diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3bce2c0..694c7fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -307,6 +307,28 @@ metrics. Keep the SSH tunnel open only while creating the snapshot; the backtest
 run itself is local/offline. `backtest_snapshots/` and generated backtest reports
 are git-ignored.
 
+### Reading a local backtest report
+
+The deployed **Signals → Track Record** page is deliberately trimmed to validation
+(portfolio monitor vs SPY, realized paper trades) and how-to-trade. The
+strategy-tuning tables that used to live there now live **only** in the local
+report — inspect these `reports/backtest-<timestamp>.json` sections and produce the
+matching decision. Every change still goes through the factor harness first (see
+**The iron rule for strategy changes** above).
+
+| Report section | What to read | Decision it drives |
+|---|---|---|
+| `overall_qualified` vs `overall_all` | Is qualified net expectancy above the all-setups baseline? | Sanity — is the gate adding anything at all |
+| `sweep` | Net avg R and trade count at each residual-momentum cutoff | Where to set the momentum percentile (Admin → Settings → Activation) |
+| `gate_ablation` | Net expectancy with each floor removed | Drop a floor only if removing it doesn't hurt net expectancy |
+| `time_exit_sweep` | Net avg R / net R-per-day by hold length | Whether a fixed time exit beats the promoted ATR trail |
+| `portfolio_monitor`, `portfolio_sim`, `strategy_variants` | CAGR, Sharpe, max drawdown, per-year returns | Promote a strategy only if it beats the current baseline on CAGR/Sharpe/DD |
+| `signal_eval` | Mean IC, t-stat, IC>0 %, `reliable` | Iron rule: wire a new factor in only if \|IC\| ≳ 0.03 with a consistent sign and `reliable: true` |
+| `recommendation`, `research_recommendation` | The report's own headline read | A starting point, not a substitute for the sections above |
+
+`recommendation` is the one section surfaced on the deployed page ("What this
+backtest recommends"); everything else in this table is intentionally local-only.
+
 ## Environment Variables
 
 Configure in `.env` (copy from `.env.example`):
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/signals/BacktestPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/signals/BacktestPanel.tsx
index 9371ec8..543d41a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/signals/BacktestPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/signals/BacktestPanel.tsx
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ export function BacktestPanel() {
               rebuilt using only data up to that day (no lookahead) and the following ~30 trading days decide
               its outcome — then simulates one capital-constrained book against the S&P 500. Sentiment and
               fundamentals are held neutral (no point-in-time history). ~6 months is roughly one market regime,
-              so read it as directional. The <em>tracking</em> check compares the backtest's qualified
-              expectancy with what live qualified setups have actually realized once matured.
+              so read it as directional.
             </p>
           </Disclosure>
           <Button onClick={() => run.mutate()} loading={run.isPending} className="shrink-0">
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/signals/MyTradesPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/signals/MyTradesPanel.tsx
index 2c03cf9..1678270 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/signals/MyTradesPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/signals/MyTradesPanel.tsx
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ export function MyTradesPanel() {
                   <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Ticker</th>
                   <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Dir</th>
                   <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Entry</th>
-                  <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Exit</th>
+                  <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Exit Px</th>
                   <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">P&L</th>
                   <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">R</th>
                   <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Alpha</th>
-                  <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Exit</th>
+                  <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Reason</th>
                   <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Closed</th>
                 </tr>
               </thead>