diff --git a/frontend/src/components/regime/RegimeQuadrant.tsx b/frontend/src/components/regime/RegimeQuadrant.tsx
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+++ b/frontend/src/components/regime/RegimeQuadrant.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import {
+  ScatterChart,
+  Scatter,
+  XAxis,
+  YAxis,
+  ZAxis,
+  CartesianGrid,
+  Tooltip,
+  ResponsiveContainer,
+  ReferenceLine,
+  ReferenceArea,
+} from 'recharts';
+import { getRegimeHistory } from '../../api/regime';
+import { Callout } from '../ui/Callout';
+import { SkeletonCard } from '../ui/Skeleton';
+
+// Lazy-loaded (see RegimePage) so recharts stays in the regime-tab chunk.
+
+// Quadrant dividers. Regime < 40 ≈ intact; early-warning > 60 ≈ elevated.
+const X_DIV = 40; // regime index
+const Y_DIV = 60; // early warning
+const TRAIL = 60; // sessions shown
+
+interface QPoint {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  date: string;
+}
+
+function QuadrantTip({ active, payload }: { active?: boolean; payload?: { payload: QPoint }[] }) {
+  if (!active || !payload?.length) return null;
+  const p = payload[0].payload;
+  return (
+    <div className="glass px-2.5 py-1.5 text-[11px]">
+      <div className="text-gray-300">{p.date}</div>
+      <div className="text-gray-400">
+        Regime <span className="text-blue-300">{Math.round(p.x)}</span> · Early warning{' '}
+        <span className="text-orange-300">{Math.round(p.y)}</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default function RegimeQuadrant() {
+  const history = useQuery({ queryKey: ['regime', 'history'], queryFn: () => getRegimeHistory(400) });
+
+  const points = useMemo<QPoint[]>(() => {
+    const data = history.data ?? [];
+    return data
+      .filter((p) => p.early_warning != null)
+      .slice(-TRAIL)
+      .map((p) => ({ x: p.index, y: p.early_warning as number, date: p.date }));
+  }, [history.data]);
+
+  const latest = points.length ? points[points.length - 1] : null;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="glass p-5">
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2">
+        <div className="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-wider text-gray-500">
+          Regime quadrant — last {TRAIL} sessions
+        </div>
+        {latest && (
+          <div className="text-[11px] text-gray-500">
+            now: regime <span className="text-blue-300">{Math.round(latest.x)}</span> · warning{' '}
+            <span className="text-orange-300">{Math.round(latest.y)}</span>
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+
+      {history.isLoading ? (
+        <SkeletonCard className="mt-3 h-72" />
+      ) : !points.length ? (
+        <Callout variant="empty">
+          Not enough history yet — the early-warning fills in as the daily job runs.
+        </Callout>
+      ) : (
+        <>
+          <div className="mt-3 h-80">
+            <ResponsiveContainer width="100%" height="100%">
+              <ScatterChart margin={{ top: 10, right: 16, bottom: 22, left: 0 }}>
+                {/* Quadrant shading (drawn first, behind everything) */}
+                <ReferenceArea x1={0} x2={X_DIV} y1={Y_DIV} y2={100} fill="#f59e0b" fillOpacity={0.07} stroke="none" />
+                <ReferenceArea x1={X_DIV} x2={100} y1={Y_DIV} y2={100} fill="#f97316" fillOpacity={0.07} stroke="none" />
+                <ReferenceArea x1={0} x2={X_DIV} y1={0} y2={Y_DIV} fill="#10b981" fillOpacity={0.07} stroke="none" />
+                <ReferenceArea x1={X_DIV} x2={100} y1={0} y2={Y_DIV} fill="#ef4444" fillOpacity={0.08} stroke="none" />
+                <CartesianGrid stroke="rgba(255,255,255,0.04)" />
+                <ReferenceLine x={X_DIV} stroke="rgba(255,255,255,0.12)" />
+                <ReferenceLine y={Y_DIV} stroke="rgba(255,255,255,0.12)" />
+                <XAxis
+                  type="number"
+                  dataKey="x"
+                  domain={[0, 100]}
+                  ticks={[0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100]}
+                  tick={{ fill: '#6b7280', fontSize: 10 }}
