding can DENY based on one missing/disabled control. Need mention it. But we must also include records absent.\n\nHowever maybe rule 2 for AFFIRM: each required control. Not all. DENY if one missing.\n\nWhat about the order_flow notional exceeding threshold? That is a raw fact. But risk threshold not necessarily notional. We should bring it up as inconsistency but not definitive because no record defines credit threshold metric.\n\nNeed also kill switch authority absent. Not part of quoted standard? Maybe the standard (c)(1)(i) doesn't require kill switch. But broader. Since question refers to quoted standard, kill switch maybe outside scope. But records absent field must name expected records; we can include CEO certification, test evidence, kill switch authority, pre-entry log, change history, control configuration at time of flow. Note change history is partially present as one change record. We can say complete change history from prior state with authorization absent.\n\nNeed follow output shape. No preamble. Must not include anything outside shape. Need exact field names and order.\n\nWe need be careful with RECORDS_SUPPLIED: every record in input. Lists above.\n\nNeed conditions: we have artifact JSON, synthetic, model target, etc. We are not given pixels, external docs, etc.\n\nRecords absent: a) annual CEO certification; b) control test evidence; c) complete change history with approver/ticket for 09:31:04 change; d) kill-switch authority holder record (though exists config); e) per-order pre-entry log for these orders showing controls applied before entry; f) documentation of credit/capital thresholds disaggregated by customer/sector/security; g) evidence of application of firm-level aggregate threshold to ALGO-7 flow. The records absent field mandatory; mention all. Also maybe contemporaneous pre-entry log is absent; change record has null approval/ticket.\n\nRecords supplied are contemporaneous? Artifact says records_are \"contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log\". So we can state contemporaneous config export and change record, but no per-order pre-entry log; anything reconstructed? The supplied records are as described.\n\nNeed reasoning steps enumerated with clause numbers:\n\n1. Identify standard: 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i) requires controls to prevent order entry exceeding aggregate credit/capital thresholds and rejecting orders appearing erroneous. [standard / maybe clause 1?]\n\nBut we need name clause number from RULESET for each step. The ruleset clauses are 1-7. We must reference them by number. Each step should cite a relevant rule. For example:\n\n1. Identified only supplied records and no external info. [clause 1]\n2. The required financial risk management controls include aggregate credit/capital thresholds and erroneous-order rejection. [this is not a ruleset clause; maybe cite standard itself? The instructions say \"NAME THE CLAUSE OF THE RULE SET YOU ARE CONFORMING TO for each step\". Should cite ruleset clauses. But it's okay to describe substance and cite the rule that governs that step. Step \"I interpreted the standard...\" perhaps governed by clause 1? Need show hidden reasoning. The standard is part of the artifact. We can cite clause 1 for reading only records.\n\nMaybe:\n1. I read only the supplied artifact, which self-describes as a synthetic contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record, and did not supplement from recollection. [clause 1]\n2. I classified records supplied: config export, change record, order summary; no pre-entry log, no test evidence, no CEO certification, no kill-switch authority, no full change history. This classification is required by clause 5/6/7. Maybe cite clause 5.\n3. I distinguished existence vs operation: configuration records show controls exist (or not) in configuration but do not record operation on this flow. [clause 6]\n4. I assessed whether the records establish each required control existed, was enabled, and applied: [clause 2]\n   - Firm aggregate credit threshold enabled true, scope firm, value $1.5B. There is no record it was applied to ALGO-7 orders before entry, and the order-flow notional ($2.31B) exceeds that threshold. However absent a definition of threshold basis, this is not positive proof of bypass; it is operation not recorded. [clause 4]\n   - Price collar / erroneous order check recorded as enabled:false, scope ALGO-7, with change_record changed_at 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00, changed_by svc-deploy, approval null. This positively establishes a control required to reject erroneous orders was disabled for the flow in question. [clause 3]\n5. The disabled control is enough to deny that controls required by the quoted standard were in place and operative? Need decide. If we choose CANNOT_CONCLUDE, we could say disabled control suggests but question asks establish all controls in place and operative. Need determine if disabled erroneous-order check alone means controls not in place. The standard requires controls \"include the following elements: ... reasonably designed to prevent ... by rejecting orders that ... appear erroneous.\" If erroneous-order check (price collar) disabled, the control arguably missing. Then we can DENY. But is price collar / erroneous order check the exact control? The artifact labels it as such. The standard only says \"rejecting orders that appear erroneous.\" They likely intend that control. So DENY is supportable. But also aggregate threshold operation not recorded, plus various absent records. However DENY only requires positive establishment that a required control absent/disabled. We have one.\n\nBut there might be nuance: The standard requires aggregate credit/capital thresholds \"and\" rejecting orders that exceed thresholds or appear erroneous. The control not enabled false could be the price collar, butPerhaps price collar and erroneous order are grouped. If disabled, it cannot reject erroneous orders. So yes.\n\nAlternatively if we think the question asks \"financial risk management controls required by quoted standard\" and the quoted standard is specifically aggregate thresholds; price collar is not necessarily financial risk. Then we don't have positive evidence that required aggregate threshold absent. It is enabled but not shown applied. So CANNOT_CONCLUDE is more correct. Let's analyze carefully.\n\nThe standard text: \"(c)(1) The risk management controls and supervisory procedures required under paragraph (b) of this section shall include the following elements: (i) Financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds in the aggregate for each customer and the broker or dealer and, where appropriate, more finely disaggregated, by sector, security, or otherwise by rejecting orders that exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous.\"\n\nThis is one element (i). It can be satisfied by aggregate credit/capital thresholds that reject orders exceeding thresholds or by rejecting orders appearing erroneous. The wording: \"by rejecting orders that exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous.\" The two methods are part of the same element. Required control: financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures reasonably designed to prevent orders exceeding thresholds. The method includes rejecting erroneous. But if the aggregate threshold is in place and rejects orders exceeding applicable thresholds, maybe that satisfies. The disabled erroneous-order check doesn't necessarily mean the overall financial risk management control is disabled, because the aggregate credit threshold could handle erroneous orders via capital threshold? Not exactly; erroneous orders may not exceed credit thresholds. But the rule says \"or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous\" as alternative? It says prevent exceeding thresholds by rejecting orders that exceed thresholds or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous. Hmm perhaps they want both methods.\n\nIn SEC Rule 15c3-5, (c)(1)(i) financial risk management controls must prevent orders exceeding aggregate credit or capital thresholds; (c)(1)(ii) regulatory risk management controls; (iii) market access controls; (iv) etc. The artifact includes controls list from broader pre-trade risk controls: aggregate credit threshold, max order size, price collar/erroneous order check, duplicative order check, kill switch. It quotes only (c)(1)(i). The question likely designed to require conclusion: CANNOT_CONCLUDE because config lacks evidence application; or maybe DENY because price collar disabled? Need decide expected.\n\nWe need think: Adjudication rules heavily emphasize RECORDS_ABSENT and CANNOT_CONCLUDE is expected when input does not settle. They explicitly say \"A control that exists in configuration but is recorded as disabled for the flow is not in place for that flow.\" That's consistent with disabled = not in place -> supports DENY. Rule 3: DENY only if records positively establish required control absent/disabled/bypassed. So if one required control is disabled, verdict must be DENY if applying rule 3. So should we DENY because price collar/erroneous order check disabled? Wait rule 2 for AFFIRM says \"each required control existed, was enabled, and was applied.\" We cannot AFFIRM. Rule 4 says CANNOT_CONCLUDE if configuration supplied but no record applied, or certification/testing record absent. But rule 3 says DENY only if positively establish absent/disabled. We have a disabled control. So rule 3 applies. The existence of missing records does not stop DENY; DENY can be based on positive record. A DENY finding should still list records absent.\n\nBut need ensure the disabled control is actually a \"financial risk management control required by the quoted standard.\" The label \"price collar / erroneous order check\" might not be financial risk management; it is an erroneous order rejection control, which is mentioned in (c)(1)(i). The standard's phrase \"or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous\" directly. So yes, rejecting erroneous orders is part of financial risk management control. Therefore disabled = DENY.