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+//! Paper trading pipeline integration test.
+//!
+//! Replays synthetic price data through the full pipeline:
+//! Feature extraction -> Ensemble -> TradeSignal -> PaperBroker -> PnL
+
+#![allow(unused_crate_dependencies)]
+#![allow(clippy::expect_used)]
+#![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+#![allow(clippy::panic)]
+#![allow(clippy::indexing_slicing)]
+
+use ml::dqn::dqn::DQNConfig;
+use ml::ensemble::adapters::dqn::DqnInferenceAdapter;
+use ml::ensemble::adapters::ppo::PpoInferenceAdapter;
+use ml::ensemble::inference_adapter::{FeatureVector, ModelInferenceAdapter};
+use ml::ensemble::inference_ensemble::InferenceEnsemble;
+use ml::ensemble::signal::TradeSignal;
+use ml::paper_trading::broker::PaperBroker;
+use ml::paper_trading::pnl_tracker::PnLTracker;
+use ml::ppo::ppo::PPOConfig;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_paper_trading_pipeline_synthetic_data() {
+    // 1. Create DQN adapter with small config
+    let dqn_config = DQNConfig {
+        state_dim: 51,
+        num_actions: 3, // buy / hold / sell
+        hidden_dims: vec![32, 32],
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let dqn_adapter =
+        DqnInferenceAdapter::new(dqn_config).expect("DQN adapter should initialise");
+    assert!(dqn_adapter.is_ready(), "DQN adapter must be ready");
+
+    // 2. Create PPO adapter with matching config
+    let ppo_config = PPOConfig {
+        state_dim: 51,
+        num_actions: 3,
+        policy_hidden_dims: vec![32, 32],
+        value_hidden_dims: vec![32, 32],
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let ppo_adapter =
+        PpoInferenceAdapter::new(ppo_config).expect("PPO adapter should initialise");
+    assert!(ppo_adapter.is_ready(), "PPO adapter must be ready");
+
+    // 3. Build InferenceEnsemble with both adapters
+    let adapters: Vec<Box<dyn ModelInferenceAdapter>> =
+        vec![Box::new(dqn_adapter), Box::new(ppo_adapter)];
+    let ensemble = InferenceEnsemble::new(adapters);
+    assert_eq!(ensemble.ready_count(), 2, "Both models must be ready");
+
+    // 4. Create PaperBroker with $100k cash and 1bps slippage
+    let mut broker = PaperBroker::new(100_000.0, 0.0001);
+
+    // 5. Create PnLTracker with 252-bar window
+    let mut pnl_tracker = PnLTracker::new(252);
+
+    // 6. Simulate 100 bars of synthetic price data
+    let mut price = 1.0850_f64;
+    let num_bars = 100_usize;
+
+    for i in 0..num_bars {
+        // Create synthetic feature vector (51-dim)
+        let values: Vec<f64> = (0..51)
+            .map(|j| {
+                // Deterministic pseudo-features based on price and bar index
+                let base = price * (1.0 + 0.001 * ((j as f64) - 25.0));
+                base * (1.0 + 0.0001 * (i as f64))
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        let fv = FeatureVector {
+            values,
+            timestamp: 1_700_000_000_000_000 + (i as i64 * 60_000_000), // 1-min bars
+        };
+
+        // Get ensemble prediction
+        let prediction = ensemble
+            .predict(&fv)
+            .expect("Ensemble prediction should succeed");
+
+        // Convert to trade signal
+        let signal = TradeSignal::from_prediction(&prediction, "6E.FUT");
+
+        // Execute through broker
+        let _fill = broker.execute_signal(&signal, price);
+
+        // Record equity
+        let equity = broker.equity(price);
+        pnl_tracker.record_equity(equity);
+
+        // Random-walk the price (deterministic using bar index)
+        price += 0.0001 * ((i % 7) as f64 - 3.0);
+    }
+
+    // 7. Assertions
+    let sharpe = pnl_tracker.rolling_sharpe();
+    let drawdown = pnl_tracker.max_drawdown();
+    let num_trades = broker.num_trades();
+    let num_obs = pnl_tracker.num_observations();
+    let cum_return = pnl_tracker.cumulative_return();
+
+    println!("=== Paper Trading Pipeline Summary ===");
+    println!("  Bars simulated:    {}", num_bars);
+    println!("  Trades executed:   {}", num_trades);
+    println!("  Rolling Sharpe:    {:.4}", sharpe);
+    println!("  Max drawdown:      {:.4}", drawdown);
+    println!("  Cumulative return: {:.6}", cum_return);
+    println!("  Final equity:      {:.2}", broker.equity(price));
+    println!("  Final price:       {:.4}", price);
+    println!("  Observations:      {}", num_obs);
+    println!("======================================");
+
+    // Sharpe ratio should be finite (not NaN/Inf)
+    assert!(
+        sharpe.is_finite(),
+        "Sharpe ratio must be finite, got {}",
+        sharpe
+    );
+
+    // Drawdown should be finite and bounded [0, 1]
+    assert!(
+        drawdown.is_finite() && drawdown <= 1.0,
+        "Drawdown must be finite and <= 1.0, got {}",
+        drawdown
+    );
+
+    // At least some trades should have been executed
+    assert!(
+        num_trades > 0,
+        "Expected at least 1 trade, got {}",
+        num_trades
+    );
+
+    // PnL tracker should have recorded all 100 observations
+    assert!(
+        num_obs >= num_bars,
+        "Expected >= {} observations, got {}",
+        num_bars, num_obs
+    );
+}