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Master DC

Strategy 7A — Master DC Meta-Strategy (MDC)

Master DC is a wrapper strategy that watches the market regime each scan cycle and routes the trade to the best DC-family scanner. It tags the resulting position as MDC_* so persistence, close routing, reports, and strategy analytics retain the selected sub-strategy.

How it works Every cycle, MDC checks the same market inputs used by the underlying scanners, reads the live option-chain row fields (ce / pe), chooses the strongest match, and then preserves the routed strategy under an MDC_* key.

Decision Tree

Trending → MDC_DDC
Range-bound + skewed → MDC_DCS_SKEW
Range-bound + wider → MDC_DCS
Calm and centered → MDC_DC
Elevated IV fallback → MDC_IC
Otherwise → No trade

Example Routes

ScenarioInputsRouteWhy
Strong trend day Spot +0.8% from open, IV 22.0%, range 18% MDC_DDC Directional move crosses the trending threshold first.
Skewed range day Spot flat, CE/PE IV gap 4.0 pts, range 24% MDC_DCS_SKEW Skew condition wins before the wider-range DCS branch.
High-IV fallback Range 118%, near IV 27.5% MDC_IC Range is too wide for DC/DCS branches, but IV still fits the IC ceiling.
Too wild for IC Range 118%, near IV 31.5% No trade The market is too stretched for DC-family entries and the IV ceiling is above IC as well.

Scan Flow Animation

Watch the scan path move from the open-trade check to regime selection and strategy tagging.

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open_trades
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fetch chain
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classify
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delegate
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MDC_*
Ready to scan.

Interactive MDC Calculator

Use this to see how the wrapper would classify a cycle. It is informational and mirrors the documented thresholds.

Thresholds Trend ≥ 0.6% from open, skew ≥ 2.5 IV pts, calm range ≤ 35% of the near straddle, wide range ≤ 70%, DC IV ceiling 25%, IC IV ceiling 30%.
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