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Add cost and slippage stress scenarios to validation reports #63

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Context: the Awesome AI Trading Research full-text review included this caveat:

Linear transaction cost model may be optimistic for larger portfolios.

Goal: add a documented stress-test layer around transaction costs and slippage, so public validation reports can show how fragile a result is under less optimistic execution assumptions.

Suggested scope:

  • keep the current linear cost model as the default baseline;
  • add optional stress scenarios, such as higher bps, turnover-linked cost, liquidity haircut, or capped participation assumptions;
  • report net metrics side by side with clear labels;
  • document which assumptions are simple research stress tests rather than live execution models;
  • add tests for cost accounting units and monotonicity where applicable.

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Acceptance criteria:

  • A validation report can include at least one non-default cost/slippage stress scenario.
  • Documentation keeps the model boundary explicit.
  • Tests prevent unit confusion between daily, cumulative, and annualized cost drag.

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