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+          "best_trade_pnl": 1693.37,
+          "worst_trade_pnl": -213.76,
+          "avg_hold_days": 13.7,
+          "exit_reasons": {
+            "open_at_end": 1,
+            "stop": 117,
+            "time": 49,
+            "trailing_stop": 84
+          },
+          "skipped_book_full": 200,
+          "spy_return_pct": 36.6,
+          "yearly_returns": [
+            {
+              "year": 2024,
+              "return_pct": 12.7
+            },
+            {
+              "year": 2025,
+              "return_pct": 40.4
+            },
+            {
+              "year": 2026,
+              "return_pct": 14.1
+            }
+          ],
+          "start_date": "2024-07-01",
+          "end_date": "2026-07-02",
+          "skipped_missing_fill": 0,
+          "overnight_slippage": {
+            "n": 251,
+            "mean_pct": -0.7233,
+            "median_pct": -0.2245,
+            "p05_pct": -4.6154,
+            "p95_pct": 1.0467
+          },
+          "max_entry_gap_pct": 0.02,
+          "skipped_gap_cap": 116,
+          "post_stop_events": 117,
+          "post_stop_reentries": 56,
+          "post_stop_states_open_at_end": 53
+        },
+        {
+          "window": "full",
+          "dsr": 0.8561,
+          "starting_capital": 10000.0,
+          "cost_per_side_pct": 0.1,
+          "fill_mode": "next_open",
+          "final_equity": 24698.25,
+          "total_return_pct": 147.0,
+          "cagr_pct": 25.2,
+          "max_drawdown_pct": 27.8,
+          "calmar": 0.91,
+          "sharpe": 1.06,
+          "sharpe_se": 0.502,
+          "psr": 0.983,
+          "n_returns": 1008,
+          "return_skew": -0.0453,
+          "return_kurtosis": 4.7254,
+          "trades": 523,
+          "win_rate": 32.7,
+          "avg_trade_pnl": 28.1,
+          "best_trade_r": 12.2,
+          "worst_trade_r": -4.0,
+          "best_trade_pnl": 2316.66,
+          "worst_trade_pnl": -292.44,
+          "avg_hold_days": 13.4,
+          "exit_reasons": {
+            "open_at_end": 1,
+            "stop": 258,
+            "time": 97,
+            "trailing_stop": 167
+          },
+          "skipped_book_full": 525,
+          "spy_return_pct": 90.9,
+          "yearly_returns": [
+            {
+              "year": 2022,
+              "return_pct": -4.1
+            },
+            {
+              "year": 2023,
+              "return_pct": 38.7
+            },
+            {
+              "year": 2024,
+              "return_pct": 14.8
+            },
+            {
+              "year": 2025,
+              "return_pct": 41.7
+            },
+            {
+              "year": 2026,
+              "return_pct": 14.1
+            }
+          ],
+          "start_date": "2022-06-24",
+          "end_date": "2026-07-02",
+          "skipped_missing_fill": 0,
+          "overnight_slippage": {
+            "n": 523,
+            "mean_pct": -0.5565,
+            "median_pct": -0.2628,
+            "p05_pct": -3.5771,
+            "p95_pct": 1.3699
+          },
+          "max_entry_gap_pct": 0.02,
+          "skipped_gap_cap": 262,
+          "post_stop_events": 258,
+          "post_stop_reentries": 158,
+          "post_stop_states_open_at_end": 87
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "recovery": {
+    "recover": false,
+    "near_close_control": true,
+    "beats_next_open": true,
+    "train_ok": false,
+    "validation_delta_vs_close": 0.06,
+    "validation_delta_vs_next_open": 0.3,
+    "half_se": 0.358,
+    "reason": "stale_close does not meet recovery criteria \u2014 see flags"
+  }
+}
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+# Execution recovery matrix — 2026-07-18T16:56:10.007302
+
+Validation split: **2024-07-01**. N for DSR: **4**.
+
+| arm | window | Sharpe | SE | CAGR | MaxDD | trades | gap/drift |
+|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|
+| close_control | train | 1.75 | 0.675 | 49.8 | 17.9 | 240 | — |
+| close_control | validation | 1.68 | 0.716 | 41.6 | 20.9 | 239 | — |
+| close_control | full | 1.77 | 0.496 | 48.3 | 21.6 | 472 | — |
+| next_open | train | 0.94 | 0.688 | 22.2 | 18.1 | 260 | mean -0.063% n=260 |
+| next_open | validation | 1.44 | 0.719 | 36.3 | 28.2 | 243 | mean -0.519% n=243 |
+| next_open | full | 1.2 | 0.504 | 30.0 | 28.2 | 502 | mean -0.2566% n=502 |
+| stale_close | train | 1.36 | 0.685 | 34.8 | 17.0 | 246 | mean -0.3836% n=246 |
+| stale_close | validation | 1.74 | 0.702 | 43.3 | 21.6 | 234 | mean -0.5217% n=234 |
+| stale_close | full | 1.57 | 0.5 | 40.6 | 21.8 | 483 | mean -0.4799% n=483 |
+| next_open_gap2 | train | 0.72 | 0.686 | 15.5 | 21.5 | 274 | mean -0.4245% n=274; gap_skips=146 |
+| next_open_gap2 | validation | 1.41 | 0.715 | 34.3 | 28.2 | 251 | mean -0.7233% n=251; gap_skips=116 |
+| next_open_gap2 | full | 1.06 | 0.502 | 25.2 | 27.8 | 523 | mean -0.5565% n=523; gap_skips=262 |
+
+## Recovery decision (stale_close)
+
+- **recover: False** — stale_close does not meet recovery criteria — see flags
+- flags: {'near_close_control': True, 'beats_next_open': True, 'train_ok': False, 'validation_delta_vs_close': 0.06, 'validation_delta_vs_next_open': 0.3, 'half_se': 0.358}