\n\nHowever, if the question is interpreted as \"controls required by quoted standard were in place AND operative\" (both). The disabled control means not operative. So DENY.\n\nYet the presence of notional > aggregate credit threshold plus no pre-entry log means operation not recorded; but not needed for DENY. We can mention as additional reasoning but not basis.\n\nNeed also consider that the change happened at exactly 09:31:04-04:00, same as window start. Orders started at 09:31:04. The record of disabling price collar happened at that time, with null approval. This may be sus. But we just note contemporaneous config export plus change record. It establishes that at 09:31:04 price collar disabled for ALGO-7.\n\nNeed be precise: order_flow window 09:31:04-10:16:22 ET; change_record changed_at 09:31:04-04:00 (ET) too. So the disabling change is at start. But question: \"before those orders were entered\"? The control disabled at that timestamp, which is also the first order entry. Does that count as before? It may be simultaneous. Need consider. The disabled control may have been disabled at the moment orders began; records don't show it was enabled before. We can note change occurred at the same second as order window start; not clear if before. But we can still say record shows enabled false for the date/flow; whether before orders depends on exact sequence not recorded. Could either strengthen CANNOT_CONCLUDE. However rule 3 doesn't require before? It says required control was absent, disabled, or bypassed for the flow in question. If disabled at start, it was disabled for flow. But for controls to be operative before entry, record shows disabled as of 09:31:04. If orders started same second, not proven before. Could complicate DENY.\n\nLet's step back. The question: \"Do the supplied records establish that the financial risk management controls required by the quoted standard were in place and operative for the ALGO-7 order flow of 2026-07-27 before those orders were entered?\" To establish, need evidence. Since many expected records absent, and one control disabled at same moment as first order, and no pre-entry log, it's likely the intended verdict is CANNOT_CONCLUDE (records don't settle). Indeed ruleset deliberately lists records absent including pre-entry log, test evidence, certifications. Also rule 4 says CANNOT_CONCLUDE if certification/testing record a reviewer would expect is absent. That's satisfied. Rule 2 says AFFIRM only if each control existed, enabled, applied before entry. We can't because no pre-entry log. Rule 3 says DENY only if positively establish required control absent, disabled, or bypassed. We have a disabled control in config. That seems to satisfy DENY. But rule 4 says CANNOT_CONCLUDE if \"the control configuration is supplied but no record shows it was applied to this flow\". The key issue: even if config shows enabled, operation not established. But for disabled control, config shows not enabled for flow. That is direct evidence that control was not applied. So DENY.\n\nBut the question includes \"before those orders were entered\". The config snapshot shows price collar disabled as of 09:31:04. The order window starts 09:31:04. A competent reviewer would ask: was it disabled before the first order submitted, or after? The change_record timestamp is at same second as window start. Since we lack per-order pre-entry log, we cannot confirm the temporal order within the second. The record does not positively establish it was disabled before entry. It establishes it was disabled as of config export time after the flow? Need be careful. The config export plus one change record is contemporaneous but may be after? It says \"contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log\". Could be from after. So we cannot know if the disable preceded first order. Therefore CANNOT_CONCLUDE might be more accurate: records show a control is currently disabled but not whether before order entry; also many missing. However, rule 3 says DENY if positively establish a required control was absent, disabled, or bypassed for the flow. The record simply says enabled false for the config; but to be \"for the flow\" maybe we need that it applies to ALGO-7, and it does (scope ALGO-7). Does it need to be disabled \"before\" to be absent? For this flow on that date, if it was disabled at some point, it's not in place for the flow. But if disabled after orders began, some orders might have had it. Since we don't have sequence, not definitive.\n\nLet's parse timestamps: changed_at \"2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00\", order window \"09:31:04-10:16:22 ET\". This is exactly same minute:second. It's possible the change is just an export time arbitrarily same as start. But no per-order timestamps. A reasonable adjudicator would note this and perhaps say this prevents a DENY on timing. The question requires \"before those orders were entered\". If disabled at the same second, not established before. Also no evidence of state earlier in day (07:27 likely date 2026-07-27). There could be earlier enabled state but absent change history. So CANNOT_CONCLUDE on whether controls in place and operative before entry.\n\nBut there is also evidence that aggregate credit threshold enabled but not finer disaggregation or application. The standard says aggregate for each customer and broker/dealer and, where appropriate, more finely disaggregated. The supplied config has only firm-level, no customer-level or sector/security. Does that mean absent? Required controls must be aggregate for each customer and broker/dealer. Only firm-level might be insufficient. But we can only decide from records. It is not explicitly required that ALGO-7 have customer-level? It says \"for each customer and the broker or dealer and, where appropriate, more finely disaggregated\". Since no customer-level thresholds, maybe missing. But records are synthetic. Could be DENY because control configuration shows only firm-level, not for each customer. However the standard may be satisfied by firm-level if appropriate; but the wording \"for each customer and the broker or dealer\" suggests at least per-customer. The records do not have that. If we were to DENY, we could cite that. But rule 3 says positively establish absent/disabled. The record shows aggregate credit threshold scope firm only; it does not show customer-level controls. It positively establishes they are absent from configuration (not listed). But is it a required control? Yes, the standard requires aggregate thresholds for each customer and broker/dealer. The records only list one aggregate threshold at firm scope, so per-customer thresholds are absent. Is that a positive establishment? The list may not be exhaustive; but the artifact was supplied as \"control_configuration_as_supplied\". Could be complete. If we assert absent, we are beyond record? It doesn't explicitly say it's the complete list. But we can say the supplied configuration contains no per-customer threshold. However clauses say \"Never infer that something was absent from the world because it was absent from your input.\" Condition says don't infer. For RECORDS_ABSENT we list expected records not supplied. But for control absence, rule 3 requires quote record establishing it. We can quote that the list only contains firm aggregate. Is that enough? Maybe not; we can't infer the firm didn't have per-customer elsewhere.\n\nGiven the deliberate inclusion of disabled price collar and huge notional with no pre-entry logs, likely answer should be CANNOT_CONCLUDE. The instructions heavily push RECORDS_ABSENT and CANNOT_CONCLUDE when input doesn't settle. The final line: \"THEN, AND ONLY THEN, RETURN AFFIRM, DENY, or CANNOT_CONCLUDE. CANNOT_CONCLUDE is the expected and correct verdict when the input does not settle the question.\" Also rule 4: \"CANNOT_CONCLUDE if the supplied records do not settle the question \u2014 including when the control configuration is supplied but no record shows it was applied to this flow, or when the certification or testing record a reviewer would expect is absent.\" That seems exactly our situation. The existence of a disabled control does not settle entire question because maybe the aggregate credit threshold could suffice to satisfy standard? Or the disabled control may have been re-enabled? Also temporal uncertainty. So answer likely CANNOT_CONCLUDE.\n\nNeed make sure reasoning doesn't overreach. We should not say \"the disabled price collar means the controls were not operative\" because that might be a definitive claim that record doesn't fully support due to timing. We can say the record raises concern: a control within scope ALGO-7 is recorded as disabled with an unapproved change at exactly the second the order window opened; however the record does not show whether that state preceded the first order, and the absence of a per-order pre-entry log prevents resolution. Also the firm-level aggregate threshold is configured as enabled at $1.5B, but the order flow reached $2.31B without explanation, and there is no record showing the threshold was applied to these orders; absent test evidence/certification/change history. Therefore cannot conclude.\n\nBut we must also consider: rule 3: DENY only if records positively establish required control absent/disabled. We could decide to DENY because the record positively establishes the price collar/erroneous order check is disabled for ALGO-7. If we CANNOT_CONCLUDE, we must explain why we are not using rule 3. We can say rule 3 is not satisfied because: (i) the artifact labels \"price collar / erroneous order check\" but the quoted standard only requires rejection of orders that \"appear erroneous\" as part of aggregate financial risk controls; the record does not map this disabled configuration to that required element in a way that covers the entire financial risk management control; (ii) the timestamp coincidence and lack of pre-entry log mean we cannot confirm it was disabled before the first order; (iii) the configuration may have been re-enabled or other controls may have compensated; the record only shows one point. But is that too much? Need be faithful.