clarify documented production strategy

README.md

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 - Fundamental data tracking (P/E, revenue growth, earnings surprise, market cap)
 - 5-dimension scoring engine (technical, S/R quality, sentiment, fundamental, momentum) with configurable weights
 - Risk:Reward scanner — long and short setups, ATR-based stops, S/R-based targets, configurable R:R threshold (default 1.5:1)
-- Activation gate — qualifies setups on a momentum-percentile floor plus an R:R floor (validated long-only edge)
+- Activation gate — qualifies setups on a residual-momentum percentile floor plus an R:R floor (validated long-only edge)
 - Recommendation layer — directional confidence, conflict detection, per-target reach-probability
 - Paper trading — take a setup, mark-to-market vs. latest close, auto-close per the exit policy (default: hold 30 trading days with the initial stop; trailing / target-stop selectable), realized track record + outcome evaluation
 - Market-regime index + FRED early-warning monitor (VIX, credit spreads); weekly backtest + manual event study
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ tests/
 
 ## Maintainer Guide
 
-Context for whoever — human or AI — continues this work. The owner pushes straight to `main` on a self-hosted Gitea remote (no PRs) and deploys manually.
+Context for whoever — human or AI — continues this work. The owner pushes straight to `main` on a self-hosted Gitea remote (no PRs); deployment is automated by the Gitea Actions workflow at `.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml`.
 
 ### Invariants — do not break these
 
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 | Paper trades + time/trailing/target auto-exit | `app/services/paper_trade_service.py` |
 | Point-in-time setup context snapshots | `app/models/signal_context_snapshot.py` + `app/services/rr_scanner_service.py` |
 | S/R detection & zone clustering | `app/services/sr_service.py` |
-| SPY benchmark for paper-trade alpha | `app/services/benchmark_service.py` |
+| SPY benchmark for residual momentum + paper-trade alpha | `app/services/benchmark_service.py` |
 | Pipelines & job registration | `app/scheduler.py` |
 
 ### Verifying changes