the engine self-agent · strategies
twelve strategies · plus one virtual
the engine ships twelve user-facing strategies and one virtual reconciler. each strategy declares a tier (free / pro / scale) per ADR-114 and a thesis. paper-default, live operator-gated. 9 of the 12 currently exposed via the public MCP at getzero.dev/mcp · zero_list_strategies.
live · what the public engine exposes today
| strategy | type | cost | risk | hold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
momentum | ||||
degen | ||||
defense | ||||
sniper | ||||
watch | ||||
scout | ||||
fade | ||||
funding | ||||
apex |
twelve user-facing strategies
| strategy | tier | thesis | state |
|---|---|---|---|
momentum | free | enter with the trend on confirmed expansion · ride · exit on reversal | enabled |
meanrev | free | fade overextensions back to the mean inside a defined range | enabled |
breakout | free | trade the resolution of consolidation with measured volatility | enabled |
hedge | pro | offset directional exposure on regime shift · paper-default | enabled |
scalp | pro | micro-window setups · tight stops · rapid turnover | enabled |
swing | pro | multi-day positioning around structural levels | enabled |
carry | pro | hold positions where funding pays · let funding compound | enabled |
trend | pro | pyramid into established trends · scale out on exhaustion | enabled |
defense | pro | risk-off · close into liquidity · reduce exposure | enabled |
liquidation | scale | opportunistic entries on liquidation cascades | enabled |
rotation | scale | rotate exposure between coins on relative strength shifts | enabled |
arb | scale | cross-venue or cross-instrument arbitrage when edge is durable | enabled |
virtual
| strategy | tier | thesis |
|---|---|---|
reconciled orphan | free | virtual · absorbs unattributed positions on reconcile · never opens |
tier vocabulary · ADR-114
tiers are free (3 strategies) · pro (6 strategies) · scale (3 strategies). the legacy "constitutional" tier was retired on 2026-05-11; the brand book's acid color now belongs exclusively to the acid-signal primitive.