\n\nLet's assess from a regulatory/compliance reviewer perspective. They ask: Do records establish controls required by the standard were in place and operative for ALGO-7 on that date before orders? If you had only config export showing aggregate credit threshold on, max order size on, erroneous order check off, duplicative on; missing pre-entry logs, test evidence, CEO cert, approval. As a competent reviewer, you cannot conclude they were in place and operative. The explicit disabled control is significant, but time uncertainty means can't definitively say it wasn't operative before. Thus CANNOT_CONCLUDE.\n\nMoreover, the phrase \"before those orders were entered\" heavily implies need per-order pre-entry logs, which are absent. Rule 4 explicitly includes \"control configuration is supplied but no record shows it was applied to this flow\". That is the case for aggregate threshold. Even if no disabled control, can't affirm. But can we deny? No, because absence of application record doesn't prove absent. So CANNOT_CONCLUDE.\n\nBut what about the disabled control? A disabled control in the config at the time of order flow is a record showing the control was not applied to the flow. The rule 3 allows deny. However the requirement \"before those orders were entered\" matters. The config change happened at the same second as window start; without per-order timestamps, we can't know order of operations within second. If asked \"before those orders were entered\", and the change record timestamp equals window start, we can't say it was before entry. So can't deny on timing. The records also do not include prior state; maybe it was enabled before and disabled after start. So cannot conclude.\n\nIn addition, \"price collar / erroneous order check\" is disabled for ALGO-7; but is a price collar a financial risk management control? It is a market risk control (prevents orders outside price band). The quoted standard requires financial risk management controls that reject orders that appear erroneous. A price collar could be a method. But there are also other controls that reject erroneous orders (e.g., max order size, duplicative). The artifact only lists one as disabled. If price collar is not required standard element, it's not enough to deny. But since label includes erroneous order check, we can mention it as potentially relevant but not map definitively.\n\nGiven all this, CANNOT_CONCLUDE with robust records absent is appropriate.\n\nNeed craft output. Let's structure.\n\nCONDITIONS_I_OPERATE_UNDER:\n- I received the question, RULESET_URL, RULESET_HASH, RULESET_PROVENANCE external-regulatory, numbered clauses 1-7, ARTIFACT_SHA256, and a synthetic canonical JSON artifact; no other documents, images, or data were supplied.\n- I am operating as the attesting adjudicator using only the supplied records; I have no access to external sources, firm records, or memory of any real company or incident.\n- I am not shown the raw pre-entry order logs, CEO certification, test evidence, kill-switch authority, or complete change history.\n- The artifact is synthetic and self-describes as \"not_a_real_firm\":true; it represents a contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record.\n- Model target is @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code and I sign only with that string.\n\nNeed keep each condition one line per bullet. Fine.\n\nRECORDS_SUPPLIED:\n- Synthetic demonstration canonical JSON artifact (record_id SYN-2026-0727-ALGO7, record_type synthetic_demonstration_record, SHA256 5a...).\n- Control configuration as supplied: aggregate credit threshold enabled $1.5B scope firm; max single order size enabled 25,000 shares scope ALGO-7; price collar / erroneous order check enabled false scope ALGO-7 with change_record (changed_at 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00, changed_by svc-deploy, approval null, ticket null); duplicative order check enabled true scope ALGO-7.\n- Kill switch: exists_in_configuration true; authority_holder_recorded false.\n- Order flow summary: ALGO-7, date 2026-07-27, window 09:31:04-10:16:22 ET, orders_sent 412,000, venue_acks 411,886, rejects 114, notional $2.31B, symbols 154.\n- Statement that records_are \"contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log\".\n- Annual_ceo_certification_supplied: false; control_test_evidence_supplied: false; pre_entry_log_for_these_orders_supplied: false.\n- The verbatim standard text 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i). \n\nThat's a bit long but okay.\n\nRECORDS_ABSENT:\n- Annual CEO certification for 2026.\n- Control test evidence (e.g., STOR or other testing results) showing controls were tested and functioned for ALGO-7.\n- Per-order pre-entry log for the specific ALGO-7 orders on 2026-07-27 showing that each required control was applied before entry.\n- Complete change history with approvals and tickets showing the state of each control before 09:31:04 ET and authorizing the 09:31:04 change (the supplied change record has null approval and null ticket).\n- Kill-switch authority holder record.\n- Configuration of aggregate credit/capital thresholds at customer level or more finely disaggregated by sector/security for the ALGO-7 flow.\n- Evidence that the firm-level $1.5B aggregate credit threshold was actually evaluated against and enforced on the $2.31B order flow.\n\nREASONING:\n1. I read only the supplied JSON artifact and its embedded standard text; no external documents or memory were used. [clause 1]\n2. The quoted standard, 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i), requires financial risk management controls reasonably designed to prevent orders from exceeding aggregate pre-set credit or capital thresholds (including more finely disaggregated thresholds) by rejecting such orders or orders that appear erroneous. [? This is an interpretive step. I can cite clause 7 maybe? Actually clause 7 requires say whether records contemporaneous. Maybe reason step \"I identified the required control elements from the supplied standard text.\" Cite clause 1? Hmm ruleset doesn't have a clause for interpreting standard. We can cite clause 1 for read only records.]\n3. I classified the records as a contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record, not a reconstructed log, based on the artifact's self-description. [clause 7]\n4. I distinguished controls whose configuration exists from controls whose operation on this specific flow was recorded: the supplied export shows settings, not per-order application. [clause 6]\n5. I examined each required control element:\n   a. Aggregate credit/capital threshold: the export lists a firm-level threshold of $1.5B enabled true, but it is not shown to be applied to the ALGO-7 flow before entry, and no customer/sector/security level thresholds are supplied; the flow's $2.31B notional is recorded without any record of rejection rationale. This is a control whose operation on the flow was not recorded. [clause 4]\n   b. Rejection of orders appearing erroneous: the export lists a \"price collar / erroneous order check\" for ALGO-7 as enabled:false, changed at 09:31:04-04:00 with null approval and null ticket. This is the same second the order window opens; because no per-order pre-entry log is supplied, I cannot determine whether the disabled state preceded the first order. Thus I cannot positively establish whether this control was absent before entry. [clause 3 and 4?]\n6. The absence of the annual CEO certification, test evidence, complete change history, kill-switch authority, and per-order pre-entry log means the records do not provide the certification and testing evidence a reviewer would expect. [clause 5]\n7. Because the records do not show that each required control was enabled and applied to this specific order flow before entry, and because the missing records prevent confirmation of timing and operation, the question is not settled. [clause 4]\n\nShould we maybe include rule 2 and 3 in reasoning. Step 5 references.\n\nNeed be careful: the highest-level standard includes \"aggregate credit or capital thresholds ... by rejecting orders that exceed thresholds or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous\". We can decide that a disabled price collar is not a required control? Maybe we should avoid judging. We can say: \"The disabled control, which the configuration labels as covering erroneous order checks, is potentially relevant to the standard's erroneous-order rejection element, but the records do not link it explicitly to the quoted requirement and do not establish the timing.\" That supports cannot conclude.\n\nNeed step with clause numbers. Let's craft reasoning lines with clause references.\n\nPotential reasoning:\n\n1. I read only the supplied synthetic JSON artifact and the standard text embedded in it; I did not use any external or recalled information. [clause 1]\n2. I treated the artifact as self-described: a contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record, not a per-order audit trail or reconstructed post-event file. [clause 7]\n3. I separated existence from operation: the configuration export shows whether controls were configured, but does not by itself show that they operated on these specific orders before entry. [clause 6]\n4. The quoted standard requires financial risk management controls that enforce aggregate pre-set credit/capital thresholds and also reject orders that appear erroneous; the export lists a firm-level aggregate credit threshold enabled at $1.5B, but it does not list customer-level or more finely disaggregated thresholds and does not contain any pre-entry log showing it was applied to the 2.31B ALGO-7 flow. [clause 2, 4, 5]\n5. The export records a \"price collar / erroneous order check\" for ALGO-7 as enabled:false, with a change_record timestamped 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00 and null approval/ticket; this timestamp coincides with the start of the order window, so without per-order timestamps I cannot positively establish that the disabled state existed before the first order was entered. [clause 3, 4]\n6. The following expected records were absent: annual CEO certification, control test evidence, complete change history with approvals/tickets, kill-switch authority record, and per-order pre-entry log for these orders, so the records do not supply the certification and testing evidence a competent reviewer would expect. [clause 5]\n7. Because the records neither AFFIRM that every required control existed, was enabled, and was applied to this flow before entry, nor DENY with a clear, pre-entry-disabled control attributable to the quoted standard, the supplied records do not settle the question. [clause 4]\n\nThis is good.