Waterfall Forensics
We ran the contract forward for eight years. It matched to the penny.
Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-1: deconstructed from its prospectus into an executable encoding, then replayed against every monthly distribution the trustee ever reported — 93 periods, February 2013 through final termination.
$363M
of actual distributions reproduced
99.7%
of 2,139 comparisons within $1
$0.08
worst principal delta, ever
Every period, every class — computed from the contract vs. reported by the trustee
| Class | Interest computed | Interest reported | Principal computed | Principal reported | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-A1 | 48,414.16 | 48,414.16 | 230,429.59 | 230,429.59 | 0.01 |
| 1-AX | 70,846.88 | 70,846.92 | — | — | 0.04 |
| 2-A1 | 121,644.18 | 121,644.18 | 796,464.48 | 796,464.48 | 0.01 |
| 2-AX | 119,823.92 | 119,823.90 | — | — | 0.02 |
| B-1 | 26,111.62 | 26,111.62 | 32,581.48 | 32,581.48 | 0.01 |
| B-2 | 17,407.75 | 17,407.75 | 21,720.99 | 21,720.99 | 0.00 |
| B-3 | 11,776.74 | 11,776.74 | 14,694.74 | 14,694.74 | 0.01 |
| B-4 | 8,703.87 | 8,703.87 | 10,860.49 | 10,860.49 | 0.01 |
| B-5 | 12,673.44 | 12,673.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
drag through 93 distribution dates — Δ is the summed absolute difference between the contract-computed and trustee-reported figures for the period
Or see all 93 periods at once: the tie-out heatmap ›
How
The governing documents are deconstructed into a provenance-linked encoding — every waterfall step, trigger, and floor provision cites the clause that defines it. A deterministic interpreter executes that encoding, period by period, against the collateral cashflows the trustee reported. State rolls forward on computed values only; an error anywhere would compound and surface. It doesn't.
The same engine then runs Monte Carlo counterfactuals — what should have happened under different prepayment, default, or servicing behavior — and exports the whole model as readable Python your own analysts run and defend. Every encoding is open to clause-by-clause verification, and every verification lands in an append-only ledger.