Waterfall Forensics.

Tie-out heatmap

Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-8

Every comparison the backtest ever made, on one screen: one column per distribution date, one row per class, colored by the worst absolute delta across interest, principal, and ending balance. The near-uniform field is the point. The few cells that broke a dollar are listed below, worst first.

158

periods replayed

99.9%

of 3,918 points within one dollar

2

points off by more than a dollar

A-1A-2A-3B-1B-2B-3B-4B-5A-IO1A-IO2
20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
exact to the centwithin a pennywithin a dollarover a dollarno comparisonhover any cell for its worst delta

The exception queue

2 of 3,918 comparisons sit more than a dollar from the trustee's figure. This is the entire list. Of the rest, 2,843 matched to the exact cent and 804 differed by cents, rounding-sized and never compounding.

DateClassFigureComputedReportedΔ
2014-03-25A-IO2interest192,348.90192,350.771.87
2014-05-27A-IO2interest189,408.71189,410.011.30

state rolls forward on computed values only — reported figures are never fed back in, so an engine error would compound rather than hide