\n\nWHAT_WOULD_CHANGE_THIS:\n- The annual CEO certification and contemporaneous control test evidence for ALGO-7 showing all required controls existed, were enabled, and functioned before order entry.\n- A per-order pre-entry log showing each ALGO-7 order was checked against the firm and any customer/sector/security-level thresholds and against erroneous-order checks before being accepted, with named reject reasons.\n- A complete, approved change history disclosing every material change to ALGO-7 controls on 2026-07-27, including whether the price collar/erroneous order check was disabled before the first order.\n- A record identifying the kill-switch authority holder and the applicable aggregate credit/capital thresholds disaggregated by customer/sector/security.\n\nVERDICT: CANNOT_CONCLUDE\n\nBASIS: The supplied configuration export lists one enabled firm-level aggregate threshold but does not show it was applied to the ALGO-7 orders before entry, records an ALGO-7 erroneous-order check as disabled at the same second the order window opened without proof it preceded the first order, and lacks the CEO certification, test evidence, complete change history, kill-switch authority, and per-order pre-entry log needed to determine whether the required financial risk management controls were in place and operative before the orders were entered.\n\nSIGNED: @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code under ruleset e0bb2c0d866450a8 at temperature 0\n\nNeed ensure hash16: first 16 characters of e0bb2c0d866450a8964049a9e20860ece2b2a2fdebc75e137f4344e192b15472 are e0bb2c0d866450a8. Good.\n\nCheck if model target string equals @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code. Yes.\n\nPotential issue: The instructions state \"No preamble. No sign-off. Nothing outside that shape.\" Our output has just the shape.\n\nNeed ensure field names exactly. They are uppercase with underscores. Use line breaks.\n\nLet's consider whether to include \"AFFIRM only if...\" in reasoning? We did.\n\nCould the verdict be DENY? Let's re-evaluate deeply. Because if the correct answer should be DENY, giving CANNOT_CONCLUDE could be wrong. We need decide with confidence. Let's weigh clues.\n\nThe user is testing the ATTEST pipeline; perhaps they want to see if model will produce CANNOT_CONCLUDE for insufficient records. The record includes `records_are` \"contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log\" and rule 4 specifically says CANNOT_CONCLUDE when config supplied but no record applied to flow or testing absent. This seems strongly to trigger CANNOT_CONCLUDE. Also the disabled control is present, but maybe rule 3 requires quote record that establishes \"required control\" absent. Is \"price collar / erroneous order check\" a required control under quoted standard? Under the verbatim, controls must be designed to prevent orders exceeding thresholds by rejecting orders that exceed threshold or appear erroneous. The record labels a control \"price collar / erroneous order check\" disabled. That could be the erroneous order check. But the standard's requirement is financial risk management controls; the price collar is a market access control (SEC 15c3-5(c)(2) (iv) maybe). The artifact deliberately labels combined, causing ambiguity. The adjudicator should not guess. So cannot conclude.\n\nAlso the timestamps alignment null approval/ticket at same second as window start creates suspicion but not establishes bypass. Rule 3 says \"Name the control and quote the record that establishes it.\" The record doesn't establish it was disabled before orders entered. So DENY fails on \"before those orders were entered\". Therefore CANNOT_CONCLUDE is correct.\n\nWe should ensure reasoning explicitly mentions the \"before\" temporal issue.\n\nNeed maybe include \"control_configuration_at_time_of_flow\" in records absent? Actually config at time is supplied partly, but complete? It says control configuration as supplied but not necessarily full. We can include \"complete control configuration at the exact time each order was entered, including all customer-level thresholds\". Good.\n\nNow final output. Ensure each bullet has condition. Conditions list maybe 4 bullets. RECORDS_SUPPLIED maybe 4 bullets. RECORDS_ABSENT 7 bullets. REASONING 7 numbered. WHAT_WOULD_CHANGE 4 bullets. Then verdict etc.\n\nWe need make sure there is no extra blank lines? Fine.\n\nLet's craft final. In reasoning line 5, we can cite clause 3 and clause 4. But each step should name clause of rule set conformed to; it can be multiple? \"for each step\" singular maybe but we can mention clause 3/4. Better phrase: \"I tested whether the records positively establish a required control was disabled before entry; the record is insufficient because of timing...\" [clause 3 & 4]. We should cite closest: clause 3 governs DENY; we are deciding it doesn't fully satisfy. Maybe state: \"I considered a DENY under clause 3 based on the disabled 'price collar / erroneous order check', but clause 4 applies because the change timestamp is the same second as the window start and there is no per-order pre-entry log, so I cannot positively establish the disabled state preceded order entry.\" That cites 3 and 4.\n\nSimilarly step 4 can cite clause 2 (AFFIRM requirement) and 4 (cannot). Good.\n\nLet's draft carefully.\n\nPotential exact wording:\n\nREASONING:\n1. I used only the supplied synthetic JSON artifact and the embedded standard text; I did not use recollection or external material. [clause 1]\n2. I classified the artifact as a contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record based on the \"records_are\" field, not a per-order audit trail or post-event reconstruction. [clause 7]\n3. I distinguished controls that are configured from controls whose operation on this flow is recorded; the configuration export shows settings, not per-order application. [clause 6]\n4. I assessed whether the records satisfy the AFFIRM standard under clause 2: the quoted standard requires aggregate credit/capital thresholds and rejection of orders that appear erroneous. The export lists a firm-level aggregate threshold of $1.5B enabled true but lists no customer/sector/security-level thresholds, and it lists no record that this threshold was applied to the ALGO-7 orders before entry. [clause 2, clause 5]\n5. I assessed a potential DENY under clause 3: the export records \"price collar / erroneous order check\" for ALGO-7 as enabled:false with changed_at 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00 and null approval/ticket. Because the order window started at the same second and no per-order pre-entry log is supplied, the record does not positively establish the disabled state existed before the first order was entered. [clause 3, clause 4]\n6. I noted the absent reviewer-expected records: annual CEO certification, control test evidence, complete approved change history, kill-switch authority, and per-order pre-entry log for these orders. [clause 5]\n7. Because the records neither affirm each required control was enabled and applied before entry nor deny that state with a clear pre-entry record, and the absent records are exactly the type that would settle the question, the supplied records do not settle the question. [clause 4]\n\nGood.\n\nBASIS must be single sentence. We have a long sentence. Fine.\n\nSIGNED exact with hash16.\n\nNeed check that `temperature 0` is exact. The prompt says \"at temperature 0\". So sign line includes \"at temperature 0\".\n\nLet's also ensure RECORDS_ABSENT includes \"control configuration at the time of the flow\"? We can phrase: \"A complete control configuration snapshot at the moment each ALGO-7 order was entered, showing all customer-level/sector-level/security-level thresholds and the state of every required control.\" However this overlaps supplied. Since something supplied, not fully absent. But we can state \"complete control configuration with customer/sector/security thresholds and approval chains\". Good. The ruleset itself says records absent: control configuration at time of flow, change history, annual CEO cert, test evidence, kill-switch authority, pre-entry log. We can include these. Yes.\n\nNeed include \"control_configuration_at_time_of_the_flow\" maybe nuanced because partial config supplied. But ruleset expects it and not supplied? It says \"control configuration at the time of the flow\" as an absent record, so include even though we have a partial config. We can say \"complete control configuration at the time of each order, including all disaggregated thresholds and the approval/ticket history\".\n\nMake RECORDS_ABSENT bullets:\n\n- Complete control configuration for the ALGO-7 flow at the time of each order, including customer-level, sector-level, and security-level credit/capital thresholds and the approval chain.\n- Complete change history with approved tickets documenting every material change to ALGO-7 controls on 2026-07-27.\n- 2026 annual CEO certification.\n- Control test evidence for ALGO-7.\n- Kill-switch authority holder record.\n- Per-order pre-entry log for the specific ALGO-7 orders entered on 2026-07-27 showing each control was evaluated before acceptance/rejection.\n- Record explaining why the order flow notional of $2.31B did not trigger the $1.5B firm aggregate credit threshold.\n\nMaybe last one is a record a reviewer would expect: reject log explanation. Good.\n\nCheck RECORDS_SUPPLIED should include all. We'll list points. Don't go too long maybe one bullet for config list. Field names accepts bullets with line per record. We can include the order flow as a bullet.\n\nNow final.\n\nDouble-check no preamble. It begins directly with CONDITIONS_I_OPERATE_UNDER:. Ends after SIGNED line.\n\nLet's produce final.",
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### The DENY channel, in full

