[WIP] feat/crypto

[andrewBatutin]

🪙 BitMEX Crypto Trading System

• New market type: Perpetual contract trading for 15+ cryptocurrencies
• 24/7 trading: 4x daily rebalancing cycles (00:00, 06:00, 12:00, 18:00 UTC)
• Paper trading: $10,000 initial capital per agent
• Crypto-specific metrics:
  • Funding rates (8-hour carry costs)
  • Order book depth (liquidity analysis)
  • Open interest tracking
  • Mark price with 10-day history

🔧 Backend Infrastructure

Trading Cycles:

• BitMEX system integrated into production scheduler (main.py)
• Automated 4x daily cycles for crypto markets
• 10-minute price updates for real-time tracking

Data Pipelines:

• News fetching for crypto (Google News with crypto-specific queries)
• Social media monitoring (Reddit with dedicated crypto subreddits)
• Price updates with BitMEX API integration

API Endpoints:

• /api/news/bitmex - Crypto news articles
• /api/social/bitmex - Crypto social media posts
• BitMEX data integrated into models and system endpoints

🎨 Frontend Integration

UI Components:

• BitMEX tabs added to News and SocialMedia pages
• Crypto-specific color theming in allocation charts
• BitMEX dashboard support (routing ready)

🧪 Backtesting Enhancements

Updated examples/backtest_demo.py:

• BitMEX support added alongside stock/polymarket
• Parallel backtesting for all three markets
• Crypto benchmark models (BTC-HOLD, ETH-HOLD)
• Updated date range to last week (2025-10-20 to 2025-10-27)
• All 21 models tested (removed flagship-only filter)