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Volatility Alliance: instructions, in-house execution and maker-checker booking

The system only generates trade instructions; platform staff execute them in the platform's own accounts, and fills are booked only after a second person confirms.

MechanismLast reviewed: 2026-09-09

The system does not place orders — it generates instructions

In the production execution mode, the Volatility Alliance only generates and stores durable trade instructions; it does not connect to a broker and does not send orders. Neither the crypto leg nor the US equities leg is routed to an exchange automatically.

Instructions are then executed by the platform itself: platform staff take the instruction and place the order manually in the platform's own trading accounts. Every basket leg is marked as platform-managed execution, and the product's cap on externally reported legs is 0 — any self-reported fill outside the durable instruction and fill-approval path is rejected.

How a fill reaches your account

StepWhoWhat happens
1. Generate instructionsTwo operatorsOne proposes, a second reviews and confirms; only then are deterministic instructions generated
2. ExecutePlatform staffOrder placed manually in the platform's own trading account
3. Report the fillFirst operatorEnters filled quantity, price, fees, tax, fill time and an evidence reference
4. Confirm and bookSecond operator (must differ from the first)Checks and confirms; only then is it written to the ledger
If any step is incomplete, the fill is not reflected in your units or NAV.

Where the API and admin console say “external”, it means “executed outside the system”; it does not imply a third-party executing institution.

Image to be added: a flow diagram from subscription to the daily cut (seven nodes, marking the two maker-checker steps).

Why there is a “valuation pending” gap in between

Between instruction generation and the second reviewer confirming and booking the fills, the product has a fund cash action in progress. During that period it produces no live valuation, and the assets overview degrades to a skeleton labelled “valuation pending”. It clears once the fills are confirmed and booked.

This article describes the execution and booking mechanism. It is not a return commitment. Unit value moves with the portfolio valuation and can fall. Product parameters and exit rules are on the product page and in the customer agreement.

Sources for this article

Nothing is written here that cannot be verified in the documents below. Where they conflict, the formal document prevails.

  • · Platform operations runbook
  • · Volatility Alliance V2 launch runbook
  • · Volatility Alliance V2 external-execution path
  • · Terms of Service
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