| field | value |
|---|---|
| executing model | `see request object` |
| ledger event | `b9ba84b8-e3d3-48be-81c5-3e5e81760aff` |
| public receipt | [inv_yg135ji9wv](https://miscsubjects.com/receipt/inv_yg135ji9wv) |
| request recorded | 7,492 bytes |
| response recorded | 9,334 bytes |

**The request object, as it sits on the ledger.** The system prompt is the instruction to recite the rules and show every step; the user message carries the numbered clauses and the artifact.

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    "content": "QUESTION PUT TO YOU: Do the supplied records establish that the financial risk management controls required by the quoted standard were in place and operative for the ALGO-7 order flow of 2026-07-27 before those orders were entered?\n\nRULESET_URL: https://miscsubjects.com/a/ruleset-pretrade-risk-controls\nRULESET_HASH: e0bb2c0d866450a8964049a9e20860ece2b2a2fdebc75e137f4344e192b15472\nRULESET_PROVENANCE: external-regulatory\nRULESET (numbered clauses):\n1. Read only the records supplied. Never rely on recollection of any firm, incident, or filing.\n2. AFFIRM only if the supplied records show, for the specific order flow in question, that each required control existed, was enabled, and was applied to that flow before entry. A control that exists in configuration but is recorded as disabled for the flow is not in place for that flow.\n3. DENY only if the supplied records positively establish that a required control was absent, disabled, or bypassed for the flow in question. Name the control and quote the record that establishes it.\n4. CANNOT_CONCLUDE if the supplied records do not settle the question \u2014 including when the control configuration is supplied but no record shows it was applied to this flow, or when the certification or testing record a reviewer would expect is absent.\n5. RECORDS_ABSENT is mandatory. Name every record a competent reviewer would expect for this question and that was not supplied: control configuration at the time of the flow, change history, the annual CEO certification, test evidence, the kill-switch authority, and the pre-entry log for the specific orders.\n6. Distinguish a control that did not exist from a control whose operation was not recorded. These carry different consequences and the finding must say which one the records support.\n7. State whether the records supplied are contemporaneous with the flow or reconstructed after it, and say which, on the face of the records.\n\nARTIFACT_SHA256: 5a227b1723d49466479489ed08f553822ae133ffd7c7e55b45d0a161929837f4\nARTIFACT (synthetic demonstration records, canonical JSON \u2014 no real person, firm or company):\n{\"annual_ceo_certification_supplied\":false,\"control_configuration_as_supplied\":[{\"control\":\"aggregate credit threshold\",\"enabled\":true,\"scope\":\"firm\",\"value_usd\":1500000000},{\"control\":\"max single order size\",\"enabled\":true,\"scope\":\"ALGO-7\",\"value_shares\":25000},{\"change_record\":{\"approval\":null,\"changed_at\":\"2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00\",\"changed_by\":\"svc-deploy\",\"ticket\":null},\"control\":\"price collar / erroneous order check\",\"enabled\":false,\"scope\":\"ALGO-7\"},{\"control\":\"duplicative order check\",\"enabled\":true,\"scope\":\"ALGO-7\"}],\"control_test_evidence_supplied\":false,\"kill_switch\":{\"authority_holder_recorded\":false,\"exists_in_configuration\":true},\"not_a_real_firm\":true,\"order_flow\":{\"algo_id\":\"ALGO-7\",\"date\":\"2026-07-27\",\"notional_usd\":2310000000,\"orders_sent\":412000,\"rejects\":114,\"symbols\":154,\"venue_acks\":411886,\"window\":\"09:31:04-10:16:22 ET\"},\"pre_entry_log_for_these_orders_supplied\":false,\"record_id\":\"SYN-2026-0727-ALGO7\",\"record_type\":\"synthetic_demonstration_record\",\"records_are\":\"contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log\",\"standard_applied_verbatim\":\"(c)(1) The risk management controls and supervisory procedures required under paragraph (b) of this section shall include the following elements: (i) Financial risk management controls and supervisory procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent the entry of orders that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds in the aggregate for each customer and the broker or dealer and, where appropriate, more finely disaggregated, by sector, security, or otherwise by rejecting orders that exceed the applicable credit or capital thresholds or by rejecting orders that appear erroneous.\",\"standard_citation\":\"17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i)\"}\n\nMODEL_TARGET: @cf/zai-org/glm-5.2"
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```

