# Backtest baseline — commit fb1f95d

Reference outputs of `backtest/gpu_backtest.py` for XAU/USD, window
2025-08-04 → 2026-08-04, 4 primary TFs × spreads 0.30/0.65.
Captured by `scripts/capture_baseline.py`; verify with
`venv/bin/python scripts/compare_baseline.py` (re-runs every command and
byte-diffs the outputs, PASS/FAIL per file).

Per run dir: `trades.csv` (full book), `summary.txt` (backtester stdout),
`equity.csv` + `metrics.json` (derived from the book). Those four are
byte-compared. `run.log` is the backtester's stderr — timestamped, kept
for provenance only, never compared.

`manifest.json` records the exact argv per run, sha256 of every input
parquet and output file, backend, tool versions, and the non-secret
config inputs that alter results. Input data must come from
`backtest/cache/` — if those parquets change, comparisons are no longer
attributable to code changes and the compare script aborts.