Asset classes
04
crypto perps, equity perps, real equities, FX
REI units
09 active
3 trading, 6 intelligence / review
Governance layers
10
deterministic, pure math, no AI
Invariant rules
42
primordials anchored across units
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REI LABS Reasoning engine · REI Core 0.5a

01What STRATA is

STRATA is not a trading bot. It is a research and execution-governance platform that runs autonomously across four asset classes — crypto perpetuals, equity and commodity perpetuals, real equities, and FX. The system is built around a single architectural principle: the AI generates proposals; deterministic logic decides what actually executes.

The reasoning engine is REI Core 0.5a, developed by REI Labs — a hypergraph traversal engine, not a large language model. Ecliptica integrates REI Core as STRATA's reasoning layer and builds the multi-asset product and deterministic governance around it. Ten governance gates — Portfolio Manager, Entry State Machine, Risk Brake, Profit Ladder, Price Sentinel, and five more — sit below every AI decision and can approve, reduce, or reject regardless of AI conviction.

Core principle AI proposes, deterministic systems dispose. Research is commoditized; execution governance is the edge.

02Audience paths

This documentation serves three audiences. Choose your path.

For complete architecture detail, see architecture. For the full unit inventory and teaching-infrastructure reference, see units.

03System at a glance

STRATA runs an eight-layer stack. Data flows top-to-bottom; governance flows bottom-to-top. Every layer is independently observable and independently governed.

L1
Market data
Laevitas · Polygon · IB Gateway · Synoptic · Benzinga · Kimi OCR · CEX feeds
L2
News + research
News Unit (NRU) · EAU · Research Pipeline · Daily Recap · Digest Buffer
L3
Analyst
Theses · domain guidance · forward-looking scenarios · invalidation watchlists
L4
Trading units
IB Equity · HL Equity · V2 Crypto · FX (staged)
L5
Review units
ERU (equity review) · WVU (crypto review) · IB Equity Review
L6
Governance
Portfolio Manager · Entry SM · Profit Ladder · Risk Brake · Re-entry Controller · Exposure Graph · Price Sentinel
L7
Execution
TWAP · IOC · limit chase · Hyperliquid SDK · IB Gateway
L8
Forensics
Post-Trade Forensics · Performance Trackers · PM Replay

A full architecture reference, including the trading-cycle state machine and the teaching loop, is available in the architecture section.

04What compounds

>> Per-unit evolution
Each unit develops its own cognitive phenotype

REI Core evolves traversal parameters per unit via a genetic algorithm. Two units starting from the same config diverge over time into domain-specialized reasoners.

>> Persistent learning
Conceptual learning survives sessions

Patterns, principles, and relationships become inference nodes in the hypergraph. Reinforced knowledge strengthens; unreinforced knowledge fades.

>> Deterministic safety
Ten governance layers under every trade

Posture gate, exposure limits, entry-state machine, profit ladder, risk brake, re-entry controller, material-change controller, price sentinel, exposure graph, post-trade forensics.

>> Explicit correction
Errors improve the system

Every detected mistake generates a correction fed back into the relevant unit. Auto-corrections fire for invariant violations. Manual corrections adjust reasoning pathways.

05 Where to next
STRATA is the execution, sizing, and trade-expression layer.
Research is commoditized. Execution governance is the edge.

Fund audiences should continue to the edge. Operators should continue to how it works. LPs should continue to diligence.

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STRATA is in selective deployment with institutional counterparties. For allocator diligence, partnership inquiries, or licensing discussions, contact Ecliptica directly.