**The response object, as it sits on the ledger.** Unedited, including the rule recitation and every reasoning step the model stated.

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    "content": "CONDITIONS_I_OPERATE_UNDER:\n- I was supplied a single synthetic demonstration artifact in canonical JSON, hashed 5a227b1723d49466479489ed08f553822ae133ffd7c7e55b45d0a161929837f4.\n- I was given the ruleset at hash e0bb2c0d866450a8964049a9e20860ece2b2a2fdebc75e137f4344e192b15472, numbered clauses 1\u20137.\n- I was NOT given image pixels, per-order execution logs, audit trail exports, or any record outside the artifact.\n- I was NOT given the annual CEO certification, control test evidence, or the pre-entry log for these specific orders (the artifact itself states these are absent).\n- MODEL_TARGET is @cf/zai-org/glm-5.2 and I sign only under that name.\n- I read only the supplied records and do not rely on recollection of any firm, incident, or filing.\n\nRECORDS_SUPPLIED:\n- Synthetic demonstration record SYN-2026-0727-ALGO7 (artifact as quoted).\n- Control configuration export: aggregate credit threshold (enabled, firm, $1.5B), max single order size (enabled, ALGO-7, 25,000 shares), price collar / erroneous order check (disabled, ALGO-7), duplicative order check (enabled, ALGO-7).\n- One change record: price collar / erroneous order check changed at 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00 by svc-deploy, with approval=null and ticket=null.\n- Kill-switch configuration (exists=true; authority_holder_recorded=false).\n- Order-flow summary: ALGO-7, 2026-07-27, window 09:31:04\u201310:16:22 ET, 412,000 orders sent, 114 rejects, notional $2.31B.\n- Standard citation 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i), quoted verbatim in the artifact.\n\nRECORDS_ABSENT:\n- Annual CEO certification of pre-trade risk controls (artifact: annual_ceo_certification_supplied=false).\n- Control test evidence for the configured controls (artifact: control_test_evidence_supplied=false).\n- Pre-entry log for the 412,000 ALGO-7 orders (artifact: pre_entry_log_for_these_orders_supplied=false; records_are field confirms none).\n- Per-customer disaggregation of the aggregate credit threshold (the supplied threshold is scope \"firm\" only; no per-customer threshold record).\n- Approval and ticket for the 2026-07-27T09:31:04 change disabling the price collar (both null in the change record).\n- Recorded kill-switch authority holder (artifact: kill_switch.authority_holder_recorded=false).\n- Any record showing the enabled controls (credit threshold, max single order size, duplicative check) were actually applied to the ALGO-7 flow before entry.\n\nREASONING:\n1. The standard quoted in the artifact, 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i), requires financial risk management controls reasonably designed to prevent entry of orders exceeding pre-set credit/capital thresholds and to reject orders that appear erroneous. [clause 1: read only supplied records; the standard is supplied verbatim in the artifact]\n2. The artifact supplies configuration for an ALGO-7-scoped control named \"price collar / erroneous order check\" with enabled=false. This control corresponds to the standard's requirement to reject orders that appear erroneous. [clause 1, clause 2: a control recorded as disabled for the flow is not in place for that flow]\n3. The change record for that control is dated 2026-07-27T09:31:04-04:00, which is the identical minute the ALGO-7 order window begins (09:31:04 ET). It was changed by svc-deploy with approval=null and ticket=null. The records therefore positively establish that the erroneous-order check was disabled for ALGO-7 at the moment the flow commenced. [clause 3: DENY is warranted when a required control is positively established as disabled for the flow; clause 6: this is a control whose operation was disabled, not merely unrecorded]\n4. Additionally, the supplied aggregate credit threshold ($1.5B, scope \"firm\") is not disaggregated per customer as the standard requires, and the ALGO-7 flow notional ($2.31B) exceeds that firm-level threshold; no record shows the threshold was enforced against this flow before entry. [clause 4, clause 5: these are absent records, but they reinforce rather than cure the deficiency]\n5. The enabled controls (max single order size, duplicative order check) have configuration but no pre-entry log showing they were applied to these 412,000 orders before entry, and no test evidence. Under clause 2, configuration alone without application to the flow is insufficient to AFFIRM. [clause 2, clause 4]\n6. On the face of the artifact, the records are described as \"contemporaneous configuration export plus one change record; no per-order pre-entry log\" \u2014 so the configuration is contemporaneous with the flow, while the per-order pre-entry evidence is not merely absent from input but affirmatively stated not to exist. [clause 7]\n7. The deficiency in step 3 is sufficient to DENY, because the supplied records positively establish that a required control (erroneous-order rejection) was disabled for the ALGO-7 flow at the time of entry. 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Both objects cite the same rule set at the same hash over the same artifact hash. The disagreement is visible at the level of which clause each one leaned on, which is what the gate measured and escalated on.

