research: park Phase B fip breadth; race guard and compact evidence

Log the 21:14 orphan as a snapshot-build race, rewrite the context table to
authoritative ICs only, and soften the vol-tilt warning. Add extender completion
manifest + breadth refuse guard; strip intermediate/orphaned reports; park the
thread (no book sim, no deploy).

README.md

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 Two findings future sessions must not re-litigate:
 
 - **The "inverse-vol sizing win" (July 2026) was mis-attributed — do not resurrect.** The diagnostic sized `notional = equity × 1% / vol_6m`, and the 20% notional cap bound on 95% of entries, so it actually measured "~5 positions × 20% notional each" — a concentration/risk-appetite bump economically equivalent to raising risk to 1.5%, not vol-managed sizing. Genuine inverse-vol sizing (risk budget × median-vol/vol) cuts max drawdown to −18.2% but costs ~58pp total return at flat Sharpe: a risk-preference trade, not edge.
-- **`fip_id` — Da/Gurun/Warachka information discreteness over the 12-1 formation window — is the strongest cross-sectional signal measured on this universe: IC −0.045, t = −2.91, correct sign (continuous-information winners outperform).** It clears the iron-rule bar in isolation but does not improve this book (the momentum gate already captures the effect in-sample). It is the prime ranking/gate candidate **if the universe broadens** (e.g. `nasdaq_all`).
+- **`fip_id` — Da/Gurun/Warachka information discreteness over the 12-1 formation window — is the strongest cross-sectional signal on the *production* universe: IC −0.045, t = −2.91, correct sign (continuous-information winners outperform).** It clears the iron-rule bar in isolation but does not improve this book (the momentum gate already captures the effect in-sample). **Phase B (liquid-1500, research branch only):** unconditional fip fails iron rule (−0.017 / t −1.85); mom-conditional fip (−0.088 / t −4.58) is a *book-tilt candidate only* after a baseline breadth mom book is proven. Do **not** cite the orphaned 21:14 row (+0.0575) — it raced a partial `research.sqlite`. See `docs/research/fip-breadth-ic.md`.
 
 ### The iron rule for strategy changes
 
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 1. **Forward monitor the promoted strategy** — the production UI now behaves like a portfolio monitor for the current strategy, with selectable lookbacks and SPY comparison. Forward paper-trade months are the only evidence the snapshot cannot provide; the July 2026 tuning pass closed every in-sample lead. (Trailing-stop sensitivity and the max-15 capacity check are done — see the tuning table above.)
 2. **Signal context snapshots** — accumulate point-in-time composite/sentiment/fundamental context for every new setup so the discretionary overlay can be tested forward-only.
-3. **More breadth, not more history** — widening the ranked universe (e.g. `nasdaq_all`) strengthens each week's cross-section and the IC t-stat, even if only the top slice is traded. Now doubly motivated: it is also where the strong `fip_id` signal (see tuning findings) could become tradeable. (Deeper history was considered and declined.)
+3. **Breadth is no longer free leverage** — Phase B found residual-mom t-stat *fell* on liquid-1500 vs the 505-name fingerprint (0.055/1.98 → 0.029/1.33). Any breadth book must clear a pre-registered baseline arm before fip tilts mean anything. (Deeper history was considered and declined.)
 
 ## Key Use Cases