# 6.8 Monitoring & Operations

Once live, you need visibility, not blind faith.

Typical dashboard:

* **PnL**
  * Realized PnL (daily / weekly / monthly).
  * Unrealized PnL on open routes (if any).
* **Trade stats**
  * Number of trades.
  * Win rate.
  * Average / median profit per trade.
  * Edge decay (expected vs realized profit per trade).
* **Risk usage**
  * Current drawdown vs daily cap.
  * Max trade size vs configured max.
  * Exposure per strategy type.
* **Execution health**
  * Error counts (failed tx, RPC issues).
  * Average latency from opportunity detection to tx sent.
  * MEV slippage incidents (where fills deviated hard from expected).

**Controls you must have:**

* **Pause / stop**
  * Immediate halt button.
  * Optional auto-halt triggers (e.g. too many infra errors in a window).
* **Config change**
  * Change thresholds (min profit, risk per trade) without redeploying.
  * Change strategy mix on the fly (enable/disable classes).

If you can’t see this data and can’t stop the system instantly, you’re not running a bot, you’re gambling.