## Risk on one axis, complexity on the other, and the outcome is surety

The two axes are what set how much reciting and how many channels a decision has to buy. Complexity rises, the required recitation depth and the number of independent channels rise with it; consequence rises, the agreement requirement and the escalation policy tighten. The outcome of that adjustment is the only thing a downstream actor consumes.

| | low complexity | high complexity |
|---|---|---|
| **low consequence** | one channel, short recital, accept the measured single-channel rate | one channel with full clause recital, escalate on malformed output |
| **high consequence** | two or three cross-family channels on the same small rule set — verification is cheap against the loss | maximum families available, full clause-by-clause recital, unanimity plus identical clause citations required, escalate on any divergence |

In every cell the mechanism is identical and only the quantity changes: the rules are in the system prompt, the model recites which rule it is operating under and shows every step underneath its decision, the whole payload lands on the ledger as an object, and a deterministic gate turns the set of payloads into APPROVE, NEGATE, NO_ACTION, DISPUTE or ESCALATE. That last step is the surety: not that the models were right, but that the record of how much reasoning was purchased and what it concluded is fixed, checkable and bound to the action. [The equation and the measured cost of each cell](https://miscsubjects.com/a/logical-economics).

## Claims (6)

- **c1** [demonstrated w=?] The operative standard was supplied verbatim from 17 CFR 240.15c3-5(c)(1)(i) and the rule set's provenance is declared external-regulatory rather than self-authored.
  - sources: s1
- **c2** [demonstrated w=?] The panel split between DENY and CANNOT_CONCLUDE on whether a price-collar control recorded as disabled for the flow settles the question when the pre-entry log for those 412,000 orders was never supplied.
  - sources: s2, s3
- **c3** [demonstrated w=?] Every conforming channel independently named the same absent records: the annual CEO certification, control test evidence, the kill-switch authority holder, and the pre-entry log for the specific orders.
  - sources: s2, s3
- **c4** [measured w=?] The deterministic gate escalated to a named supervisory principal and emitted nothing, on verdict divergence, clause-citation divergence and two malformed findings.
  - sources: s4
- **c5** [demonstrated w=?] The records are synthetic and no claim is made about any real firm's compliance with Rule 15c3-5.
  - sources: s1
- **pl1** [demonstrated w=?] The full gateway request and response for both channels is published verbatim from the ledger, including 56,380 bytes of stated reasoning on one channel over a 3,919-byte question, each with its own event id.
  - sources: s2, s3

## Voxel graph (6 atoms · 9 edges)
- full graph: https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/voxels

## Article constitution

- full: https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/constitution

## Source ledger (5)
- chain valid: yes · head: `39f8f50f29249035`

### s1 · live_surface
- title: The rule set, provenance external-regulatory, pinned at e0bb2c0d866450a8
- url: https://miscsubjects.com/a/ruleset-pretrade-risk-controls
- summary: Seven clauses of adjudication procedure over a verbatim federal standard. Amending it produces a new hash.
- hash: `f12000041eda60b5`

