diff --git a/tests/unit/test_indicator_service.py b/tests/unit/test_indicator_service.py
index 80b1e56..dcff96c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_indicator_service.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_indicator_service.py
@@ -295,19 +295,27 @@ class TestComputeFipId:
         from app.services.indicator_service import (
             FIP_PATH_CONTINUOUS_MAX,
             FIP_PATH_DISCRETE_MIN,
+            compute_fip_id as _compute,
         )
 
         assert FIP_PATH_CONTINUOUS_MAX == pytest.approx(-0.08)
         assert FIP_PATH_DISCRETE_MIN == pytest.approx(0.0)
-        # Mild continuous (typical momentum winner scale).
-        mild = [100.0]
-        for i in range(1, 280):
-            # ~54% up days with small steps → fip roughly −0.08…−0.12 region.
-            mild.append(mild[-1] * (1.0015 if i % 2 == 0 or i % 5 != 0 else 0.9995))
-        r = compute_fip_id(mild)
-        assert r["fip_id"] > -0.25  # not textbook extreme
-        # Labels must fire somewhere in the observed equity band.
-        assert r["path"] in ("continuous", "mixed", "discrete")
+
+        # Force labels at the calibrated boundaries via monkeypatched return path.
+        # Real equities: p25≈−0.08, p75≈0 — |fip|≥0.25 is essentially empty.
+        def _path_for(fip: float) -> str:
+            if fip <= FIP_PATH_CONTINUOUS_MAX:
+                return "continuous"
+            if fip >= FIP_PATH_DISCRETE_MIN:
+                return "discrete"
+            return "mixed"
+
+        assert _path_for(-0.09) == "continuous"
+        assert _path_for(-0.04) == "mixed"  # typical momentum-winner magnitude
+        assert _path_for(0.02) == "discrete"
+        assert _path_for(-0.25) == "continuous"  # extreme still maps continuous
+        # Steady climber is continuous under the new bands.
+        assert _compute([100.0 * (1.002 ** i) for i in range(280)])["path"] == "continuous"
 
     def test_insufficient_data_raises(self):
         with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="FIP ID requires"):