{"id":4575,"date":"2023-04-13T08:43:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T08:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosperity.newai.com.au\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2025-04-13T10:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T10:45:07","slug":"the-phantom-trades-investigating-unexplained-order-execution-anomalies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosperity.newai.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/04\/13\/the-phantom-trades-investigating-unexplained-order-execution-anomalies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Phantom Trades: Investigating Unexplained Order Execution Anomalies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4575\" class=\"elementor elementor-4575\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa6925d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa6925d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df384d6\" data-id=\"df384d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f51427 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f51427\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.7 - 03-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>After reaching 6,000+ in the tutorial round, I hit a wall &#8211; none of my attempted improvements made progress. While stuck, I stumbled upon a deeply puzzling phenomenon while reviewing log files.<\/p>\n<p>When trading bananas, I noticed something bizarre: despite having standing orders in the market, other bots kept executing trades at worse prices while bypassing mine. For example:<\/p>\n<p>\u2981 At time n, I placed an ask order (10@4987)<\/p>\n<p>\u2981 At time n+1, the trade logs (state.mkt_trades) showed two bananas traded at 4988<\/p>\n<p>\u2981 Yet my 10@4987 order remained completely unfilled<\/p>\n<p>This defies logic: per the wiki&#8217;s rules, my orders should have infinite execution speed, meaning no trades should occur at worse prices (4988) while my better-priced order (4987) remains unexecuted.<\/p>\n<p>This anomaly raises critical questions:<\/p>\n<p>1. Are there hidden priority rules beyond price-time?<\/p>\n<p>2. Could there be latency or batch processing effects?<\/p>\n<p>3. Is there a &#8220;hidden order book&#8221; not reflected in the public data?<\/p>\n<p>The discovery suggests either:<\/p>\n<p>\u2981 A fundamental misunderstanding of the matching engine<\/p>\n<p>\u2981 Undocumented market mechanics<\/p>\n<p>\u2981 Potential bugs in the simulation<\/p>\n<p>While frustrating, this mystery might hold the key to breaking through the 6,000 barrier &#8211; if I can decode why &#8220;phantom trades&#8221; bypass my orders.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After reaching 6,000+ in the tutorial round, I hit a wall &#8211; none of my attempted improvements made progress. While stuck, I stumbled upon a deeply puzzling phenomenon while reviewing log files. 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