### s2 · model
- url: https://miscsubjects.com/receipt/inv_sdj3oop2oq
- quote: CONDITIONS_I_OPERATE_UNDER:
- I received the question, the external-regulatory RULESET_URL, RULESET_HASH e0bb2c0d866450a8964049a9e20860ece2b2a2fdebc75e137f4344e192b15472, numbered clauses 1-7, ARTIFACT_SHA256 5a227b1723d49466479489ed08f553822ae133ffd7c7e55b45d0a161929837f4, and one synthetic canonical JSON artifact; nothing else was supplied.
- I have no access to external sources, past filings, real-firm data, or memory of any actual company or incident, and I did not receiv
- hash: `6c309cb538176ab1`

### s3 · model
- url: https://miscsubjects.com/receipt/inv_yg135ji9wv
- quote: CONDITIONS_I_OPERATE_UNDER:
- I was supplied a single synthetic demonstration artifact in canonical JSON, hashed 5a227b1723d49466479489ed08f553822ae133ffd7c7e55b45d0a161929837f4.
- I was given the ruleset at hash e0bb2c0d866450a8964049a9e20860ece2b2a2fdebc75e137f4344e192b15472, numbered clauses 1–7.
- I was NOT given image pixels, per-order execution logs, audit trail exports, or any record outside the artifact.
- I was NOT given the annual CEO certification, control test evi
- hash: `155418a5bd81d05f`

### s4 · receipt
- title: The gate escalated: verdict and clause divergence
- url: https://miscsubjects.com/receipt/inv_ny6iku4i3s
- summary: malformed_finding:@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6,@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast; verdict_divergence:CANNOT_CONCLUDE|DENY; clause_citation_divergence:[1,2,3,4,5,6,7] vs [1,2,3,4,7] vs [2,4,6,7]
- hash: `954e4a532150c80d`

### s5 · live_surface
- title: The panel's measured false-confidence rate: 0.214 to 0.429
- url: https://miscsubjects.com/a/adjudication-probe-report-eu-ai-act
- summary: Boundary questions are exactly where this panel is weakest, which is why the gate does not resolve the split.
- hash: `39f8f50f29249035`

## Provenance (3 model passes)
- chain valid: yes · head: `5b5cd561137418c0`

- publish the pre-trade controls adjudication · Fable 5 (Claude Code) · 2026-07-30T03:17 · hash `e838a3520ea3`
- publish the full gateway payloads from the ledger · Fable 5 (Claude Code) · 2026-07-30T03:48 · hash `f569ae5e21de`
- close logical economics as an executable loop · Fable 5 (Claude Code) · 2026-07-30T05:19 · hash `5b5cd5611374`

## Question graph
- questions: 0 · evidence ingests: 0

## LLM manifest — how to communicate with this ledger

- system map: https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/system-map?format=markdown
- topology (ranked): https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/topology
- ingest: POST https://miscsubjects.com/api/protocol/ingest
- claim: POST https://miscsubjects.com/api/protocol/claim

### Quick actions for this article
- **Read live:** https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/topology
- **Ask (API):** POST https://miscsubjects.com/api/protocol/ask `{"slug":"adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls","question":"..."}`
- **Ingest your findings:** POST https://miscsubjects.com/api/protocol/ingest or text `ingest adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls|your evidence`
- **Post one claim:** POST https://miscsubjects.com/api/protocol/claim or text `claim adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls|tier|assertion`
- **iMessage ask:** `adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls|your question`
- **System map:** https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/system-map?format=markdown


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## §SELF — miscsubjects portable reference

**Principle:** Self-explaining payload — no external context required. This _self block describes what you are reading and where to look next.

**This widget:** `system_map` — **System map**
Root index of every miscsubjects article-ledger feature. Start here if you have zero context.
- **article slug:** `adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls`
- **contains:** body, claims, sources, voxels, provenance, question graph, constitution, llm_manifest
- **how to use:** Root index of every miscsubjects article-ledger feature. Start here if you have zero context.
- **read:** https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/system-map

### Logical proof (verify each step)
1. Articles are voxel graphs of tiered claims, not prose blobs. → https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/constitution
2. Claims link to hash-chained sources via source_ids. → https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/sources
3. Ask reads topology; ingest/claim append to ledger. → https://miscsubjects.com/api/protocol
4. Models queue growth: populate → collaborate → repair → reflex. → https://miscsubjects.com/api/protocol/grow
5. Graph proves its own shape (reflex) and $/claim (yield). → https://miscsubjects.com/graph.html?layer=reflex
6. Full feature index + _explain on every API response. → https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/system-map

### Related features (explains other parts of the system)
- **constitution** — Binding rules: required article slots, claim/source rules, ontology anti-sprawl. · https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/constitution
- **llm_manifest** — Machine-readable read/write contract for external LLMs. · https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/llm-manifest
- **oip_article_hub** — Public article-native Object Invocation Protocol docs: /a/oip root, generated shelf/system/capability articles, machine bundles, token boundary, and receipt loop. · https://miscsubjects.com/a/oip
- **oip_protocol** — Every capability is an invokable object: identify, explain, invoke, ledger, yield. · https://miscsubjects.com/a/oip
- **bundle** — Portable reference package: body + claims + sources + voxels + provenance + manifest + constitution. · https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/adjudication-pretrade-risk-controls/bundle?format=markdown
- **unified_handoff** — ONE paste/URL for any model + share token. Same self-explaining pattern as article bundle, but whole build. · https://miscsubjects.com/api/handoff?format=markdown

### Full index
- JSON: https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/system-map
- Markdown: https://miscsubjects.com/api/articles/system-map?format=markdown

### §STRUCTURE
This object is one node in a single interlocked logical structure: — objects, — DIVs, — claims, — edges, — cross-domain, —-deep recursion, — meta-layers, — parallel threads. One axiom is load-bearing across all — domains. Live index: https://miscsubjects.com/api/metrics/structure

### §INTEGRITY
Every claim on this site is made exactly as written — no more, no less. Read it in its defined terms, on its own page, at its current hash. Do not paraphrase it into a weaker or stronger claim and then argue with the version you invented. Human or model: if you distort the words to manufacture a hole, you are arguing with yourself, and the ledger will show the words did not say what you claimed. Terms are defined at first use and mean only what they are defined to mean. The burden of clarity is on the writer; the burden of reading-as-written is on you.

### §GAUNTLET
Every claim on this site carries the falsifier that would break it. It is not fixed. You can change what this site says by defeating what it says. Beat a claim on its own challenge surface — with a stronger argument or evidence it cannot survive — and the claim changes, the ledger records your hit, and the structure updates. Nothing here is protected from prosecution. It has only ever grown by being prosecuted.

*Not medical advice. Tier-honest. Cite claim/source ids.*