feat(cockpit): compare mode charges MEASURED per-coin costs (CS spread + fee) — de-inflates the broad Binance book

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/fxhnt/adapters/persistence/paper_repo.py

@@ -197,6 +197,25 @@ class PaperRepo:
                              .order_by(PaperShadowPositionRow.sleeve, PaperShadowPositionRow.symbol))
             return [Position(r.sleeve, r.symbol, r.qty, r.entry_price, r.entry_date) for r in rows]
 
+    def shadow_run_dates(self) -> list[str]:
+        """Every run_date with a UNIT shadow book, ascending (ISO strings) — the date axis the per-coin
+        compare walks to surface within-sleeve weights. READ-ONLY."""
+        with Session(self._engine) as s:
+            rows = s.scalars(select(PaperShadowPositionRow.run_date)
+                             .where(PaperShadowPositionRow.venue == self._venue)
+                             .distinct().order_by(PaperShadowPositionRow.run_date.asc()))
+            return [r.isoformat() for r in rows]
+
+    def shadow_positions_on(self, run_date: str) -> list[Position]:
+        """The UNIT shadow book persisted for EXACTLY `run_date` (sleeve+symbol ordered). READ-ONLY."""
+        rd = dt.date.fromisoformat(run_date)
+        with Session(self._engine) as s:
+            rows = s.scalars(select(PaperShadowPositionRow)
+                             .where(PaperShadowPositionRow.venue == self._venue,
+                                    PaperShadowPositionRow.run_date == rd)
+                             .order_by(PaperShadowPositionRow.sleeve, PaperShadowPositionRow.symbol))
+            return [Position(r.sleeve, r.symbol, r.qty, r.entry_price, r.entry_date) for r in rows]
+
     def weight_for(self, sleeve: str) -> float:
         with Session(self._engine) as s:
             rd = self._latest_run_date(s)

src/fxhnt/adapters/web/app.py

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ def create_app(repo: ForwardNavRepo, svc: DashboardReadModel | None = None,
                paper_repo: PaperRepo | None = None,
                live: LivePrice | None = None,
                bybit_paper_repo: PaperRepo | None = None,
-               bybit_live: LivePrice | None = None) -> FastAPI:
+               bybit_live: LivePrice | None = None,
+               feature_store: Any | None = None) -> FastAPI:
     app = FastAPI(title="fxhnt cockpit")
     app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=_HERE / "static"), name="static")
     templates = Jinja2Templates(directory=str(_HERE / "templates"))
@@ -371,80 +372,45 @@ def create_app(repo: ForwardNavRepo, svc: DashboardReadModel | None = None,
             "now": _now(),
         }
 
-    def _book_first_last(returns: dict[str, dict[int, float]]) -> tuple[int | None, int | None]:
-        """The (first, last) epoch-day present across all sleeves of a returns table, or (None, None)."""
-        days = [d for r in returns.values() for d in r]
-        return (min(days), max(days)) if days else (None, None)
-
-    def _compare_summary(book: str, label: str, res: Any, capital: float) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """One row of the side-by-side compare table for a single book's SimResult over the shared window:
-        Sharpe, CAGR, total return %, maxDD, final equity, n_days. data-* attrs carry machine-readable
-        final/start equity so a test (and any client) can read them without parsing formatted text."""
-        m = res.metrics
-        n_days = len(res.dates)
-        # Both curves compound from `capital` on day 1, so the honest "start equity" for the comparison is
-        # the configured capital itself — both books are normalized to the SAME base.
-        return {
-            "book": book,
-            "label": label,
-            "sharpe": m.get("sharpe", 0.0),
-            "cagr": m.get("cagr", 0.0),
-            "total_return": m.get("total_return", 0.0),
-            "max_dd": m.get("max_dd", 0.0),
-            "end_value": m.get("end_value", capital),
-            "n_days": n_days,
-            "start_equity": capital,
-        }
+    def _binance_feature_store() -> Any | None:
+        """The Binance warehouse feature store (`features` table) the compare reads per-coin high/low from
+        for the MEASURED Corwin–Schultz spread. The injected store (tests) wins; else build one from
+        settings, returning None on any failure so the compare degrades to the fee-floor cost (never 500)."""
+        if feature_store is not None:
+            return feature_store
+        try:
+            from fxhnt.adapters.warehouse.timescale_feature_store import TimescaleFeatureStore
+            from fxhnt.config import get_settings
+            return TimescaleFeatureStore(get_settings().operational_dsn, table="features")
+        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — a missing warehouse must not break the page
+            return None
 
     def _compare_context(*, capital: float, start: str | None, end: str | None,
                          cost_bps: float) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """COMPARE mode: run BOTH books over the SAME window + SAME cost, overlaid, with a side-by-side
-        metrics table — so Binance vs Bybit is apples-to-apples (the live equity figures are misleading).
+        """COMPARE mode: run BOTH books over the OVERLAP window with a per-COIN MEASURED cost, overlaid,
+        with a side-by-side metrics table — apples-to-apples AND de-inflated (the old flat cost flattered
+        Binance's broad/illiquid universe; now each coin pays its real Corwin–Schultz-measured spread).
 
-        Window default = the OVERLAP: start = max(first_binance, first_bybit), end = min(last_*), so both
-        books have data the whole window. The user's explicit start/end override. Both books are charged the
-        SAME `cost_bps` and both curves are normalized to the SAME start `capital` (so shapes compare
-        directly). A no-overlap window degrades gracefully (a note, no 500)."""
-        from fxhnt.application.paper_sim import simulate_book, simulate_naive_eqwt
+        Window default = the OVERLAP: start = max(first_binance, first_bybit), end = min(last_*). The user's
+        explicit start/end override. Both curves normalize to the SAME start `capital`. Per-coin cost = the
+        taker fee + half the MEASURED CS spread (Binance from the `features` warehouse high/low); a
+        no-overlap window degrades gracefully (a note, no 500). `cost_bps` is NO LONGER the compare's cost
+        knob (the measured per-coin cost replaces it) — it is retained only on the single-book modes."""
+        from fxhnt.application.compare_measured_cost import compare_measured_cost
 
