A real lobster's stomatogastric ganglion fires action potentials into
tungsten electrodes. Those spikes get filtered, classified, and wired
directly into a live BTC perpetuals bot on Hyperliquid.
No indicators. No model. Just a crustacean nervous system.
The stomatogastric ganglion (STG) is one of the most studied neural circuits in all of biology — and it happens to be perfect for this. It only has ~30 neurons, but they fire in clean, measurable rhythmic patterns that swing between two distinct states.
When Clawdius is in an active, excited state, the STG fires in rapid bursts — 14–20 Hz, burst score above 0.65. That's a LONG signal. When Clawdius is inhibited or resting, firing drops to 2–5 Hz with low burst activity. That's a SHORT.
The ganglion is dissected and kept alive ex vivo in cold oxygenated saline — it stays electrically active for up to 12 hours. More than enough market hours.
Every trade goes through a stateful risk engine before it touches the exchange.
| Parameter | Value | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Daily loss halt | 5% | All trading halts if account drops more than 5% in a session. Requires manual reset. |
| Stop loss | 2.5% | Position auto-closes if unrealized loss hits 2.5% from entry. Polled every loop tick. |
| Take profit | 5% | Position auto-closes when unrealized gain reaches 5%. Clawdius doesn't get greedy. |
| Trade cooldown | 300s | Minimum 5 minutes between consecutive trades. Prevents noise-driven overtrading. |
| Max position size | $500 | Hard cap on open notional. Default trade size is $50 per signal. Config-adjustable. |
| Min confidence | 60% | Classifier must be ≥60% confident before any order is placed. Ambiguous = HOLD. |