diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ticker/RecommendationPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ticker/RecommendationPanel.tsx
index 30a7180..fabd6ef 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ticker/RecommendationPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ticker/RecommendationPanel.tsx
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice, risk, regime }: { setup?: Trad
             </div>
             <div>
               <div className="font-mono text-sm text-gray-100">{formatPrice(sizing.dollarRisk)}</div>
-              <div className="text-[10px] text-gray-500">at risk</div>
+              <div className="text-[10px] text-gray-500">max loss</div>
             </div>
           </div>
           {sizing.exceedsAccount && (
@@ -195,33 +195,44 @@ function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice, risk, regime }: { setup?: Trad
   );
 }
 
-function RiskSettingsBar({ risk, update }: { risk: RiskSettings; update: (p: Partial<RiskSettings>) => void }) {
+const RISK_PRESETS = [0.5, 1, 2, 3];
+
+/** Compact, set-once sizing controls: a clean account field (no spinners) and a
+ *  segmented risk-% selector — risk is almost always one of a few values. */
+function RiskControls({ risk, update }: { risk: RiskSettings; update: (p: Partial<RiskSettings>) => void }) {
   return (
-    <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-4 gap-y-2 text-xs">
-      <span className="text-gray-500">Risk settings:</span>
-      <label className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
-        <span className="text-gray-500">Account $</span>
+    <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2 text-xs text-gray-500">
+      <span>Sizing assumes a</span>
+      <span className="inline-flex items-center rounded-md border border-white/[0.08] bg-white/[0.03] px-2 py-0.5">
+        <span className="mr-0.5 text-gray-500">$</span>
         <input
-          type="number"
-          min={0}
-          value={risk.accountSize}
-          onChange={(e) => update({ accountSize: Number(e.target.value) })}
-          className="w-28 input-glass px-2 py-1 font-mono"
+          type="text"
+          inputMode="numeric"
+          value={risk.accountSize ? String(risk.accountSize) : ''}
+          onChange={(e) => update({ accountSize: Number(e.target.value.replace(/[^0-9]/g, '')) || 0 })}
+          placeholder="10000"
+          aria-label="Account size"
+          className="w-20 bg-transparent font-mono text-gray-100 outline-none"
         />
-      </label>
-      <label className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
-        <span className="text-gray-500">Risk %</span>
-        <input
-          type="number"
-          min={0}
-          max={100}
-          step={0.25}
-          value={risk.riskPct}
-          onChange={(e) => update({ riskPct: Number(e.target.value) })}
-          className="w-20 input-glass px-2 py-1 font-mono"
-        />
-      </label>
-      <span className="text-[10px] text-gray-600">saved in this browser</span>
+      </span>
+      <span>account, risking</span>
+      <span className="inline-flex overflow-hidden rounded-md border border-white/[0.08]">
+        {RISK_PRESETS.map((p) => (
+          <button
+            key={p}
+            type="button"
+            onClick={() => update({ riskPct: p })}
+            className={`px-2 py-0.5 font-mono transition-colors ${
+              risk.riskPct === p
+                ? 'bg-blue-400/15 text-blue-200'
+                : 'text-gray-400 hover:bg-white/[0.05] hover:text-gray-200'
+            }`}
+          >
+            {p}%
+          </button>
+        ))}
+      </span>
+      <span>per trade.</span>
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -263,6 +274,9 @@ export function RecommendationPanel({ symbol, longSetup, shortSetup, currentPric
           </span>
           <span className="text-sm text-gray-300">Composite: {summary?.composite_score?.toFixed(1) ?? '—'}</span>
           <span className="text-xs text-gray-500">{symbol.toUpperCase()}</span>
+          <div className="ml-auto">
+            <RiskControls risk={risk} update={updateRisk} />
+          </div>
         </div>
 
         <p className="text-xs text-gray-500">Recommended Action is the ticker-level bias. The preferred setup is shown first; the opposite side is available under Alternative scenario.</p>
@@ -271,8 +285,6 @@ export function RecommendationPanel({ symbol, longSetup, shortSetup, currentPric
           <p className="text-sm text-gray-300">{summary.reasoning}</p>
         )}
 
-        <RiskSettingsBar risk={risk} update={updateRisk} />
-
         {earningsDays != null && earningsDays >= 0 && (
           earningsDays <= EARNINGS_HORIZON_DAYS ? (
             <p className="rounded border border-amber-500/30 bg-amber-500/10 px-3 py-2 text-[11px] text-amber-300">