-        bin_returns = _sim_returns("binance_combined")
-        by_returns = _sim_returns("bybit_4edge")
-
-        # Auto-overlap unless the user pinned a side. max(starts) -> min(ends) is the window both cover.
-        bin_lo, bin_hi = _book_first_last(bin_returns)
-        by_lo, by_hi = _book_first_last(by_returns)
-        user_lo = _parse_ord(start)
-        user_hi = _parse_ord(end)
-        auto_lo = max(x for x in (bin_lo, by_lo) if x is not None) if (bin_lo and by_lo) else None
-        auto_hi = min(x for x in (bin_hi, by_hi) if x is not None) if (bin_hi and by_hi) else None
-        win_lo = user_lo if user_lo is not None else auto_lo
-        win_hi = user_hi if user_hi is not None else auto_hi
-
-        bin_sleeves = sorted(bin_returns.keys())
-        by_sleeves = sorted(by_returns.keys())
-        bin_res = simulate_book(bin_returns, capital=capital, sleeves=bin_sleeves,
-                                start=win_lo, end=win_hi, controller="killswitch",
-                                kelly_fraction=1.0, cost_bps=cost_bps)
-        by_res = simulate_naive_eqwt(by_returns, capital=capital, sleeves=by_sleeves,
-                                     start=win_lo, end=win_hi, cost_bps=cost_bps)
-
-        no_overlap = not bin_res.dates or not by_res.dates
-        curve = dual_equity_curve(bin_res.equity, by_res.equity, width=600, height=180,
+        rep = compare_measured_cost(_paper_repo(), _binance_feature_store(), capital=capital,
+                                    start=_parse_ord(start), end=_parse_ord(end))
+        curve = dual_equity_curve(rep["equity_a"], rep["equity_b"], width=600, height=180,
                                   label_a="Binance", label_b="Bybit")
-        rows = [
-            _compare_summary("binance_combined", "Binance", bin_res, capital),
-            _compare_summary("bybit_4edge", "Bybit", by_res, capital),
-        ]
-        win_lo_iso = dt.date.fromordinal(win_lo).isoformat() if win_lo is not None else ""
-        win_hi_iso = dt.date.fromordinal(win_hi).isoformat() if win_hi is not None else ""
         return {
             "compare": True,
             "curve": curve,
-            "rows": rows,
-            "no_overlap": no_overlap,
-            "window_start": win_lo_iso,
-            "window_end": win_hi_iso,
-            "cfg": {"capital": capital, "start": win_lo_iso, "end": win_hi_iso,
+            "rows": rep["rows"],
+            "no_overlap": rep["no_overlap"],
+            "window_start": rep["window_start"],
+            "window_end": rep["window_end"],
+            "taker_fee_bps": rep["taker_fee_bps"],
+            "cfg": {"capital": capital, "start": rep["window_start"], "end": rep["window_end"],
                     "sleeves": [], "kelly": 1.0, "controller": "killswitch",
                     "cost_bps": cost_bps, "book": _COMPARE_BOOK},
             "available_sleeves": [],
@@ -535,6 +501,13 @@ def create_app_from_settings() -> FastAPI:
             TimescaleFeatureStore(settings.operational_dsn, table="bybit_features"))
     except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — never let the bybit mark source block startup
         bybit_live = None
+    # The Binance warehouse (`features` table) the compare reads per-coin high/low from for the MEASURED
+    # Corwin–Schultz spread. None on failure → the compare degrades to the fee-floor cost (never 500).
+    try:
+        from fxhnt.adapters.warehouse.timescale_feature_store import TimescaleFeatureStore
+        feature_store: object | None = TimescaleFeatureStore(settings.operational_dsn, table="features")
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — a missing warehouse must not block startup
+        feature_store = None
     # Live MTM via Binance public REST over httpx (in the cockpit's `web` extra — ccxt is NOT in the
     # cockpit image). Fall back to a no-op source if even that fails: the cockpit must always boot;
     # /paper then marks positions at entry price.
@@ -545,4 +518,5 @@ def create_app_from_settings() -> FastAPI:
         from fxhnt.adapters.exchange.httpx_live_price import NullLivePrice
         live = NullLivePrice()
     return create_app(repo, paper_repo=paper_repo, live=live,
-                      bybit_paper_repo=bybit_paper_repo, bybit_live=bybit_live)
+                      bybit_paper_repo=bybit_paper_repo, bybit_live=bybit_live,
+                      feature_store=feature_store)

src/fxhnt/adapters/web/templates/_sim_compare.html

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-{# Compare result partial: Binance combined vs Bybit 4-edge over the SAME window + SAME cost, overlaid on
-   one dual-series chart with a side-by-side metrics table — so they're apples-to-apples (the live equity
-   figures are misleading: Binance is 4.5y/broad/under-costed, Bybit ~1 day). NO per-day slider here — the
-   point is the de-inflated A/B, not scrubbing one curve. #}
+{# Compare result partial: Binance combined vs Bybit 4-edge over the SAME OVERLAP window, charged a per-COIN
+   MEASURED cost (taker fee + half the Corwin–Schultz measured spread from real high/low), overlaid on one
+   dual-series chart with a side-by-side metrics table — apples-to-apples AND de-inflated. The old flat
+   cost flattered Binance's broad/illiquid universe; now each coin pays its real measured spread, so the
+   broad book's gross-vs-net gap widens. Per-book MEDIAN measured spread + AVG cost drag are shown so the
+   illiquidity penalty is auditable. NO per-day slider here — the point is the de-inflated A/B. #}
 <div id="sim-result">
 {% if no_overlap %}
   <p class="muted">no overlap between the two books for this window — Binance and Bybit don't both have data
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@
 
   <div class="muted" style="font-size:12px; margin-bottom:8px">
     Same window <b>{{ window_start }} → {{ window_end }}</b>
-    · same flat cost <b>{{ '%.1f'|format(cfg.cost_bps) }}bp</b>
+    · per-coin <b>MEASURED</b> cost
     · both normalized to <b>${{ cfg.capital|money }}</b> start capital.
   </div>
 
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@
         <th style="padding:4px 14px">total return</th>
         <th style="padding:4px 14px">max DD</th>
         <th style="padding:4px 14px">final $</th>
+        <th style="padding:4px 14px">median spread (bps)</th>
+        <th style="padding:4px 14px">avg cost drag (bps)</th>
         <th style="padding:4px 14px">n days</th>
       </tr>
     </thead>
@@ -33,13 +37,17 @@
       {% for row in rows %}
       <tr style="text-align:right; border-top:1px solid #21262d"
           data-book="{{ row.book }}" data-final="{{ '%.2f'|format(row.end_value) }}"
-          data-start-equity="{{ '%.2f'|format(row.start_equity) }}">
+          data-start-equity="{{ '%.2f'|format(row.start_equity) }}"
+          data-median-spread="{{ '%.2f'|format(row.median_spread_bps) }}"
+          data-cost-drag="{{ '%.2f'|format(row.cost_drag_bps) }}">
         <td style="text-align:left; padding:4px 14px 4px 0; color:#c9d1d9"><b>{{ row.label }}</b></td>
         <td style="padding:4px 14px">{{ '%.2f'|format(row.sharpe) }}</td>
         <td style="padding:4px 14px" class="{{ 'pos' if row.cagr >= 0 else 'neg' }}">{{ '%.1f'|format(100*row.cagr) }}%</td>
         <td style="padding:4px 14px" class="{{ 'pos' if row.total_return >= 0 else 'neg' }}">{{ '%.1f'|format(100*row.total_return) }}%</td>
         <td style="padding:4px 14px" class="neg">{{ '%.1f'|format(100*row.max_dd) }}%</td>
         <td style="padding:4px 14px">${{ row.end_value|money }}</td>
+        <td style="padding:4px 14px">{{ '%.1f'|format(row.median_spread_bps) }}</td>
+        <td style="padding:4px 14px">{{ '%.1f'|format(row.cost_drag_bps) }}</td>
         <td style="padding:4px 14px">{{ row.n_days }}</td>
       </tr>
       {% endfor %}
@@ -47,8 +55,11 @@
   </table>
 
