Settlement is not the same as a signal fill

A futures result needs a precise boundary between publication, execution, exit, and settlement.

The boundary buyers miss

A signal can be published before a contract moves, filled later at a different price, and marked against a settlement convention that is not the same as the trader’s actual exit. Those are separate events. A buyer should not let a provider use the word “result” without clarifying which event the number describes.

What the record should show

For each call, record the publication time, entry level, stop, target, exit time, exit level, and the rule used to mark an open trade. If a position remains open at the end of a reporting period, it should be labelled open or marked-to-market, not silently treated as a closed winner.

How to use the test

A pre-outcome cryptographic receipt helps establish that the call’s fields were fixed before the move. It does not establish that every subscriber received the same fill. That is why the evidence ladder needs both provenance and an honest execution caveat.

Bottom line

This site ranks checkability, not guaranteed execution. The reader still has to account for spread, queue position, latency, contract liquidity, and the difference between a published signal and a completed order.

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