Overview: regime to the nav bar, watchlist up top

The market regime banner took a full-width row on the dashboard for
ambient context. It is now a subtle status in the top bar (colored dot
+ "neutral regime", full headline and the longs/shorts caution in the
tooltip) linking to /regime - matching the mockup's nav.

The watchlist strip moves from the bottom of the dashboard (where it
got lost) into the freed spot right under the hero: a slim chip row
with today's move per symbol and the full-watchlist link. The empty
state is a one-line hint instead of a callout box.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

frontend/src/components/layout/TopBar.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { useAuthStore } from '../../stores/authStore';
 import { check as healthCheck } from '../../api/health';
 import { getRunningJobs } from '../../api/jobs';
+import { useMarketRegime } from '../../hooks/useMarketRegime';
+import { regimeDot, regimeHeadline } from '../../lib/regime';
 import TickerSearch from './TickerSearch';
 
 const navItems = [
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ export default function TopBar() {
   });
 
   const running = jobs.data?.running ?? [];
+  const regime = useMarketRegime();
 
   return (
     <header className="glass sticky top-0 z-40 hidden items-center gap-7 rounded-none border-x-0 border-t-0 px-8 py-3 lg:flex">
@@ -73,6 +76,25 @@ export default function TopBar() {
       </div>
 
       <div className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-5">
+        {/* Market regime — ambient status; the full picture lives on /regime */}
+        {regime.data && (
+          <NavLink
+            to="/regime"
+            className="group flex items-center gap-2"
+            title={`${regimeHeadline(regime.data)}${
+              regime.data.label === 'bearish'
+                ? ' — be cautious on new longs'
+                : regime.data.label === 'bullish'
+                  ? ' — shorts are counter-trend'
+                  : ''
+            }`}
+          >
+            <span className={`inline-block h-1.5 w-1.5 rounded-full ${regimeDot(regime.data.label)}`} />
+            <span className="text-[11px] capitalize text-gray-500 transition-colors group-hover:text-gray-300">
+              {regime.data.label} regime
+            </span>
+          </NavLink>
+        )}
         {/* Live background-job activity, condensed */}
         {running.length > 0 && (
           <span className="flex max-w-[220px] items-center gap-2" title={running.map((j) => j.label).join(' · ')}>

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.tsx

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import { useTrades } from '../hooks/useTrades';
 import { useWatchlist } from '../hooks/useWatchlist';
 import { usePaperTrades } from '../hooks/usePaperTrades';
 import { useTickerNames } from '../hooks/useTickers';
-import { useMarketRegime } from '../hooks/useMarketRegime';
-import { regimeColor, regimeDot, regimeHeadline } from '../lib/regime';
 import { Callout } from '../components/ui/Callout';
 import { Section } from '../components/ui/Section';
 import { OpenTradesPanel } from '../components/dashboard/OpenTradesPanel';
@@ -213,7 +211,6 @@ export default function DashboardPage() {
   const tickerNames = useTickerNames();
   const activation = useActivation();
   const openTrades = usePaperTrades('open');
-  const regime = useMarketRegime();
 
   const qualifiedSetups = useMemo(
     () =>
@@ -342,21 +339,35 @@ export default function DashboardPage() {
         )}
       </div>
 
-      {/* Market regime banner */}
-      {regime.data && (
-        <div className="glass-sm flex items-center gap-2.5 px-4 py-2.5">
-          <span className={`inline-block h-2 w-2 rounded-full ${regimeDot(regime.data.label)}`} />
-          <span className="text-sm text-gray-400">Market regime:</span>
-          <span className={`text-sm font-semibold ${regimeColor(regime.data.label)}`}>
-            {regimeHeadline(regime.data)}
-          </span>
-          {regime.data.label === 'bearish' && (
-            <span className="text-xs text-gray-500">— be cautious on new longs</span>
-          )}
-          {regime.data.label === 'bullish' && (
-            <span className="text-xs text-gray-500">— shorts are counter-trend</span>
-          )}
-        </div>
+      {/* Watchlist — a slim glanceable strip right up top (regime moved to the nav bar) */}
+      {watchlist.data && (
+        topWatchlist.length > 0 ? (
+          <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+            <span className="section-index mr-1">Watchlist</span>
+            {topWatchlist.map((entry) => (
+              <Link
+                key={entry.symbol}
+                to={`/ticker/${entry.symbol}`}
+                className="inline-flex items-baseline gap-2 rounded-full border border-white/[0.09] px-3 py-1 text-[12.5px] transition-colors hover:border-blue-400/40 hover:bg-white/[0.03]"
+              >
+                <b className="font-semibold text-gray-200">{entry.symbol}</b>
+                <span className={`num text-[11px] ${rColor(entry.change_pct)}`}>
+                  {entry.change_pct != null
+                    ? `${entry.change_pct >= 0 ? '+' : ''}${entry.change_pct.toFixed(2)}%`
+                    : '—'}
+                </span>
+              </Link>
+            ))}
+            <Link to="/market" className="ml-1 text-xs font-medium text-blue-300 transition-colors hover:text-blue-200">
+              Full watchlist →
+            </Link>
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <p className="text-xs text-gray-600">
+            <span className="section-index mr-2">Watchlist</span>
+            empty — open any ticker and tap ☆ to add it.
+          </p>
+        )
       )}
 
       {/* Focal setup */}
@@ -496,37 +507,6 @@ export default function DashboardPage() {
         </Section>
       </div>
 
-      {/* Watchlist — compact chips, drill into any ticker */}
-      <Section title="My Watchlist" hint="today's move">
-        {watchlist.isLoading && <SkeletonTable rows={2} cols={4} />}
-        {watchlist.isError && <Callout variant="error">Failed to load watchlist</Callout>}
-        {watchlist.data && topWatchlist.length === 0 && (
-          <Callout variant="empty">
-            Your watchlist is empty — open any ticker and tap “☆ Add to watchlist”.
-          </Callout>
-        )}
-        {topWatchlist.length > 0 && (
-          <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2.5">
-            {topWatchlist.map((entry) => (
-              <Link
-                key={entry.symbol}
-                to={`/ticker/${entry.symbol}`}
-                className="inline-flex items-baseline gap-2 rounded-full border border-white/[0.09] px-3.5 py-1.5 text-[13px] transition-colors hover:border-blue-400/40 hover:bg-white/[0.03]"
-              >
-                <b className="font-semibold text-gray-200">{entry.symbol}</b>
-                <span className={`num text-[11.5px] ${rColor(entry.change_pct)}`}>
-                  {entry.change_pct != null
-                    ? `${entry.change_pct >= 0 ? '+' : ''}${entry.change_pct.toFixed(2)}%`
-                    : '—'}
-                </span>
-              </Link>
-            ))}
-            <Link to="/market" className="ml-1 text-xs font-medium text-blue-300 transition-colors hover:text-blue-200">
-              Full watchlist →
-            </Link>
-          </div>
-        )}
-      </Section>
     </div>
   );
 }