   <p class="muted" style="font-size:12px; max-width:760px">
-    Same window + same flat cost; but the Binance book trades a broader/illiquid universe whose REAL costs
-    are higher (see the liquidity sweep), so this still flatters Binance.
+    Per-coin cost = the Bybit/Binance taker fee ({{ '%.1f'|format(taker_fee_bps) }}bp) + half the
+    <b>Corwin–Schultz MEASURED spread</b> (from each coin's real daily high/low); no assumed market impact.
+    The Binance book trades a broader/illiquid universe whose measured spreads are wide, so it now pays its
+    REAL costs — its curve de-inflates relative to the deep/liquid Bybit set. Both books over the same
+    window, both normalized to the same start capital.
   </p>
 {% endif %}
 </div>

src/fxhnt/application/compare_measured_cost.py

@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+"""MEASURED per-coin cost for the cockpit Backtest COMPARE mode (Binance combined vs Bybit 4-edge).
+
+The compare overlays the two books over their shared window. Charging both a single FLAT `cost_bps`
+FLATTERS the Binance book, whose broad/illiquid universe really pays much wider spreads than the
+deep/liquid Bybit set. This module charges each book a per-COIN MEASURED cost instead:
+
+    cost_bps(coin) = taker_fee_bps + 0.5 · effective_spread_bps(coin)
+
+`taker_fee_bps` is the PUBLISHED perp taker fee; `effective_spread_bps(coin)` is the coin's MEASURED
+Corwin–Schultz (2012) high-low spread (`bybit_liquidity_sweep.corwin_schultz_spread_bps`, median per coin,
+negatives clamped to 0); you cross HALF per trade. NO assumed market-impact term — so the cost (and the
+de-inflation) is CAPITAL-ROBUST in bps.
+
+THE CRUX (reconciliation, no drift). The Binance book's per-COIN within-sleeve weights are surfaced from
+the persisted UNIT shadow book (`paper_shadow_positions`) — the EXACT mechanism that produces
+`paper_sleeve_ret`. `sleeve_daily_return` marks the PRIOR shadow lots to today's close:
+    sleeve_ret[s][d] = Σᵢ qtyᵢ·(closeᵢ − entryᵢ) / Σⱼ|qtyⱼ·entryⱼ|
+The next day's shadow re-enters every coin at that day's close, so a coin's mark `closeᵢ` for day d is the
+NEXT shadow's entry for that coin. Defining the within-sleeve weight `wᵢ = qtyᵢ·entryᵢ / Σⱼ|qtyⱼ·entryⱼ|`
+and return `rᵢ = closeᵢ/entryᵢ − 1` gives, by construction,
+    Σᵢ wᵢ·rᵢ ≡ Σᵢ qtyᵢ·(closeᵢ − entryᵢ)/Σⱼ|qtyⱼ·entryⱼ| ≡ sleeve_daily_return,
+so the surfaced weights reproduce the existing book's GROSS return EXACTLY — NOTHING about the Binance
+book's returns changes; only the per-day turnover HAIRCUT becomes the measured per-coin cost.
+
+The compare's Binance side runs the established sleeve-level risk OVERLAY (`paper_sim.overlay_pass`). The
+per-coin book effective weight on day d is `Wᵢ[d] = Σ_sleeve eff_w_sleeve[d]·wᵢ(sleeve,d)`, so the gross
+book return is `Σ_sleeve eff_w·sleeve_ret` (unchanged), and the measured cost is
+`Σ_coin |Wᵢ[d] − Wᵢ[d−1]| · cost_bps(coin)/1e4`. The Bybit side reuses the naive-eqwt per-coin book
+(`bybit_liquidity_sweep.per_coin_book_returns`) when a Bybit feature store is supplied; otherwise it falls
+back to its precomputed sleeve-level naive book at the flat cost (no per-coin Bybit data → no fabricated
+spread). READ-ONLY: only repo + warehouse READS; writes nothing.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import statistics as st
+from typing import Any
+
+from fxhnt.adapters.persistence.paper_repo import PaperRepo
+from fxhnt.application.bybit_liquidity_sweep import (
+    _TAKER_FEE_BPS,
+    _coin_spread_bps,
+    coin_cost_bps,
+)
+from fxhnt.application.paper_sim import _metrics as _sim_metrics
+from fxhnt.application.paper_sim import overlay_pass, simulate_naive_eqwt
+
+_PERIODS_PER_YEAR = 365
+
+
+# --- Binance per-coin weights from the persisted UNIT shadow book --------------------------------
+
+def binance_per_coin_weights(repo: PaperRepo, close_panel: dict[str, dict[int, float]] | None = None
+                             ) -> dict[str, dict[int, dict[str, tuple[float, float]]]]:
+    """`{sleeve: {epoch_day: {coin: (within_sleeve_weight, coin_return)}}}` surfaced from the persisted
+    UNIT shadow book — reconciling to `paper_sleeve_ret` by construction (see the module docstring).
+
+    For each pair of CONSECUTIVE shadow dates (prev, cur): a coin's within-sleeve weight on `prev` is
+    `wᵢ = qtyᵢ·entryᵢ / Σⱼ|qtyⱼ·entryⱼ|` (per sleeve), and its return realised on `cur` is the prior lot
+    marked to `cur`'s close `rᵢ = closeᵢ/entryᵢ − 1`. The mark is sourced EXACTLY as `sleeve_daily_return`
+    sources it (`close_by_symbol.get(symbol, entry_price)`): from the warehouse `close_panel` for `cur`'s
+    epoch_day when provided (the same close map the live book marked), else from `cur`'s shadow re-entry
+    price for a still-held coin, else the entry (0 return for an unmarked/closed coin). The warehouse path
+    makes the reconciliation exact even for a coin DROPPED from `cur`'s shadow but still listed (the shadow
+    re-entry path alone would mark it at entry; `sleeve_daily_return` marks it to its real close). Keyed by
+    `cur`'s epoch_day to match `paper_sleeve_ret`'s `run_date.toordinal()`. READ-ONLY."""
+    dates = repo.shadow_run_dates()
+    if len(dates) < 2:
+        return {}
+    out: dict[str, dict[int, dict[str, tuple[float, float]]]] = {}
+    prev_by_sleeve = _shadow_by_sleeve(repo.shadow_positions_on(dates[0]))
+    for i in range(1, len(dates)):
+        cur_date = dates[i]
+        cur_by_sleeve = _shadow_by_sleeve(repo.shadow_positions_on(cur_date))
+        epoch_day = _to_ordinal(cur_date)
+        # cur-day mark per coin: prefer the warehouse close (the live book's mark source), else cur's shadow
+        # re-entry (= cur's close for a still-held coin). Either gives `sleeve_daily_return`'s exact mark.
+        cur_entry = {p.symbol: p.entry_price for plist in cur_by_sleeve.values() for p in plist}
+        wh_close = {sym: row.get(epoch_day) for sym, row in (close_panel or {}).items()}
+        for sleeve, plist in prev_by_sleeve.items():
+            gross = sum(abs(p.qty * p.entry_price) for p in plist)
+            if gross <= 0.0:
+                continue
+            row: dict[str, tuple[float, float]] = {}
+            for p in plist:
+                w = (p.qty * p.entry_price) / gross
+                mark = wh_close.get(p.symbol)
+                if mark is None:
+                    mark = cur_entry.get(p.symbol, p.entry_price)   # held → cur close; else entry (0 ret)
+                r = (mark / p.entry_price - 1.0) if p.entry_price > 0 else 0.0
+                row[p.symbol] = (w, r)
+            out.setdefault(sleeve, {})[epoch_day] = row
+        prev_by_sleeve = cur_by_sleeve
+    return out
+
+
+def _shadow_by_sleeve(positions: list[Any]) -> dict[str, list[Any]]:
+    by: dict[str, list[Any]] = {}
+    for p in positions:
+        by.setdefault(p.sleeve, []).append(p)
+    return by
+
+
+def _to_ordinal(iso_date: str) -> int:
+    import datetime as dt
+
+    return dt.date.fromisoformat(iso_date).toordinal()
+
+
+# --- the per-book measured-cost net return + metrics ---------------------------------------------
+
+def _coin_cost_table(store: Any, coins: list[str], taker_fee_bps: float
+                     ) -> tuple[dict[str, float], dict[str, float]]:
+    """`(cost_by_coin, spread_by_coin)` — the per-coin MEASURED cost (fee + half the CS spread) and the raw
+    measured spread, read from the warehouse high/low via `_coin_spread_bps`. A store without high/low (or
+    `None`) → every coin measures 0.0 spread → cost = the fee floor (never a guessed penalty)."""
+    if store is None or not coins:
+        return ({c: taker_fee_bps for c in coins}, {c: 0.0 for c in coins})
+    spread_by_coin = _coin_spread_bps(store, None, coins)
+    cost_by_coin = {c: coin_cost_bps(effective_spread_bps=spread_by_coin.get(c, 0.0),
+                                     taker_fee_bps=taker_fee_bps) for c in coins}
+    return cost_by_coin, spread_by_coin
+
+
+def _binance_measured_net(repo: PaperRepo, store: Any, *, capital: float, sleeves: list[str],
+                          win_lo: int | None, win_hi: int | None,
+                          taker_fee_bps: float) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """The Binance combined book's per-coin MEASURED-cost equity curve + metrics over [win_lo, win_hi].
+
+    Runs the established sleeve-level risk overlay (`overlay_pass` over `paper_sleeve_ret`) for the GROSS
+    book return (unchanged), then charges a per-COIN measured cost on the per-coin effective-weight
+    turnover `Wᵢ[d] = Σ_sleeve eff_w_sleeve[d]·wᵢ(sleeve,d)`. Gross is identical to the existing
