Polish exit timeline and always show S/R levels.

Keep support/resistance visible even near trade lines, tighten the how-this-exits spine so steps connect, unify step styling, and add space above the panel.

frontend/src/components/charts/CandlestickChart.tsx

@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@ export function CandlestickChart({
       ctx.restore();
     }
 
-    // Left-side role labels only; prices live on the right axis.
+    // Exterior left-side role labels only; prices live on the right axis.
-    // Priority when levels crowd: Now > Stop > Gate > Entry > S/R.
+    // Priority when levels crowd: Now > Stop > Gate > Entry.
     // Best practice: hide Entry when it sits on top of Now — at market, Now
     // *is* the fill; Entry only matters once price has drifted from the scan.
     type LineLabel = {
@@ -385,27 +385,20 @@ export function CandlestickChart({
       && (entryDriftPx >= 12 || entryDriftR >= 0.25),
     );
 
-    const tradeYs: number[] = [nowY];
-    if (tradeSetup) {
-      tradeYs.push(yScale(tradeSetup.stop_loss), yScale(tradeSetup.target));
-      if (showEntry) tradeYs.push(yScale(tradeSetup.entry_price));
-    }
-
     // In-plot S/R labels (drawn after candles so they stay readable). Not
     // exterior margin labels — they ride the line itself, left-aligned.
     type InPlotLabel = { y: number; text: string; color: string; bg: string };
     const inPlotLabels: InPlotLabel[] = [];
 
     // Nearest support/resistance only (band if it came from a zone).
-    // Drop S/R entirely when it sits on a trade line — the trade label wins.
+    // Always draw them — labels live in-plot on the line, so proximity to
+    // Now/Stop no longer forces a hide (that was only to free the left gutter).
     markers.forEach((m) => {
       const isSupport = m.role === 'support';
       // Support stays cyan; resistance is a soft coral (warmer than neutral ink,
       // cooler/softer than the stop so the two never read as the same thing).
       const color = isSupport ? '#2f9db2' : '#e89b8c';
       const yMid = yScale(m.price);
-      const collidesTrade = tradeYs.some((ty) => Math.abs(ty - yMid) < LABEL_MIN_GAP_PX);
-      if (collidesTrade) return;
 
       if (m.high > m.low) {
         const yTop = yScale(m.high);

frontend/src/components/ticker/ExitPlanPanel.tsx

@@ -16,35 +16,34 @@ export function ExitPlanPanel({ plan, direction }: { plan: ExitPlan; direction:
   const steps = buildSteps(plan, isLong);
 
   return (
-    <div className="mt-5 rounded-xl border border-white/[0.07] bg-white/[0.02] p-4">
+    <div className="mt-8 rounded-xl border border-white/[0.07] bg-white/[0.02] p-4">
       <div className="flex flex-wrap items-baseline gap-x-2 gap-y-1">
         <span className="num text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.16em] text-gray-500">how this exits</span>
         <span className="text-[11.5px] font-medium text-gray-300">{plan.headline}</span>
       </div>
 
-      <ol className="relative mt-4 space-y-0">
+      <ol className="relative mt-4">
         {steps.map((step, i) => {
           const isLast = i === steps.length - 1;
           return (
-            <li key={step.title} className="relative flex gap-3 pb-4 last:pb-0">
+            <li key={step.title} className="relative flex gap-3">
-              {/* Spine */}
+              {/* Spine column: continuous connector from this node into the next */}
-              <div className="flex w-5 shrink-0 flex-col items-center">
+              <div className="relative flex w-5 shrink-0 flex-col items-center self-stretch">
                 <span
-                  className={`num mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 items-center justify-center rounded-full border text-[10px] font-semibold ${
+                  className="num relative z-10 mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-blue-400/35 bg-blue-400/10 text-[10px] font-semibold text-blue-200"
-                    step.tone === 'muted'
-                      ? 'border-white/[0.12] text-gray-500'
-                      : 'border-blue-400/35 bg-blue-400/10 text-blue-200'
-                  }`}
                   aria-hidden
                 >
-                  {step.icon ?? i + 1}
+                  {i + 1}
                 </span>
                 {!isLast && (
-                  <span className="mt-1 w-px flex-1 min-h-[12px] bg-white/[0.08]" aria-hidden />
+                  <span
+                    className="absolute left-1/2 top-5 bottom-0 w-px -translate-x-1/2 bg-blue-400/25"
+                    aria-hidden
+                  />
                 )}
               </div>
 
-              <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 pt-0.5">
+              <div className={`min-w-0 flex-1 pt-0.5 ${isLast ? 'pb-0' : 'pb-5'}`}>
                 <p className="text-[12px] font-medium text-gray-200">{step.title}</p>
                 {step.primary && (
                   <p className="num mt-0.5 text-[13px] font-semibold tracking-tight text-gray-100">
@@ -73,9 +72,6 @@ interface ExitStep {
   title: string;
   primary?: string;
   detail?: string;
-  /** Optional glyph instead of a step number (e.g. clock for time stop). */
-  icon?: string;
-  tone?: 'default' | 'muted';
 }
 
 function buildSteps(plan: ExitPlan, isLong: boolean): ExitStep[] {
@@ -114,11 +110,12 @@ function buildSteps(plan: ExitPlan, isLong: boolean): ExitStep[] {
     });
   }
 
+  // Same visual weight as the other steps — time stop is a real exit rule,
+  // not a footnote.
   steps.push({
     title: 'Time stop',
     primary: `${plan.maxHoldDays} trading days`,
     detail: 'Flat if still open after the max hold.',
-    tone: 'muted',
   });
 
   return steps;