desk-tick ยท diff
git:20261025.d1e71aa to git:20261025.1f69430
6 added, 4 removed. Audit A to A.
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name: desk-tick
- description: One tick of a desk's trading loop on pathiel, for the desk id given as the argument (oil, metals, ai, gas). Slot check here, then the desk-tick agent (Opus 5.5, medium effort) runs sweep, levels, brief, one decision, one log line. Run on a schedule with /loop 15m /desk-tick oil. Live money on the pathiel wallet.
+ description: One tick of a desk's trading loop on pathiel, for the desk id given as the argument (oil, metals, ai, gas). Slot check here, then the desk-tick agent (Opus 5.5, medium effort) runs sweep, levels, brief, one decision, one log line. Run on a schedule with /loop 1h /desk-tick oil. Live money on the pathiel wallet.
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# desk-tick $ARGUMENTS
One tick for desk `$ARGUMENTS` (default `oil` if empty). Two parts: the slot
check runs here because it is one script call, and the tick itself runs in
- the `desk-tick` agent so the session's own model is not spent on a
- 15-minute loop (operator, 2026-10-25: "fable is valuable and the tick is
- eating my usage").
+ the `desk-tick` agent so the session's own model is not spent on the loop
+ (operator, 2026-10-25: "fable is valuable and the tick is eating my
+ usage"). The loop is hourly since 2026-10-25 ("change the strategy to
+ hourly, keep leverage at 20x"); every decision reads the last closed 1h
+ candle.
1. **Slot first.** `python3 scripts/desk_slot.py --desk $ARGUMENTS`.
If `slot` is `held` and `mine` is false, another desk's coin holds the
account's one slot: append
`DESK-TICK $ARGUMENTS <utc> action=SKIP slot held by <holder>` to
`/tmp/oil-loop/progress.log`, print it, and STOP. No agent, no MCP calls.
The desk that holds the slot is the only desk that ticks (operator rule,
2026-10-23).
2. **Otherwise launch the agent.** Agent tool, `subagent_type` `desk-tick`,
prompt `DESK: $ARGUMENTS`. Do not run the tick steps yourself and do not
launch more than one agent per tick. The agent file
(`.claude/agents/desk-tick.md`) carries the whole procedure and its hard
rules.
3. **Relay.** Print the agent's log line. Report to Julien only when
something changed (PLACED, CANCELLED, CLOSED, NONE, an uncovered
position, a tool error): one sentence with the numbers. A HOLD tick is
the log line only.
If the agent fails to launch or returns no log line, append
`DESK-TICK $ARGUMENTS <utc> action=NONE agent did not run` to the log and
say so.