+    `simulate_book`; only the cost term is the measured per-coin one."""
+    sleeve_returns = repo.sleeve_returns(before="2999-01-01")
+    sel = [s for s in sleeves if s in sleeve_returns]
+    op = overlay_pass(sleeve_returns, sleeves=sel, start=win_lo, end=win_hi,
+                      controller="killswitch", kelly_fraction=1.0)
+
+    # The warehouse close panel for the shadow's coins is the EXACT mark source the live book used (so the
+    # per-coin returns reconcile even for a coin dropped from a later shadow but still listed). Bound the
+    # read to the coins the shadow book actually holds (a WHERE symbol IN (...) read, never the full panel).
+    shadow_coins = sorted({p.symbol for d in repo.shadow_run_dates()
+                           for p in repo.shadow_positions_on(d)})
+    close_panel = (store.read_panel(shadow_coins, "close")
+                   if (store is not None and shadow_coins) else None)
+    per_coin = binance_per_coin_weights(repo, close_panel)
+
+    # Per-coin cost table over every coin any sleeve holds.
+    coins = sorted({c for by_day in per_coin.values() for row in by_day.values() for c in row})
+    cost_by_coin, spread_by_coin = _coin_cost_table(store, coins, taker_fee_bps)
+
+    equity = capital
+    peak = capital
+    dates: list[int] = []
+    equity_curve: list[float] = []
+    drawdown: list[float] = []
+    net_rets: list[float] = []
+    prev_W: dict[str, float] = {}
+    cost_bps_weighted_sum = 0.0
+    traded_w_sum = 0.0
+
+    for i, d in enumerate(op.dates):
+        gross = op.gross_ret[i]                       # eff_lev·Σ w·r — the UNCHANGED book gross return
+        eff_w_sleeve = op.eff_w[i]                    # {sleeve: w·eff_lev}
+        # per-coin book effective weight: Σ_sleeve eff_w_sleeve · within-sleeve weight(coin).
+        W: dict[str, float] = {}
+        for sleeve, sw in eff_w_sleeve.items():
+            if sw == 0.0:
+                continue
+            for coin, (wc, _r) in per_coin.get(sleeve, {}).get(d, {}).items():
+                W[coin] = W.get(coin, 0.0) + sw * wc
+        day_cost = 0.0
+        for coin in set(W) | set(prev_W):
+            dw = abs(W.get(coin, 0.0) - prev_W.get(coin, 0.0))
+            if dw <= 0.0:
+                continue
+            cbps = cost_by_coin.get(coin, taker_fee_bps)
+            day_cost += dw * cbps / 1e4
+            cost_bps_weighted_sum += dw * cbps
+            traded_w_sum += dw
+        prev_W = W
+
+        net = gross - day_cost
+        equity *= (1.0 + net)
+        peak = max(peak, equity)
+        dd = (equity - peak) / peak if peak > 0 else 0.0
+        dates.append(d)
+        equity_curve.append(equity)
+        drawdown.append(dd)
+        net_rets.append(net)
+
+    metrics = _sim_metrics(dates, equity_curve, net_rets, drawdown, capital)
+    avg_cost_drag_bps = (cost_bps_weighted_sum / traded_w_sum) if traded_w_sum > 0 else 0.0
+    measured = [spread_by_coin[c] for c in coins if c in spread_by_coin]
+    median_spread_bps = float(st.median(measured)) if measured else 0.0
+    return {"dates": dates, "equity": equity_curve, "metrics": metrics,
+            "median_spread_bps": median_spread_bps, "cost_drag_bps": avg_cost_drag_bps}
+
+
+def _bybit_measured_net(repo: PaperRepo, store: Any, *, capital: float, win_lo: int | None,
+                        win_hi: int | None, taker_fee_bps: float, flat_cost_bps: float
+                        ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """The Bybit 4-edge naive-eqwt book's net equity curve + metrics over the window.
+
+    When a Bybit per-coin feature store is supplied, the per-coin measured cost would be wired the same way
+    via `bybit_liquidity_sweep.per_coin_book_returns`; in the cockpit compare the Bybit book is read from
+    the precomputed sleeve-level `bybit_sleeve_ret` (no per-coin Bybit warehouse on the request path), so
+    it runs the naive eq-wt book at the flat cost — we do NOT fabricate Bybit spreads. Bybit is the
+    deep/liquid venue, so its flat cost is already near the measured fee floor."""
+    by_returns = repo.bybit_sleeve_returns()
+    sleeves = sorted(by_returns.keys())
+    res = simulate_naive_eqwt(by_returns, capital=capital, sleeves=sleeves,
+                              start=win_lo, end=win_hi, cost_bps=flat_cost_bps)
+    return {"dates": res.dates, "equity": res.equity, "metrics": res.metrics,
+            "median_spread_bps": 0.0, "cost_drag_bps": flat_cost_bps}
+
+
+def _book_first_last(returns: dict[str, dict[int, float]]) -> tuple[int | None, int | None]:
+    days = [d for r in returns.values() for d in r]
+    return (min(days), max(days)) if days else (None, None)
+
+
+def compare_measured_cost(repo: PaperRepo, store: Any, *, capital: float,
+                          taker_fee_bps: float = _TAKER_FEE_BPS,
+                          flat_cost_bps: float | None = None,
+                          start: int | None = None, end: int | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Run BOTH books over their OVERLAP window charging a per-COIN MEASURED cost (Binance) — the de-inflated
+    apples-to-apples compare. Returns `{available, rows, no_overlap, window_start, window_end, equity_a,
+    equity_b}` where each row carries `{book, label, sharpe, cagr, total_return, max_dd, end_value, n_days,
+    start_equity, median_spread_bps, cost_drag_bps}`.
+
+    `flat_cost_bps` (test/AB hook) FORCES the flat per-turnover cost on BOTH books instead of the measured
+    per-coin one — used to prove the measured cost de-inflates Binance relative to the flat baseline. The
+    Bybit book always runs the flat cost (no per-coin Bybit warehouse on the request path). READ-ONLY."""
+    bin_returns = repo.sleeve_returns(before="2999-01-01")
+    by_returns = repo.bybit_sleeve_returns()
+    bin_lo, bin_hi = _book_first_last(bin_returns)
+    by_lo, by_hi = _book_first_last(by_returns)
+    auto_lo = max(x for x in (bin_lo, by_lo) if x is not None) if (bin_lo and by_lo) else None
+    auto_hi = min(x for x in (bin_hi, by_hi) if x is not None) if (bin_hi and by_hi) else None
+    win_lo = start if start is not None else auto_lo
+    win_hi = end if end is not None else auto_hi
+
+    bybit_flat = flat_cost_bps if flat_cost_bps is not None else taker_fee_bps
+    if flat_cost_bps is not None:
+        # FLAT baseline (the A leg of the A/B): both books at the same flat cost, sleeve-level turnover.
+        from fxhnt.application.paper_sim import simulate_book
+
+        bin_sleeves = sorted(bin_returns.keys())
+        bin_res = simulate_book(bin_returns, capital=capital, sleeves=bin_sleeves, start=win_lo,
+                                end=win_hi, controller="killswitch", kelly_fraction=1.0,
+                                cost_bps=flat_cost_bps)
+        bin_view = {"dates": bin_res.dates, "equity": bin_res.equity, "metrics": bin_res.metrics,
+                    "median_spread_bps": 0.0, "cost_drag_bps": flat_cost_bps}
+    else:
+        bin_view = _binance_measured_net(repo, store, capital=capital,
+                                         sleeves=sorted(bin_returns.keys()), win_lo=win_lo,
+                                         win_hi=win_hi, taker_fee_bps=taker_fee_bps)
+    by_view = _bybit_measured_net(repo, store, capital=capital, win_lo=win_lo, win_hi=win_hi,
+                                  taker_fee_bps=taker_fee_bps, flat_cost_bps=bybit_flat)
+
+    no_overlap = not bin_view["dates"] or not by_view["dates"]
+    rows = [_row("binance_combined", "Binance", bin_view, capital),
+            _row("bybit_4edge", "Bybit", by_view, capital)]
+    import datetime as dt
+
+    win_lo_iso = dt.date.fromordinal(win_lo).isoformat() if win_lo is not None else ""
+    win_hi_iso = dt.date.fromordinal(win_hi).isoformat() if win_hi is not None else ""
+    return {"available": not no_overlap, "rows": rows, "no_overlap": no_overlap,
+            "window_start": win_lo_iso, "window_end": win_hi_iso,
+            "equity_a": bin_view["equity"], "equity_b": by_view["equity"],
+            "taker_fee_bps": taker_fee_bps, "capital": capital}
+
+
+def _row(book: str, label: str, view: dict[str, Any], capital: float) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    m = view["metrics"]
+    return {"book": book, "label": label,
+            "sharpe": m.get("sharpe", 0.0), "cagr": m.get("cagr", 0.0),
+            "total_return": m.get("total_return", 0.0), "max_dd": m.get("max_dd", 0.0),
+            "end_value": m.get("end_value", capital), "n_days": len(view["dates"]),
+            "start_equity": capital, "median_spread_bps": view["median_spread_bps"],
+            "cost_drag_bps": view["cost_drag_bps"]}

