The Solana cost-dominance gate, explained

A focused breakdown of the cost-dominance gate strategy, what it triggers on, and where the gates apply.

what is the cost-dominance gate?

The cost-dominance gate is one of the strategies the MicroEdge scanner runs against every observation in real time. Different markets and conditions favor different strategies — running all of them in parallel surfaces opportunities that any single strategy would miss.

when does it fire?

The cost-dominance gate requires multiple supporting signals to align. False positives are expensive; missing real opportunities is forgivable. The gate is set such that ≥70% of raw firings get rejected before reaching subscribers.

code-level breakdown

// observation → score → reject → classify → alert
const score = costdominancegateScore(obs, baseline);
const rej = evaluateRejections({ obs, ageMs, baselinePriceChange1m, ... });
if (isHardRejected(rej)) return null;
if (!costDominancePasses(strategy, score, size)) return null;
if (!payoffViabilityPasses(strategy, tp, sl)) return null;
return { classification: classify(score), suggestedSize: sizeFor(...) };

common edge cases

• Liquidity drops while the pattern fires — gate refuses
• Move already vertical when detected — late-chase penalty drops score
• Fake volume from wash trading — unique buyer floor refuses
• Pool too new (<5 min old) — new-pool age filter refuses
• Cost-dominance fail at $1 trade size — refuses regardless of score

live signal feed

The last 24 hours of fired alerts (across all strategies) is public at /signals.html. cost-dominance gate alerts will be tagged by strategy in that feed.