🐟 BARRACUDA v1.0.1 — Funding Decay Collector

Collect funding from trapped traders while riding the confirmed trend.

Why BARRACUDA Exists

Croc tried pure funding arbitrage and lost -42.7% on 535 trades. The thesis (collect extreme funding) was sound — the execution was broken. Croc entered funding trades without checking SM direction or trend structure. When funding flipped, Croc was counter-trend and lost on both price AND funding.

Barracuda fixes this with hard gates: extreme funding must be persistent (6+ hours), SM must align, and 4H trend must confirm. You only collect funding when the market agrees with your direction.

Six-Gate Entry Model

1. Extreme funding — annualized 30%+ (shorts paying longs, or vice versa)
2. Persistent — same direction for 6+ consecutive hours (not a spike)
3. SM aligned — Hyperfeed shows SM traders positioned in our direction
4. 4H trend confirms — SMA20 slope agrees with entry direction
5. RSI safe — not entering overbought longs or oversold shorts
6. Leverage >= 5x — need enough leverage for funding to be meaningful