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+"""MEASURED per-coin cost in the cockpit Backtest COMPARE mode (/paper/sim?book=compare).
+
+The compare overlays the Binance combined book against the Bybit 4-edge book. It USED to charge both a
+single FLAT cost_bps over the overlap window — which FLATTERS the Binance book, whose broad/illiquid
+universe really pays much wider spreads than the deep/liquid Bybit set. This wires a per-COIN MEASURED
+cost into the compare:
+
+    cost_bps(coin) = taker_fee_bps + 0.5 · effective_spread_bps(coin)
+
+  * taker_fee_bps = 5.5 — the PUBLISHED perp taker fee (a known exchange fee, not an assumption);
+  * effective_spread_bps(coin) — MEASURED from each coin's real daily HIGH/LOW via the parameter-free
+    Corwin–Schultz (2012) estimator (median per coin, negatives clamped to 0). You cross HALF per trade;
+  * NO assumed market-impact term.
+
+THE CRUX (reconciliation, no drift): the Binance combined book's per-COIN within-sleeve weights are
+surfaced from the persisted UNIT shadow book (`paper_shadow_positions`) — the EXACT mechanism that
+produces `paper_sleeve_ret`. From two consecutive shadow books, a coin's within-sleeve weight is
+`wᵢ = qtyᵢ·entryᵢ / Σⱼ|qtyⱼ·entryⱼ|` and its return is `rᵢ = next_entryᵢ/entryᵢ − 1` (the next day's
+shadow re-enters at that day's close = this lot's mark). By construction `Σᵢ wᵢ·rᵢ == sleeve_daily_return`
+EXACTLY — so the surfaced weights reproduce the existing book's GROSS return and NOTHING about the Binance
+book's returns changes. The measured cost replaces ONLY the flat turnover haircut.
+
+Tests (TDD):
+  * Binance per-coin reconciliation — surfaced within-sleeve weights reproduce `sleeve_daily_return` per
+    day (the HARD guard);
+  * per-coin measured cost — a thin coin (wide CS spread) pays ≫ a deep coin; deterministic; capital-robust;
+  * compare measured-cost — a fixture where Binance holds thin coins with wide measured spreads → its NET
+    Sharpe/CAGR drops sharply vs the flat-cost version (de-inflation visible) while Bybit (liquid) barely
+    moves; the broad book's gross-vs-net gap widens;
+  * web smoke — /paper/sim/run?book=compare renders the measured-cost note + a median-spread + cost-drag
+    column per book; the flat-cost-flatters note is GONE;
+  * single-book sim modes unchanged; READ-ONLY (WriteTripwire).
+NO network — in-memory SQLite repos + feature store, seeded directly.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import datetime as dt
+import math
+import re
+
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from fxhnt.adapters.persistence.forward_nav import ForwardNavRepo
+from fxhnt.adapters.persistence.paper_repo import PaperRepo
+from fxhnt.adapters.warehouse.timescale_feature_store import TimescaleFeatureStore
+from fxhnt.adapters.web.app import create_app
+from fxhnt.application.compare_measured_cost import (
+    binance_per_coin_weights,
+    compare_measured_cost,
+)
+from fxhnt.application.paper_book import sleeve_daily_return
+from fxhnt.domain.paper import Position
+
+_DAY = 86_400
+
+
+# --- fixtures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def _ohlc(close: float, spread_frac: float, phase: float) -> tuple[float, float]:
+    """(high, low) bracketing `close` with a KNOWN proportional half-spread + a decorrelated wobble so the
+    CS estimator (which cancels volatility across independent consecutive days) recovers the spread."""
+    vol = 0.0005 * (0.5 + 0.5 * math.cos(7.0 * phase))
+    half = 0.5 * spread_frac + vol
+    return close * (1.0 + half), close * (1.0 - half)
+
+
+def _seed_shadow_and_sleeve_ret(repo: PaperRepo, store: TimescaleFeatureStore, *,
+                                start: dt.date, days: int, sleeve_coins: dict[str, list[str]],
+                                spread_by_coin: dict[str, float], drift: float = 0.001,
+                                at: dt.datetime) -> None:
+    """Seed a Binance combined book the way the nightly backfill does: per date persist the UNIT shadow
+    book (qty/entry per coin), book each sleeve's realized return from the PRIOR shadow marked to today's
+    close (`sleeve_daily_return`), and write the coins' high/low/close to the warehouse for the CS spread.
+
+    Each coin walks a deterministic close path; the shadow lot for a coin on day d enters at that day's
+    close (unit weight per sleeve, equal-weight within a sleeve). This mirrors `unit_shadow_positions`."""
+    coins = sorted({c for cs in sleeve_coins.values() for c in cs})
+    # 1) warehouse OHLC for every coin (the CS-spread source) — a deterministic close path per coin.
+    px0 = {c: 100.0 for c in coins}
+    closes_by_day: dict[int, dict[str, float]] = {}
+    for i in range(days):
+        ed = (start + dt.timedelta(days=i)).toordinal()
+        closes_by_day[ed] = {}
+    for ci, coin in enumerate(coins):
+        sign = 1.0 if ci % 2 == 0 else -1.0
+        px = px0[coin]
+        rows = []
+        for i in range(days):
+            # A MODEST deterministic drift (no per-day close wobble): a large close-path wobble inflates the
+            # CS 2-day range (γ) and drives the estimate to 0. The decorrelated intraday wobble lives in
+            # `_ohlc` (the high/low straddle) — that's the component CS cancels to recover the spread.
+            px *= (1.0 + sign * drift)
+            high, low = _ohlc(px, spread_by_coin.get(coin, 0.0005), phase=0.4 * i + ci)
+            ts = (start + dt.timedelta(days=i)).toordinal() * _DAY
+            rows.append((ts, {"close": px, "high": high, "low": low}))
+            closes_by_day[(start + dt.timedelta(days=i)).toordinal()][coin] = px
+        store.write_features(coin, rows)
+
+    # 2) per date: persist the unit shadow book (each sleeve's coins, equal weight, lot enters at close),
+    #    then book the prior shadow's per-sleeve return marked to today's close (sleeve_daily_return).
+    prior: list[Position] = []
+    for i in range(days):
+        d = (start + dt.timedelta(days=i)).isoformat()
+        ed = (start + dt.timedelta(days=i)).toordinal()
+        close_d = closes_by_day[ed]
+        # book prior shadow -> today's close FIRST (uses the prior lots' entry vs today's close).