+                  tickLine={false}
+                  axisLine={{ stroke: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.08)' }}
+                  label={{ value: 'Regime index →', position: 'insideBottom', offset: -12, fill: '#6b7280', fontSize: 10 }}
+                />
+                <YAxis
+                  type="number"
+                  dataKey="y"
+                  domain={[0, 100]}
+                  ticks={[0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100]}
+                  tick={{ fill: '#6b7280', fontSize: 10 }}
+                  width={30}
+                  tickLine={false}
+                  axisLine={false}
+                  label={{ value: 'Early warning', angle: -90, position: 'insideLeft', fill: '#6b7280', fontSize: 10 }}
+                />
+                <ZAxis range={[16, 16]} />
+                <Tooltip cursor={{ strokeDasharray: '3 3', stroke: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.2)' }} content={<QuadrantTip />} />
+                {/* Trail (chronological path) */}
+                <Scatter data={points} fill="#60a5fa" fillOpacity={0.5} line={{ stroke: 'rgba(96,165,250,0.3)' }} isAnimationActive={false} />
+                {/* Today */}
+                {latest && (
+                  <Scatter
+                    data={[latest]}
+                    isAnimationActive={false}
+                    shape={(props: { cx?: number; cy?: number }) => (
+                      <circle cx={props.cx} cy={props.cy} r={6} fill="#ffffff" stroke="#60a5fa" strokeWidth={2} />
+                    )}
+                  />
+                )}
+              </ScatterChart>
+            </ResponsiveContainer>
+          </div>
+
+          <div className="mt-2 grid grid-cols-1 gap-x-4 gap-y-1 text-[11px] text-gray-500 sm:grid-cols-2">
+            <span><span className="text-amber-400">① Hot &amp; brittle</span> — narrow melt-up, shakeout risk</span>
+            <span><span className="text-orange-400">② Transition</span> — break may be starting</span>
+            <span><span className="text-emerald-400">③ Healthy &amp; broad</span> — calm uptrend</span>
+            <span><span className="text-red-400">④ Real downturn</span> — regime breaking, broad</span>
+          </div>
+          <p className="mt-2 text-[11px] leading-relaxed text-gray-600">
+            White dot = today; trail = path over the last {TRAIL} sessions. The tell isn&apos;t a single spot but the
+            move ①→④ (early warning rolling over while the regime index climbs = divergence resolving downward).
+            Observational — not wired into trades.
+          </p>
+        </>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/RegimePage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/RegimePage.tsx
index b196d4b..1618515 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/RegimePage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/RegimePage.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 
 // Lazy so recharts (heavy) ships in its own chunk, loaded only on this tab.
 const ScoreHistoryChart = lazy(() => import('../components/regime/ScoreHistoryChart'));
+const RegimeQuadrant = lazy(() => import('../components/regime/RegimeQuadrant'));
 import type {
   RegimeBand,
   RegimeSignal,
@@ -554,17 +555,9 @@ export default function RegimePage() {
               }
             />
           </div>
-          <ScoreGauge
-            label="Combined · observational blend"
-            score={monitor.data.combined?.score}
-            band={monitor.data.combined?.band}
-            trend={monitor.data.combined}
-            size="md"
-            footnote={
-              <>A weighted mean of the index and the early warning — for observation only. Tune the mix via the
-              regime config.</>
-            }
-          />
+          <Suspense fallback={<SkeletonCard className="h-80" />}>
+            <RegimeQuadrant />
+          </Suspense>
           <Suspense fallback={<SkeletonCard className="h-72" />}>
             <ScoreHistoryChart />
           </Suspense>