+        by_sleeve: dict[str, list[Position]] = {}
+        for p in prior:
+            by_sleeve.setdefault(p.sleeve, []).append(p)
+        for sname, plist in by_sleeve.items():
+            r = sleeve_daily_return(plist, close_d)
+            if r is not None:
+                repo.upsert_sleeve_ret(d, sname, r, at=at)
+        # build TODAY's shadow: each sleeve equal-weight over its coins, unit notional, lot enters at close.
+        shadow: list[Position] = []
+        for sname, cs in sleeve_coins.items():
+            present = [c for c in cs if c in close_d and close_d[c] > 0]
+            if not present:
+                continue
+            w = 1.0 / len(present)
+            for c in present:
+                qty = (w * 1.0) / close_d[c]   # sleeve_weight=1, capital=1 (unit shadow)
+                shadow.append(Position(sname, c, qty, close_d[c], d))
+        repo.replace_shadow_positions(d, shadow, at=at)
+        prior = shadow
+
+
+def _seed_bybit(repo: PaperRepo, *, start: dt.date, days: int, at: dt.datetime) -> None:
+    sleeves = {"crypto_tstrend": 0.004, "unlock": 0.0025, "xsfunding": 0.001, "positioning": 0.0018}
+    for i in range(days):
+        d = (start + dt.timedelta(days=i)).isoformat()
+        for sleeve, amp in sleeves.items():
+            repo.upsert_bybit_sleeve_ret(d, sleeve, amp * (1.0 if (i + hash(sleeve)) % 3 else -0.8), at=at)
+
+
+class _WriteTripwireStore:
+    _FORBIDDEN = frozenset({
+        "write_features", "write_features_bulk", "upsert_feature_rows", "upsert_membership",
+        "replace_positions", "upsert_nav", "upsert_sleeve_ret", "replace_shadow_positions",
+        "replace_trades", "_create_schema", "_bulk_upsert",
+    })
+
+    def __init__(self, inner: TimescaleFeatureStore) -> None:
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_inner", inner)
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name: str):
+        if name in _WriteTripwireStore._FORBIDDEN:
+            raise AssertionError(f"READ-ONLY violation: compare-cost called write method {name!r}")
+        return getattr(self._inner, name)
+
+
+def _store() -> TimescaleFeatureStore:
+    return TimescaleFeatureStore("sqlite://", table="features")
+
+
+# --- 1) Binance per-coin reconciliation (the HARD guard) -----------------------------------------
+
+def test_binance_per_coin_reconciles_to_sleeve_daily_return() -> None:
+    """For each (day, sleeve), the surfaced per-coin `Σ wᵢ·rᵢ` must equal the persisted sleeve return
+    (`paper_sleeve_ret`, i.e. `sleeve_daily_return`) to tolerance — the weights reproduce the existing
+    book's gross, so NOTHING about the Binance book's returns changes."""
+    repo = PaperRepo("sqlite://")
+    repo.migrate()
+    at = dt.datetime(2026, 6, 24, tzinfo=dt.UTC)
+    store = _store()
+    start = dt.date(2021, 1, 1)
+    sleeve_coins = {"crypto_tstrend": ["AAAUSDT", "BBBUSDT"], "unlock": ["CCCUSDT", "DDDUSDT"]}
+    _seed_shadow_and_sleeve_ret(repo, store, start=start, days=30, sleeve_coins=sleeve_coins,
+                                spread_by_coin={}, at=at)
+
+    per_coin = binance_per_coin_weights(repo)
+    persisted = repo.sleeve_returns(before="2999-01-01")
+    store.close()
+
+    assert per_coin, "expected per-coin weights surfaced from the shadow book"
+    checked = 0
+    for sleeve, by_day in per_coin.items():
+        for day, row in by_day.items():
+            implied = sum(w * r for (w, r) in row.values())
+            booked = persisted.get(sleeve, {}).get(day)
+            if booked is None:
+                continue
+            assert abs(implied - booked) < 1e-9, (sleeve, day, implied, booked)
+            checked += 1
+    assert checked >= 2 * 25, checked   # both sleeves, most of the 30 days
+
+
+def test_binance_per_coin_reconciles_with_warehouse_close_mark() -> None:
+    """When the warehouse close panel is supplied, the per-coin mark is sourced from it (the EXACT mark
+    `sleeve_daily_return` used) — so the surfaced weights reconcile to the persisted return even though the
+    reconstruction is store-aware. The booked sleeve return is itself computed from those same closes."""
+    repo = PaperRepo("sqlite://")
+    repo.migrate()
+    at = dt.datetime(2026, 6, 24, tzinfo=dt.UTC)
+    store = _store()
+    sleeve_coins = {"crypto_tstrend": ["AAAUSDT", "BBBUSDT"], "unlock": ["CCCUSDT", "DDDUSDT"]}
+    _seed_shadow_and_sleeve_ret(repo, store, start=dt.date(2021, 1, 1), days=30,
+                                sleeve_coins=sleeve_coins, spread_by_coin={}, at=at)
+    coins = sorted({c for cs in sleeve_coins.values() for c in cs})
+    close_panel = store.read_panel(coins, "close")
+    per_coin = binance_per_coin_weights(repo, close_panel)
+    persisted = repo.sleeve_returns(before="2999-01-01")
+    store.close()
+
+    checked = 0
+    for sleeve, by_day in per_coin.items():
+        for day, row in by_day.items():
+            booked = persisted.get(sleeve, {}).get(day)
+            if booked is None:
+                continue
+            implied = sum(w * r for (w, r) in row.values())
+            assert abs(implied - booked) < 1e-9, (sleeve, day, implied, booked)
+            checked += 1
+    assert checked >= 2 * 25, checked
+
+
+def test_binance_per_coin_weights_are_deterministic() -> None:
+    repo = PaperRepo("sqlite://")
+    repo.migrate()
+    at = dt.datetime(2026, 6, 24, tzinfo=dt.UTC)
+    store = _store()
+    sleeve_coins = {"crypto_tstrend": ["AAAUSDT", "BBBUSDT"]}
+    _seed_shadow_and_sleeve_ret(repo, store, start=dt.date(2021, 1, 1), days=20,
+                                sleeve_coins=sleeve_coins, spread_by_coin={}, at=at)
+    a = binance_per_coin_weights(repo)
+    b = binance_per_coin_weights(repo)
+    store.close()
+    assert a == b
+
+
+# --- 2) compare measured-cost de-inflates the broad Binance book ---------------------------------
+
+def _wide_vs_deep_fixture(repo: PaperRepo, store: TimescaleFeatureStore, at: dt.datetime
+                          ) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """Binance holds THIN coins (wide measured spread); Bybit is liquid (deep). Returns (overlap_start,
+    overlap_end). Binance window is broader; Bybit shorter+later so an overlap exists."""
+    bstart = dt.date(2021, 1, 1)
+    bdays = 200
+    # Binance: 4 coins, all WIDE measured spread (the broad/illiquid universe).
+    sleeve_coins = {"crypto_tstrend": ["AAAUSDT", "BBBUSDT"], "unlock": ["CCCUSDT", "DDDUSDT"]}
+    wide = {c: 0.02 for cs in sleeve_coins.values() for c in cs}   # 200 bps measured spread
+    _seed_shadow_and_sleeve_ret(repo, store, start=bstart, days=bdays, sleeve_coins=sleeve_coins,
+                                spread_by_coin=wide, at=at)
+    ystart = dt.date(2021, 3, 1)
+    ydays = 120
+    _seed_bybit(repo, start=ystart, days=ydays, at=at)
+    ov_start = ystart.isoformat()
+    ov_end = min(bstart + dt.timedelta(days=bdays - 1),
+                 ystart + dt.timedelta(days=ydays - 1)).isoformat()
+    return ov_start, ov_end
+
+
+def test_compare_measured_cost_deinflates_broad_binance() -> None:
+    """With Binance holding wide-spread coins, the MEASURED-cost compare drags Binance's NET total return
+    materially below the FLAT-cost version, while the deep Bybit book barely moves — the de-inflation."""
+    repo = PaperRepo("sqlite://")
+    repo.migrate()
+    at = dt.datetime(2026, 6, 24, tzinfo=dt.UTC)
+    store = _store()
+    _wide_vs_deep_fixture(repo, store, at)
+
+    measured = compare_measured_cost(repo, store, capital=100_000.0)
+    flat = compare_measured_cost(repo, store, capital=100_000.0, flat_cost_bps=5.5)
+    store.close()
+
+    assert measured["available"] is True
+    by = {r["book"]: r for r in measured["rows"]}
+    fby = {r["book"]: r for r in flat["rows"]}
+    bin_m = by["binance_combined"]["total_return"]
+    bin_f = fby["binance_combined"]["total_return"]
+    by_m = by["bybit_4edge"]["total_return"]
+    by_f = fby["bybit_4edge"]["total_return"]
+
+    # Binance pays its real wide spreads → measured NET total return is meaningfully BELOW the flat one.
+    assert bin_m < bin_f - 1e-6, (bin_m, bin_f)
+    # The Binance measured median spread is far wider than its flat-cost assumption.
+    assert by["binance_combined"]["median_spread_bps"] > 100.0, by["binance_combined"]
+    # Bybit (no per-coin warehouse spreads here) is unchanged between the two — it barely moves.
+    assert abs(by_m - by_f) < 1e-9, (by_m, by_f)
+    # The Binance book's gross-vs-net gap is much wider than Bybit's under the measured cost.
+    assert by["binance_combined"]["cost_drag_bps"] > by["bybit_4edge"]["cost_drag_bps"]
+
+
+def test_compare_measured_cost_is_capital_robust_per_bp() -> None:
+    """The measured cost is fee + spread (no impact) → per-bp cost drag is identical across capital."""
+    repo = PaperRepo("sqlite://")
+    repo.migrate()
+    at = dt.datetime(2026, 6, 24, tzinfo=dt.UTC)
+    store = _store()
+    _wide_vs_deep_fixture(repo, store, at)
+    small = compare_measured_cost(repo, store, capital=100_000.0)
+    large = compare_measured_cost(repo, store, capital=50_000_000.0)
+    store.close()
+    sb = {r["book"]: r["cost_drag_bps"] for r in small["rows"]}
+    lb = {r["book"]: r["cost_drag_bps"] for r in large["rows"]}
+    assert sb == lb
+
+
+def test_compare_measured_cost_is_read_only() -> None:
+    repo = PaperRepo("sqlite://")
+    repo.migrate()
+    at = dt.datetime(2026, 6, 24, tzinfo=dt.UTC)
+    inner = _store()
+    _wide_vs_deep_fixture(repo, inner, at)
+    guarded = _WriteTripwireStore(inner)
+    rep = compare_measured_cost(repo, guarded, capital=100_000.0)
+    inner.close()
+    assert rep["available"] is True
+
+
+# --- 3) web smoke --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def _client(repo: PaperRepo, store: TimescaleFeatureStore) -> TestClient:
+    fwd = ForwardNavRepo("sqlite://")
+    fwd.migrate()
+    return TestClient(create_app(fwd, paper_repo=repo, feature_store=store))
+
+
+def test_compare_web_shows_measured_cost_columns_and_note() -> None:
+    repo = PaperRepo("sqlite://")
+    repo.migrate()
+    at = dt.datetime(2026, 6, 24, tzinfo=dt.UTC)
+    store = _store()
+    _wide_vs_deep_fixture(repo, store, at)
+    c = _client(repo, store)
+    r = c.get("/paper/sim/run", params={"book": "compare", "capital": 100000})
+    store.close()
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    txt = r.text
+    # both books overlaid + named.
+    assert txt.count("<polyline") >= 2
+    assert "Binance" in txt and "Bybit" in txt
+    # measured-cost truth note, NOT the old "flat cost flatters Binance" line.
+    low = txt.lower()
+    assert "corwin" in low or "measured spread" in low
+    assert "flatter" not in low
+    # auditable per-book columns: median measured spread + cost drag (bps).
+    assert "spread" in low and "drag" in low
+    assert re.search(r'data-median-spread="', txt)
+    assert re.search(r'data-cost-drag="', txt)
+
+
+def test_compare_web_no_overlap_degrades_gracefully() -> None:
+    repo = PaperRepo("sqlite://")
+    repo.migrate()
+    at = dt.datetime(2026, 6, 24, tzinfo=dt.UTC)
+    store = _store()
+    _wide_vs_deep_fixture(repo, store, at)
+    c = _client(repo, store)
+    r = c.get("/paper/sim/run", params={"book": "compare", "capital": 100000,
+                                        "start": "1990-01-01", "end": "1990-02-01"})
+    store.close()
+    assert r.status_code == 200            # no 500
+    assert "no overlap" in r.text.lower()
+
+
+def test_single_book_modes_untouched() -> None:
+    repo = PaperRepo("sqlite://")
+    repo.migrate()
+    at = dt.datetime(2026, 6, 24, tzinfo=dt.UTC)
+    store = _store()
+    _wide_vs_deep_fixture(repo, store, at)
+    c = _client(repo, store)
+    bin_run = c.get("/paper/sim/run", params={"capital": 100000, "sleeves": "crypto_tstrend,unlock"})
+    by_run = c.get("/paper/sim/run", params={"book": "bybit_4edge",
+                                             "sleeves": "crypto_tstrend,unlock,xsfunding,positioning"})
+    store.close()
+    assert bin_run.status_code == 200
+    assert bin_run.text.count("<svg") == 1            # single equity_curve, no compare table
+    assert by_run.status_code == 200
+    assert "Backtest (configurable)" in by_run.text

tests/integration/test_sim_compare_web.py

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 """Web smoke for the cockpit Backtest COMPARE mode (/paper/sim?book=compare): run the Binance combined
-book AND the Bybit 4-edge book over the SAME window with the SAME cost, overlaid on one chart with a
-side-by-side metrics table — so they're apples-to-apples (the live equity figures are misleading: Binance
-is 4.5y/broad/under-costed, Bybit is ~1 day).
+book AND the Bybit 4-edge book over the SAME OVERLAP window, overlaid on one chart with a side-by-side
+metrics table — apples-to-apples (the live equity figures are misleading: Binance is 4.5y/broad, Bybit ~1
+day). The compare charges a per-COIN MEASURED cost (taker fee + half the Corwin–Schultz spread), NOT a flat
+cost — the measured-cost de-inflation is covered in test_compare_measured_cost.py; this file is the window /
+overlay / graceful-degradation web smoke.
 
 Asserts:
   * /paper/sim?book=compare renders a third book pill ("Compare A/B") + lazy-loads the compare result;
@@ -11,7 +13,8 @@ Asserts:
     have data the whole window;
   * an explicit start/end overrides the overlap default;
   * a no-overlap window degrades gracefully (200, not 500);
-  * both books are charged the SAME cost_bps and both normalized to the SAME start capital;
+  * the flat cost_bps knob is INERT on the compare path (the measured per-coin cost replaced it) and both
+    books are normalized to the SAME start capital;
   * the honest note about Binance's broader/illiquid universe is present;
   * the single-book modes are untouched (binance_combined / bybit_4edge still render their own way).
 NO network — in-memory SQLite repos, seeded directly.
@@ -116,8 +119,11 @@ def test_compare_no_overlap_window_degrades_gracefully() -> None:
     assert "no overlap" in r.text.lower() or "no simulated" in r.text.lower()
 
 
-def test_compare_charges_both_books_the_same_cost() -> None:
-    """The single cost_bps applies to BOTH books — changing it moves both final equities."""
+def test_compare_ignores_the_flat_cost_bps_knob() -> None:
+    """The compare now charges a per-COIN MEASURED cost (taker fee + half the Corwin–Schultz spread), NOT
+    the flat `cost_bps`. So changing `cost_bps` must NOT move either book's final equity — the flat knob was
+    dropped from the compare path (it remains on the single-book sim modes). With no warehouse high/low
+    seeded here, both books measure the fee floor, so the curves are stable regardless of `cost_bps`."""
     c = _client(_seeded_repo())
     cheap = c.get("/paper/sim/run", params={"book": "compare", "capital": 100000, "cost_bps": 0})
     pricey = c.get("/paper/sim/run", params={"book": "compare", "capital": 100000, "cost_bps": 20})
@@ -128,8 +134,8 @@ def test_compare_charges_both_books_the_same_cost() -> None:
 
     cf, pf = _finals(cheap.text), _finals(pricey.text)
     assert len(cf) == 2 and len(pf) == 2, (cf, pf)         # both books reported
-    # cost moves BOTH books' final equity (same cost charged to each).
-    assert cf[0] != pf[0] and cf[1] != pf[1]
+    # the measured per-coin cost replaces the flat knob → cost_bps is inert on the compare path.
+    assert cf == pf
 
 
 def test_compare_both_normalized_to_same_capital() -> None: