Require aligned action for qualified setups

Stored TradeSetup rows are point-in-time snapshots from the RR scan, so
the ticker page could show stale confidence/reasoning/composite (e.g.
sentiment=neutral in the setup card while the sentiment panel showed
bullish). Overlay current score/sentiment context onto the API payload
for GET /trades and GET /trades/{symbol}, gate and format Telegram
qualified-setup alerts on the same live values, and apply the
min_confidence/recommended_action filters after the overlay so they
judge what the caller actually sees. Stored setups stay frozen for
outcome analysis and backtests.

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

README.md

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ Scheduled pipelines turn raw prices into a ranked, gated list of tradeable setup
 Once a day (default 07:00). Steps run **in dependency order**, each consuming the previous step's fresh output:
 
 1. **OHLCV** — fetch the latest daily bars for every tracked ticker (Alpaca); new tickers backfill ~5 years.
-2. **Sentiment** — fetch sentiment for the names that matter and are stale (> 5 days): top-pick feeders (momentum leaders with a tradeable long setup), the watchlist, and open paper trades, plus a top-N-by-composite discovery net. Runs *before* the scan so the scan sees fresh sentiment.
-3. **R:R Scan** — recompute S/R zones, the 5-dimension scores and long/short setups (ATR stops, S/R targets) for every ticker, and attach each ticker's 12‑1 momentum percentile.
-4. **Outcome Eval** — resolve setups that hit target/stop or expired (default 30 trading days) and close paper trades that hit a level.
+2. **Sentiment** — fetch sentiment for the names that matter and are stale (> 5 days): top-pick feeders (residual-momentum leaders with a tradeable long setup), the watchlist, and open paper trades, plus a top-N-by-composite discovery net. Runs *before* the scan so the scan sees fresh sentiment.
+3. **R:R Scan** — recompute S/R zones, the 5-dimension scores and long/short setups (ATR stops, S/R targets) for every ticker, and attach each ticker's residual 12‑1 momentum activation percentile.
+4. **Outcome Eval** — resolve setups that hit target/stop or expired (default 30 trading days) and auto-close paper trades per the exit policy (default: hold 30 trading days with the initial stop — the backtest-validated exit).
 5. **Market Regime** — recompute the regime index (breadth/trend).
 6. **Regime Monitor** — observational early-warning snapshot (VIX, credit spreads via FRED); feeds nothing else.
 
@@ -33,13 +33,66 @@ Fundamentals (weekly, early Monday) · Alerts (hourly, Telegram) · Backtest (we
 
 1. **Composite score** — technical, S/R-quality, sentiment, fundamental and momentum sub-scores (0–100) combine into a weighted composite (weights configurable; missing dimensions re-normalize).
 2. **Setups** — the scanner builds long/short setups with ATR stops and S/R targets, then adds a confidence score, conflict flags and a target reach-probability.
-3. **Activation gate** — a setup *qualifies* only if it clears the R:R and confidence floors **and** ranks in the top momentum percentile of the universe (the validated edge is long-only momentum).
-4. **Top pick** — the highest-momentum qualified setup; highlighted on the Dashboard and labelled on the ticker page.
+3. **Activation gate** — a setup *qualifies* only if it clears the R:R floor **and** ranks in the top residual-momentum percentile of the universe (the validated edge is long-only; the confidence floor was ablated to zero effect and defaults off).
+4. **Top pick** — the highest residual-momentum qualified setup; highlighted on the Dashboard and labelled on the ticker page.
+
+## Strategy Status — What's Validated and What Isn't
+
+**Read this before touching scoring, gating, or setup logic.** The platform measures itself — a weekly-replay backtest plus a factor rank-IC harness (`app/services/backtest_service.py`) — and the verdicts below come from those reports (June 2026, ~5 years of OHLCV), not from opinion.
+
+| Component | Verdict | Evidence |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Residual 12-1 cross-sectional momentum** (the activation gate, long-only) | **Production ranking — in-sample edge** | Promoted July 2026 after the portfolio variant beat raw 80 on CAGR, Sharpe and drawdown. Raw 12-1 remains a fallback only when benchmark data is unavailable |
+| S/R setup engine (ATR stops, S/R targets, reach-probability) | **Filter/execution context, not the exit** | R:R/room-to-run still earns its keep as a filter, but S/R targets underperform the time exit. The probability model is display-only |
+| Composite score + 5 dimensions | **Display/ranking only** | Sub-scores are hand-built heuristics; none has a measured IC. Note: the "momentum" *dimension* is 5/20-day ROC — NOT the validated 12-1 factor (that lives in `momentum_service`) |
+| LLM sentiment | Display + a bounded composite adjustment (± weight × 100 pts around neutral 50) | Deliberately kept out of the setup engine; no point-in-time history to validate against yet |
+| Fundamentals | Feeds composite + confidence only | Latest values only, no history — same limitation |
+| Short setups | **Excluded while the momentum gate is active** | Backtest showed shorts fight the trend and drag expectancy |
+| Expected-value gate (removed June 2026) | Degenerate — do not resurrect | Structurally favored distant lottery targets; selected *worse*-than-random setups |
+
+Caveats on the momentum result: in-sample, roughly one market regime, costs/slippage approximated at 0.1% per side, and residual momentum still needs SPY benchmark history to compute. The **out-of-sample proof is the forward paper-trade record**: Signals → Track Record compares live qualified expectancy against the backtest.
+
+### Current production baseline
+
+Use this as a regression guardrail for future strategy changes, not as a return promise. Backtest run: 506 tickers, weekly cadence, 30-trading-day horizon, 2022-06-28 → 2026-07-01, 0.1% per-side costs, price-only SPY benchmark.
+
+| Item | Current baseline |
+|---|---|
+| Strategy version | `residual_momentum_12_1_rr_time_v2` |
+| Production gate | Long-only, residual 12-1 momentum percentile >= 80, R:R floor on, NEUTRAL excluded, confidence floor effectively off |
+| Exit | Hold 30 trading days with the initial ATR stop |
+| Qualified setups | 1,810 |
+| Qualified net expectancy | +0.16R per setup |
+| Profit factor | 1.27 |
+| Portfolio CAGR | +40.4% |
+| Portfolio total return | +289.4% vs SPY +95.9% |
+| Max drawdown | -26.1% |
+| Sharpe | 1.52 daily, annualized |
+| Robustness | 30d hold remains +0.16R net/trade after removing the top 5% winners |
+
+Nearest challengers from the same run: legacy raw 80 was weaker (+33.8% CAGR, -28.8% max drawdown, Sharpe 1.32); raw 90 was close but had lower Sharpe and worse drawdown (+40.4% CAGR, -27.6% max drawdown, Sharpe 1.49); residual 80 / max 15 removed book-full skips but did not improve CAGR, drawdown, Sharpe or closed trades.
+
+### The iron rule for strategy changes
+
+A signal earns its way into selection **only** through the factor harness:
+
+1. Add it as a point-in-time function of past bars in `_signal_values()` (`backtest_service.py`).
+2. Run the backtest (Admin → Jobs, or the weekly run) and read the **Signal edge** table (Signals → Track Record).
+3. Wire it into the gate or ranking **only if** |mean IC| ≳ 0.03 with a consistent sign and `reliable: true` (≥ 12 non-overlapping windows).
+
+Corollaries: never let an unvalidated score gate setups; the outcome evaluator must keep scoring **all** setups (unqualified ones are the control group); LLM output stays display-only in the quant path.
+
+### Highest-value next experiments (in order)
+
+1. **Raw 90 challenger** — keep comparing raw 12-1 momentum at cutoff 90 against production residual 80; promote only if it beats residual production on Sharpe and drawdown without a meaningful CAGR hit.
+2. **Capacity check** — keep only the residual 80 / max 15 portfolio row as a guardrail; max 20 and raw max 15 added no information in the July 2026 run.
+3. **Signal context snapshots** — accumulate point-in-time composite/sentiment/fundamental context for every new setup so the discretionary overlay can be tested forward-only.
+4. **More breadth, not more history** — widening the ranked universe (e.g. `nasdaq_all`) strengthens each week's cross-section and the IC t-stat, even if only the top slice is traded. (Deeper history was considered and declined.)
 
 ## Key Use Cases
 
-- **Find today's best long setup.** On the **Dashboard**, the *Top Setups* table lists qualified setups ranked by momentum with the #1 flagged "Top pick". Each row opens the ticker page for the chart, scores, S/R targets and entry/stop.
-- **Track a trade you took.** Mark a setup as a **paper trade**: it's marked-to-market against the latest close, auto-closed on stop/target, and its sentiment stays fresh while open. *Signals → Track Record* shows the realized edge.
+- **Find today's best long setup.** On the **Dashboard**, the *Top Setups* table lists qualified setups ranked by residual momentum with the #1 flagged "Top pick". Each row opens the ticker page for the chart, scores, S/R targets and entry/stop.
+- **Track a trade you took.** Mark a setup as a **paper trade**: it's marked-to-market against the latest close, auto-closed by the active exit policy (default: 30 trading days with the initial stop), and its sentiment stays fresh while open. *Signals → Track Record* shows the realized edge.
 
 ## Stack
 
@@ -68,9 +121,9 @@ Fundamentals (weekly, early Monday) · Alerts (hourly, Telegram) · Backtest (we
 - 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 R:R/confidence (validated long-only edge); ranks the rest by expected value
+- 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 on stop/target, realized track record + outcome evaluation
+- 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
 - Telegram alerts (e.g. regime-quadrant changes)
 - User-curated watchlist (cap: 20), enriched with composite score, R:R and S/R summary
@@ -188,9 +241,10 @@ npm run preview   # Preview the production build locally
 # Backend tests (in-memory SQLite — no PostgreSQL needed)
 pytest tests/ -v
 
-# Frontend tests
+# Frontend: there is no test suite — `npm test` calls vitest, which is not
+# installed. The frontend check is the full TypeScript build:
 cd frontend
-npm test
+npm run build
 ```
 
 ## Environment Variables
@@ -230,70 +284,68 @@ Configure in `.env` (copy from `.env.example`):
 
 ## Production Deployment (Debian 12)
 
+**Ongoing deploys are automated.** Every push to `main` triggers the Gitea Actions pipeline (`.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml`): lint → test → rsync to the server → `pip install` → `alembic upgrade head` → restart `signalplatform.service` → health check. There is no manual deploy step; the steps below are only for provisioning a new server.
+
 ### 1. Install dependencies
 
 ```bash
-sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y python3.12 python3.12-venv postgresql nginx nodejs npm
+sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y python3.12 python3.12-venv postgresql nginx rsync
 ```
 
-### 2. Create service user
+### 2. Create the deploy user
+
+The pipeline connects over SSH as this user; it owns the app directory and needs passwordless permission to restart the service:
 
 ```bash
-sudo useradd -r -s /usr/sbin/nologin stockdata
+sudo useradd -m deploy
+sudo mkdir -p /opt/signalplatform
+sudo chown deploy:deploy /opt/signalplatform
+echo 'deploy ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/systemctl restart signalplatform.service' | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/deploy-restart
 ```
 
-### 3. Deploy application
+### 3. Configure the pipeline (Gitea repo settings)
+
+Variables: `DEPLOY_HOST`, `DEPLOY_USER` (`deploy`), `DEPLOY_PATH` (`/opt/signalplatform`), `SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS` (host fingerprint), `SSH_PORT`. Secret: `SSH_PRIVATE_KEY` (matching the deploy user's authorized key).
+
+### 4. Configure the app
 
 ```bash
-sudo mkdir -p /opt/stock-data-backend
-# Copy project files to /opt/stock-data-backend
-cd /opt/stock-data-backend
-python3.12 -m venv .venv
-source .venv/bin/activate
-pip install .
-```
-
-### 4. Configure
-
-```bash
-sudo cp .env.example /opt/stock-data-backend/.env
-sudo chown stockdata:stockdata /opt/stock-data-backend/.env
+# After the first pipeline run has synced the files:
+cp /opt/signalplatform/.env.example /opt/signalplatform/.env
 # Edit .env with production values (strong JWT_SECRET, real API keys, etc.)
 ```
 
+`.env` is excluded from the rsync, so it survives every deploy.
+
 ### 5. Database
 
+Either trigger the workflow manually (workflow_dispatch) with `run_setup_db: true` — the deploy then runs `deploy/setup_db.sh` instead of plain migrations — or run it once by hand:
+
 ```bash
 DB_NAME=stock_data_backend DB_USER=stock_backend DB_PASS=strong_password ./deploy/setup_db.sh
 ```
 
-### 6. Build frontend
+### 6. Systemd service
 
 ```bash
-cd frontend
-npm ci
-npm run build
-```
-
-### 7. Systemd service
-
-```bash
-sudo cp deploy/stock-data-backend.service /etc/systemd/system/
+sudo cp deploy/signalplatform.service /etc/systemd/system/
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-sudo systemctl enable --now stock-data-backend
+sudo systemctl enable --now signalplatform
 ```
 
-### 8. Nginx reverse proxy
+The unit runs uvicorn on `127.0.0.1:8998` as the `deploy` user, with `WorkingDirectory=/opt/signalplatform`.
+
+### 7. Nginx reverse proxy
 
 ```bash
-sudo cp deploy/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/stock-data-backend
-sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/stock-data-backend /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
+sudo cp deploy/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/signalplatform
+sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/signalplatform /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
 sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx
 ```
 
-Nginx serves the frontend static files from `frontend/dist/` and proxies `/api/v1/` to the backend.
+Nginx serves the frontend static files from `frontend/dist/` (built on the CI runner and rsynced) and proxies `/api/v1/` to the backend.
 
-### 9. SSL (recommended)
+### 8. SSL (recommended)
 
 ```bash
 sudo apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx
@@ -359,3 +411,64 @@ tests/
 ├── unit/                # Unit tests
 └── property/            # Property-based tests (Hypothesis)
 ```
+
+## 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); deployment is automated by the Gitea Actions workflow at `.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml`.
+
+### Invariants — do not break these
+
+- **`app/services/qualification.py` is mirrored in `frontend/src/lib/qualification.ts`.** Any gate change must land in both, or the UI's "qualified" flags silently disagree with the server.
+- **Live scan and backtest share the same pure functions.** The backtest replays production logic through DB-free functions (`compute_technical_from_arrays`, `compute_momentum_from_closes`, `detect_sr_levels`, the recommendation helpers). New strategy logic must stay in pure functions consumed by both paths, or the backtest stops measuring what production actually does.
+- **One S/R model app-wide:** `sr_service.detect_sr_levels` + `cluster_sr_zones` (2% tolerance) feed the chart, alerts, and target generation identically.
+- **The outcome evaluator evaluates ALL setups**, not just qualified ones — unqualified setups are the control group that makes the Track Record meaningful.
+- **`SystemSetting` access goes through `app/services/settings_store.py`** — don't query the model directly.
+- **Time-series data gets a real table** (see `benchmark_prices`, `regime_snapshots`); `SystemSetting` JSON is only for config and cached reports.
+- **Discretionary overlay data is forward-only.** `signal_context_snapshots` captures composite/dimension/sentiment/fundamental context for new setups. Do not approximate historical sentiment/fundamental snapshots from today's data.
+- Style: surgical changes, minimal new files; extend existing services rather than adding parallel ones.
+
+### Where the strategy lives
+
+| Concern | File |
+|---|---|
+| Composite + 5 dimension scores, weights | `app/services/scoring_service.py` |
+| Residual 12-1 momentum ranking (the validated activation factor) | `app/services/momentum_service.py` |
+| Setup construction (ATR stop, S/R targets) | `app/services/rr_scanner_service.py` |
+| Confidence, targets, reach-probability, action | `app/services/recommendation_service.py` |
+| Activation gate predicate (mirrored in TS) | `app/services/qualification.py` |
+| Gate defaults / admin config | `app/services/admin_service.py` (`ACTIVATION_DEFAULTS`) |
+| Backtest + factor rank-IC harness ("Signal edge") | `app/services/backtest_service.py` |
+| Outcome resolution (target/stop/expired/ambiguous) | `app/services/outcome_service.py` |
+| 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 residual momentum + paper-trade alpha | `app/services/benchmark_service.py` |
+| Pipelines & job registration | `app/scheduler.py` |
+
+### Verifying changes
+
+```bash
+pytest tests/ -q                 # backend; in-memory SQLite, no Postgres needed
+cd frontend && npm run build     # full tsc check — this IS the frontend "test"
+```
+
+- `npm test` in `frontend/` is dead (vitest isn't installed; there are no frontend test files). Use `npm run build`.
+- Backend tests that exercise services which `commit()` need a plain session fixture, not the rolling-back `db_session` — copy the pattern in `tests/unit/test_rr_scanner_integration.py`.
+- `ruff` reports ~11 pre-existing errors in old test files; those are not regressions.
+
+### Deploying
+
+Automated by Gitea Actions (`.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml`) on every push to `main`: **lint** (`ruff check app/`) → **test** (pytest; `alembic upgrade head` validated against a real Postgres 16 service; frontend `npm ci && npm run build`) → **deploy** (frontend built on the runner, rsync to the server excluding `.env`, `pip install -e .`, `alembic upgrade head`, restart `signalplatform.service`, health check on `127.0.0.1:8998`). Deploys are serialized by a concurrency group so overlapping pushes can't race.
+
+Practical consequences:
+
+- **A `ruff` error in `app/` or any failing backend test blocks the deploy.** (CI lints only `app/`, so the pre-existing ruff noise in old test files doesn't.)
+- **Migrations run automatically on deploy** — no manual `alembic` step. A migration that only works on SQLite will fail CI against Postgres, by design.
+- Pushing to `main` **is** deploying to production — there is no separate release step.
+- After a gate or scanner change ships, trigger an R:R scan (Admin → Jobs) so live setups pick up new fields.
+
+### Roadmap (agreed June 2026)
+
+1. **Forward paper-test the momentum book** — the out-of-sample proof the backtest can't give. Watch Signals → Track Record (live vs backtest).
+2. **Full IBKR integration** — read real positions, overlay entries/stops on charts, alert on holdings' score deterioration. (Paper trading, the lighter alternative, is done.)
+3. Strategy experiments in the order listed under **Strategy Status** above — each one goes through the factor harness first.

alembic/versions/015_phase3_exit_and_gate.py

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+"""Phase 3 strategy adoption: time-based exit + confidence floor removed.
+
+The July 2026 backtest (gate ablation graded under both exit models, plus the
+capital-constrained portfolio simulation) concluded:
+
+- The best exit is hold-to-horizon: keep the initial ATR stop and exit at the
+  30th trading day's close (+0.50R net/trade vs +0.13R for the S/R target
+  exit; simulated book +31.9% vs +23.7% CAGR at the same drawdown). The paper
+  trade exit-policy default is now ``time`` (30 trading days).
+- The confidence floor adds nothing (identical net/trade with it removed,
+  under both exit models) while cutting ~25% of qualified trades. Its default
+  is now 0 (off).
+
+Stored rows for these two settings were written under the old semantics, so
+they are cleared here and the new code defaults take effect. Re-tune in
+Admin -> Activation / Paper-Trade Exit if desired. Note: this changes which
+setups qualify and how paper trades close, so Track Record comparability
+resets from this deploy.
+
+Revision ID: 015
+Revises: 014
+Create Date: 2026-07-02 00:00:00.000000
+
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision: str = "015"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "014"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.execute(
+        sa.text(
+            "DELETE FROM system_settings "
+            "WHERE key IN ('activation_min_confidence', 'paper_exit_mode')"
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    # One-way data reset: the old per-key values aren't recoverable. Code
+    # defaults apply until re-tuned, so there is nothing to restore.
+    pass

alembic/versions/016_add_signal_context_snapshots.py

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+"""add signal context snapshots
+
+Revision ID: 016
+Revises: 015
+Create Date: 2026-07-02 00:00:00.000000
+
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+revision: str = "016"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "015"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.create_table(
+        "signal_context_snapshots",
+        sa.Column("id", sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("trade_setup_id", sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("ticker_id", sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("detected_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("created_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("strategy_version", sa.String(length=80), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("direction", sa.String(length=10), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("entry_price", sa.Float(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("stop_loss", sa.Float(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("target", sa.Float(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("rr_ratio", sa.Float(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("confidence_score", sa.Float(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("recommended_action", sa.String(length=20), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("risk_level", sa.String(length=10), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("momentum_percentile", sa.Float(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("score_context_json", sa.Text(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("sentiment_context_json", sa.Text(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("fundamental_context_json", sa.Text(), nullable=False),
+        sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(["ticker_id"], ["tickers.id"], ondelete="CASCADE"),
+        sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(["trade_setup_id"], ["trade_setups.id"], ondelete="CASCADE"),
+        sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint("id"),
+        sa.UniqueConstraint("trade_setup_id", name="uq_signal_context_trade_setup"),
+    )
+    op.create_index(
+        "ix_signal_context_ticker_detected",
+        "signal_context_snapshots",
+        ["ticker_id", "detected_at"],
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_index("ix_signal_context_ticker_detected", table_name="signal_context_snapshots")
+    op.drop_table("signal_context_snapshots")

app/config.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     # Sentiment search-budget controls (Gemini grounding free tier = 5000/month).
     # Scope (see _get_sentiment_priority_tickers): everything that matters is always
     # refreshed in full — open paper trades + the curated watchlist + top-pick
-    # feeders (momentum leaders with a tradeable long setup) — plus a top-N composite
+    # feeders (residual-momentum leaders with a tradeable long setup) — plus a top-N composite
     # discovery net. No per-run cap: the set is naturally bounded (watchlist <= 20,
     # composite <= top_composite), so a full refresh stays well inside the free tier.
     # Skip anything refreshed within fresh_hours (5 days: sentiment shifts slowly and

app/models/__init__.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from app.models.alert import AlertLog
 from app.models.paper_trade import PaperTrade
 from app.models.regime_snapshot import RegimeSnapshot
 from app.models.benchmark_price import BenchmarkPrice
+from app.models.signal_context_snapshot import SignalContextSnapshot
 
 __all__ = [
     "Ticker",
@@ -30,4 +31,5 @@ __all__ = [
     "PaperTrade",
     "RegimeSnapshot",
     "BenchmarkPrice",
+    "SignalContextSnapshot",
 ]

app/models/benchmark_price.py

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ class BenchmarkPrice(Base):
     """Daily close for a benchmark index (e.g. SPY), used to compute trade alpha.
 
     A standalone price series, deliberately NOT a tracked ``Ticker`` — so the
-    benchmark never enters the scanner, the momentum-percentile ranking, or the
-    rankings table. One row per (symbol, date).
+    benchmark never becomes a trade candidate or rankings-table row. Its closes
+    are used for residual momentum and trade alpha. One row per (symbol, date).
     """
 
     __tablename__ = "benchmark_prices"

app/models/signal_context_snapshot.py

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from sqlalchemy import DateTime, Float, ForeignKey, String, Text
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column, relationship
+
+from app.database import Base
+
+
+class SignalContextSnapshot(Base):
+    """Point-in-time context captured when a trade setup is generated.
+
+    This stores the discretionary overlay inputs (scores, sentiment,
+    fundamentals) as they looked at detection time, so future analysis can test
+    whether human filtering improved or hurt the qualified-list strategy.
+    """
+
+    __tablename__ = "signal_context_snapshots"
+
+    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True)
+    trade_setup_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(
+        ForeignKey("trade_setups.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), nullable=False, unique=True
+    )
+    ticker_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(
+        ForeignKey("tickers.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), nullable=False
+    )
+    detected_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False)
+    created_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False)
+    strategy_version: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(80), nullable=False)
+
+    direction: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(10), nullable=False)
+    entry_price: Mapped[float] = mapped_column(Float, nullable=False)
+    stop_loss: Mapped[float] = mapped_column(Float, nullable=False)
+    target: Mapped[float] = mapped_column(Float, nullable=False)
+    rr_ratio: Mapped[float] = mapped_column(Float, nullable=False)
+    confidence_score: Mapped[float | None] = mapped_column(Float, nullable=True)
+    recommended_action: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(20), nullable=True)
+    risk_level: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(10), nullable=True)
+    momentum_percentile: Mapped[float | None] = mapped_column(Float, nullable=True)
+
+    score_context_json: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=False, default="{}")
+    sentiment_context_json: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=False, default="{}")
+    fundamental_context_json: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=False, default="{}")
+
+    trade_setup = relationship("TradeSetup")
+    ticker = relationship("Ticker")

app/models/trade_setup.py

@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ class TradeSetup(Base):
     )
 
     confidence_score: Mapped[float | None] = mapped_column(Float, nullable=True)
-    # Ticker's 12-1 momentum percentile across the universe at detection time
-    # (0–100, 100 = strongest). Drives the activation gate's core selection.
+    # Ticker's activation momentum percentile across the universe at detection
+    # time. Since July 2026 this is residual 12-1 momentum when benchmark data is
+    # available, with raw 12-1 as a fallback.
     momentum_percentile: Mapped[float | None] = mapped_column(Float, nullable=True)
     targets_json: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
     conflict_flags_json: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)

app/routers/paper_trades.py

@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ async def write_exit_policy(
     db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
 ) -> APIEnvelope:
     """Change the auto-exit policy (admin)."""
-    data = await paper_trade_service.set_exit_policy(db, mode=body.mode, trailing_pct=body.trailing_pct)
+    data = await paper_trade_service.set_exit_policy(
+        db, mode=body.mode, trailing_pct=body.trailing_pct, hold_days=body.hold_days
+    )
     return APIEnvelope(status="success", data=data)
 
 

app/routers/scores.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async def read_score(
     _user=Depends(require_access),
     db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
 ) -> APIEnvelope:
-    """Get composite + dimension scores for a symbol. Recomputes stale scores."""
+    """Get the latest persisted composite + dimension scores for a symbol."""
     result = await get_score(db, symbol)
 
     data = ScoreResponse(
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ async def read_rankings(
             RankingEntry(
                 symbol=r["symbol"],
                 composite_score=r["composite_score"],
+                composite_stale=r.get("composite_stale", False),
                 dimensions=[
                     DimensionScoreResponse(**d) for d in r["dimensions"]
                 ],

app/routers/trades.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ async def list_trade_setups(
         direction=direction,
         min_confidence=min_confidence,
         recommended_action=recommended_action,
+        live_recommendation=True,
     )
 
     data = []
@@ -92,7 +93,11 @@ async def get_ticker_trade_setups(
     _user=Depends(require_access),
     db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
 ) -> APIEnvelope:
-    rows = await get_trade_setups(db, symbol=symbol)
+    rows = await get_trade_setups(
+        db,
+        symbol=symbol,
+        live_recommendation=True,
+    )
     data = []
     for row in rows:
         summary = RecommendationSummaryResponse(

app/scheduler.py

@@ -222,11 +222,11 @@ async def _get_ohlcv_priority_tickers(db: AsyncSession) -> list[str]:
 async def _get_top_pick_feeder_ids(db: AsyncSession) -> set[int]:
     """Ticker ids whose latest LONG setup makes them a top-pick feeder.
 
-    A dashboard 'top pick' is the highest-momentum *qualified* setup. Sentiment
-    can never move a ticker's momentum percentile (the gate's core axis) — only
-    its confidence and EV ranking. So the only tickers that are, or could become
-    with positive sentiment, a top pick are momentum leaders that already have a
-    tradeable long setup clearing the R:R floor. That set is exactly:
+    A dashboard 'top pick' is the highest residual-momentum *qualified* setup.
+    Sentiment can never move a ticker's activation percentile (the gate's core
+    axis) — only its confidence and EV ranking. So the only tickers that are, or
+    could become with positive sentiment, a top pick are residual-momentum leaders
+    that already have a tradeable long setup clearing the R:R floor. That set is exactly:
 
         latest long setup with momentum_percentile >= gate AND rr_ratio >= floor.
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ async def _get_sentiment_priority_tickers(db: AsyncSession) -> list[str]:
     is always fully covered. The two tiers only affect ORDER, so a mid-run provider
     rate limit still lands the names we care about first:
 
-      Priority: top-pick feeders (momentum leaders with a tradeable long setup, see
+      Priority: top-pick feeders (residual-momentum leaders with a tradeable long setup, see
         ``_get_top_pick_feeder_ids``) + the curated watchlist + open paper trades —
         the set we never want shown without sentiment.
       Filler: top-N by composite — a cheap discovery net for names not yet covered.

app/schemas/paper_trade.py

@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ class PaperTradeClose(BaseModel):
 
 class ExitPolicyUpdate(BaseModel):
     """Auto-exit policy for open paper trades."""
-    mode: str | None = Field(default=None, pattern=r"^(trailing|target)$")
+    mode: str | None = Field(default=None, pattern=r"^(time|trailing|target)$")
     trailing_pct: float | None = Field(default=None, ge=0.5, le=90)
+    hold_days: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=2, le=250)
 
 
 class PaperTradeResponse(BaseModel):

app/schemas/score.py

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class RankingEntry(BaseModel):
 
     symbol: str
     composite_score: float
+    composite_stale: bool = False
     dimensions: list[DimensionScoreResponse] = []
 
 

app/schemas/trade_setup.py

@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ class RecommendationSummaryResponse(BaseModel):
     composite_score: float
 
 
+class TradeSetupContextAsOfResponse(BaseModel):
+    setup_detected_at: datetime
+    score_computed_at: datetime | None = None
+    sentiment_at: datetime | None = None
+    price_date: date | None = None
+    price_updated_at: datetime | None = None
+
+
 class TradeSetupResponse(BaseModel):
     """A single trade setup detected by the R:R scanner."""
 
@@ -49,4 +57,5 @@ class TradeSetupResponse(BaseModel):
     evaluated_at: datetime | None = None
     current_price: float | None = None
     momentum_percentile: float | None = None
+    context_as_of: TradeSetupContextAsOfResponse | None = None
     recommendation_summary: RecommendationSummaryResponse | None = None

app/services/admin_service.py

@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ SUPPORTED_TICKER_UNIVERSES = {"sp500", "nasdaq100", "nasdaq_all"}
 # Track Record's qualified stats. The outcome evaluator deliberately ignores
 # these — every setup is evaluated so the gate itself can be validated.
 #
-# The core test is expected value (in R): probability-weighted asymmetry, so a
-# fat-but-improbable target and a likely-but-thin one are both rejected. R:R and
-# confidence are floors; high-conviction / clean-read / target-probability are
-# optional tighteners (off by default — turn on to be more selective).
+# The core selection is residual cross-sectional 12-1 momentum (top percentile
+# of the universe, long-only). R:R and confidence are floors; high-conviction /
+# clean-read are optional tighteners (off by default).
 _ACTIVATION_FLOAT_KEYS: dict[str, str] = {
     "min_momentum_percentile": "activation_min_momentum_percentile",
     "min_rr": "activation_min_rr",
@@ -56,7 +55,10 @@ _ACTIVATION_BOOL_KEYS: dict[str, str] = {
 ACTIVATION_DEFAULTS: dict[str, float | bool] = {
     "min_momentum_percentile": 80.0,
     "min_rr": 1.2,
-    "min_confidence": 55.0,
+    # 0 = off. The July 2026 gate ablation showed the confidence floor added
+    # nothing (identical net/trade with it removed, under both exit models)
+    # while cutting ~25% of qualified trades.
+    "min_confidence": 0.0,
     "require_high_conviction": False,
     "exclude_conflicts": False,
     # On by default: a NEUTRAL ("no clear setup") recommendation isn't an

app/services/alert_service.py

@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ COOLDOWN_HOURS = 72         # don't re-send the same key within this window
 DIGEST_HOUR_UTC = 22        # send the daily digest on the first run at/after this hour
 
 WATERMARK_TYPE = "score_watermark"
+SIGNAL_BUNDLE_ALERT_TYPES = ("qualified", "sr_proximity", "score_drop")
+SIGNAL_BUNDLE_SECTIONS = (
+    ("qualified", "Qualified setups"),
+    ("sr_proximity", "Near support/resistance"),
+    ("score_drop", "Score drops"),
+)
+SIGNAL_BUNDLE_MAX_CHARS = 3900  # Telegram limit is 4096; keep room for HTML parsing
 
 # Regime quadrant-change alert: (regime index x early-warning) quadrant.
 # Hysteresis (a deadband around each divider) stops a point sitting on a boundary
@@ -91,6 +98,9 @@ QUAD_LABELS = {
     "4": "④ Real downturn",
 }
 
+AlertItem = tuple[str, str, str]  # alert_type, dedup_key, text
+AlertLogRef = tuple[str, str]     # alert_type, dedup_key
+
 
 def _as_bool(value: str | None, default: bool) -> bool:
     if value is None:
@@ -254,19 +264,37 @@ async def _watchlist_tickers(db: AsyncSession) -> list[tuple[int, str]]:
 
 
 async def _qualified_setups(db: AsyncSession) -> list[dict]:
-    setups = await get_trade_setups(db)
+    # live_recommendation: gate and format on current score/sentiment context,
+    # not the values frozen into the setup at scan time.
+    setups = await get_trade_setups(db, live_recommendation=True)
     config = await get_activation_config(db)
     return [s for s in setups if setup_qualifies(SimpleNamespace(**s), config)]
 
 
+def _fmt_price(value: float | int | None) -> str:
+    return "n/a" if value is None else f"{float(value):.2f}"
+
+
+def _fmt_signed_move(from_price: float | int | None, to_price: float | int | None) -> str:
+    if from_price is None or to_price is None:
+        return "n/a"
+    from_float = float(from_price)
+    if from_float == 0:
+        return "n/a"
+    pct = (float(to_price) - from_float) / from_float * 100.0
+    return f"{pct:+.1f}%"
+
+
 def _format_qualified(s: dict) -> str:
     prob = best_target_probability(SimpleNamespace(**s))
     arrow = "🟢" if s["direction"] == "long" else "🔴"
+    current = s.get("current_price") or s.get("entry_price")
     return (
-        f"{arrow} <b>{s['symbol']} {s['direction'].upper()}</b> — qualified setup\n"
-        f"entry {s['entry_price']:.2f} → target {s['target']:.2f} "
-        f"(R:R {s['rr_ratio']:.1f}:1)\n"
-        f"confidence {(s.get('confidence_score') or 0):.0f}% · P(target) {prob:.0f}%"
+        f"{arrow} <b>{s['symbol']} {s['direction'].upper()}</b> | "
+        f"now {_fmt_price(current)} | entry {_fmt_price(s['entry_price'])} | "
+        f"target {_fmt_price(s['target'])} ({_fmt_signed_move(current, s['target'])}) | "
+        f"stop {_fmt_price(s['stop_loss'])} | R:R {s['rr_ratio']:.1f} | "
+        f"conf {(s.get('confidence_score') or 0):.0f}% | P(target) {prob:.0f}%"
     )
 
 
@@ -289,6 +317,34 @@ async def _latest_close(db: AsyncSession, ticker_id: int) -> float | None:
     return float(row[0]) if row else None
 
 
+def _sr_zone_label(zone: dict) -> str:
+    return (
+        f"{zone['low']:.2f}–{zone['high']:.2f}"
+        if zone["level_count"] > 1
+        else f"{zone['midpoint']:.2f}"
+    )
+
+
+def _sr_touch_price(zone: dict, current_price: float) -> float:
+    low = float(zone["low"])
+    high = float(zone["high"])
+    if current_price < low:
+        return low
+    if current_price > high:
+        return high
+    return float(zone["midpoint"])
+
+
+def _format_sr_proximity(symbol: str, zone: dict, current_price: float) -> str:
+    touch_price = _sr_touch_price(zone, current_price)
+    return (
+        f"📍 <b>{symbol}</b> {zone['type']} | "
+        f"now {_fmt_price(current_price)} -> {_sr_zone_label(zone)} "
+        f"({_fmt_signed_move(current_price, touch_price)}) | "
+        f"strength {float(zone['strength']):.0f}"
+    )
+
+
 async def _collect_sr_proximity(db: AsyncSession) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
     """One alert per watchlist ticker for the NEAREST strong S/R zone within range.
 
@@ -318,21 +374,12 @@ async def _collect_sr_proximity(db: AsyncSession) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
 
         # Nearest strong zone only.
         nearest = min(strong, key=lambda z: abs(price - z["midpoint"]))
-        dist_pct = abs(price - nearest["midpoint"]) / price * 100
+        dist_pct = abs(price - _sr_touch_price(nearest, price)) / price * 100
         if dist_pct > SR_PROXIMITY_PCT:
             continue
 
-        label = (
-            f"{nearest['low']:.2f}–{nearest['high']:.2f}"
-            if nearest["level_count"] > 1
-            else f"{nearest['midpoint']:.2f}"
-        )
         key = f"sr:{symbol}:{nearest['type']}"  # one per side per ticker per cooldown
-        out.append((
-            key,
-            f"📍 <b>{symbol}</b> approaching {nearest['type']} {label} "
-            f"(now {price:.2f}, {dist_pct:.1f}% away)",
-        ))
+        out.append((key, _format_sr_proximity(symbol, nearest, price)))
     return out
 
 
@@ -550,6 +597,49 @@ async def _collect_regime_quadrant(db: AsyncSession) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
 # Dispatch
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+def _signal_bundle_messages(items: list[AlertItem]) -> list[tuple[list[AlertLogRef], str]]:
+    if not items:
+        return []
+
+    by_type: dict[str, list[AlertItem]] = {key: [] for key in SIGNAL_BUNDLE_ALERT_TYPES}
+    for item in items:
+        by_type.setdefault(item[0], []).append(item)
+
+    total = sum(len(group) for group in by_type.values())
+    header = f"📣 <b>Signal run</b> — {total} new alert(s)"
+    bundles: list[tuple[list[AlertLogRef], str]] = []
+    lines = [header]
+    logs: list[AlertLogRef] = []
+    current_section: str | None = None
+
+    def flush() -> None:
+        nonlocal lines, logs, current_section
+        if logs:
+            bundles.append((logs.copy(), "\n".join(lines)))
+        lines = [f"{header} (continued)"]
+        logs = []
+        current_section = None
+
+    for alert_type, section_title in SIGNAL_BUNDLE_SECTIONS:
+        for item_type, key, text in by_type.get(alert_type, []):
+            block: list[str] = []
+            if current_section != alert_type:
+                block.extend(["", f"<b>{section_title}</b>"])
+            block.append(text)
+
+            if logs and len("\n".join(lines + block)) > SIGNAL_BUNDLE_MAX_CHARS:
+                flush()
+                block = ["", f"<b>{section_title}</b>", text]
+
+            lines.extend(block)
+            logs.append((item_type, key))
+            current_section = alert_type
+
+    if logs:
+        bundles.append((logs.copy(), "\n".join(lines)))
+    return bundles
+
+
 async def dispatch_alerts(db: AsyncSession) -> dict:
     """Gather all enabled triggers, dedup, and push to Telegram. Job entrypoint."""
     cfg = await _resolve(db)
@@ -558,22 +648,23 @@ async def dispatch_alerts(db: AsyncSession) -> dict:
     if not cfg["token"] or not cfg["chat_id"]:
         return {"status": "no_credentials", "sent": 0}
 
-    outgoing: list[tuple[str, str, str]] = []  # (alert_type, key, text)
+    signal_outgoing: list[AlertItem] = []
+    outgoing: list[AlertItem] = []
 
     if cfg["qualified"]:
         for key, text in await _collect_qualified(db):
             if not await _recently_alerted(db, "qualified", key):
-                outgoing.append(("qualified", key, text))
+                signal_outgoing.append(("qualified", key, text))
 
     if cfg["sr"]:
         for key, text in await _collect_sr_proximity(db):
             if not await _recently_alerted(db, "sr_proximity", key):
-                outgoing.append(("sr_proximity", key, text))
+                signal_outgoing.append(("sr_proximity", key, text))
 
     if cfg["score_drop"]:
         # also seeds/advances watermarks as a side effect
         for key, text in await _collect_score_drops(db):
-            outgoing.append(("score_drop", key, text))
+            signal_outgoing.append(("score_drop", key, text))
 
     if cfg["digest"]:
         digest = await _collect_digest(db)
@@ -591,8 +682,18 @@ async def dispatch_alerts(db: AsyncSession) -> dict:
                 outgoing.append((TRADE_CLOSED_TYPE, key, text))
 
     sent = 0
-    if outgoing:
+    candidates = len(signal_outgoing) + len(outgoing)
+    if signal_outgoing or outgoing:
         async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=15) as client:
+            for log_refs, text in _signal_bundle_messages(signal_outgoing):
+                try:
+                    await _send(client, cfg["token"], cfg["chat_id"], text)
+                    for alert_type, key in log_refs:
+                        _log_alert(db, alert_type, key)
+                    sent += 1
+                except Exception:
+                    logger.exception("Failed to send signal alert bundle")
+
             for alert_type, key, text in outgoing:
                 try:
                     await _send(client, cfg["token"], cfg["chat_id"], text)
@@ -602,7 +703,7 @@ async def dispatch_alerts(db: AsyncSession) -> dict:
                     logger.exception("Failed to send alert %s", key)
 
     await db.commit()  # persist watermark seeds/advances and sent-logs
-    return {"status": "ok", "sent": sent, "candidates": len(outgoing)}
+    return {"status": "ok", "sent": sent, "candidates": candidates}
 
 
 async def send_test_alert(db: AsyncSession) -> dict:

app/services/benchmark_service.py

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 Fetches the S&P 500 proxy (SPY) daily closes via Alpaca and persists them, so
 paper-trade alpha — a trade's return minus the benchmark's return over the same
 holding period — can be computed. The benchmark is a standalone series, NOT a
-tracked ``Ticker``, so it never contaminates the scanner, momentum-percentile
-ranking, or rankings.
+tracked ``Ticker``; its closes feed residual momentum and alpha, but it never
+becomes a trade candidate or rankings-table row.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations

app/services/momentum_service.py

@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-"""Cross-sectional 12-1 momentum ranking for the universe.
+"""Cross-sectional residual 12-1 momentum ranking for the universe.
 
 The activation gate selects the top ``min_momentum_percentile`` of the universe
-by 12-1 month momentum (return from ~12 months ago to ~1 month ago — the one
-price signal the backtest showed sorts forward returns). The daily scan ranks
-every ticker and stores each setup's percentile (see ``rr_scanner_service``), so
-the live list, the Track Record's qualified stats, and outcome evaluation all gate
-on the same value.
+by residual 12-1 month momentum: the stock's 12-1 return after subtracting its
+estimated benchmark beta contribution over the same formation window. The daily
+scan ranks every ticker and stores each setup's percentile (see
+``rr_scanner_service``), so the live list, the Track Record's qualified stats,
+and outcome evaluation all gate on the same value.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
 import logging
+from datetime import date
 
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
@@ -35,29 +36,101 @@ def compute_12_1_momentum(closes: list[float]) -> float | None:
     return None
 
 
+def compute_residual_12_1_momentum(
+    dates: list[date],
+    closes: list[float],
+    benchmark_closes: dict[date, float],
+) -> float | None:
+    """12-1 momentum after removing linear benchmark exposure.
+
+    Estimate beta from daily stock/benchmark returns over the standard 12-1
+    formation window, then sum stock return minus beta * benchmark return. No
+    intercept is subtracted: fitting an intercept over the same window would make
+    residuals sum to roughly zero and destroy the ranking signal.
+    """
+    i = len(closes) - 1
+    if not benchmark_closes or len(dates) != len(closes) or i - _MOM_LOOKBACK < 0:
+        return None
+
+    stock_rets: list[float] = []
+    market_rets: list[float] = []
+    for k in range(i - _MOM_LOOKBACK + 1, i - _MOM_SKIP + 1):
+        prev_close = closes[k - 1]
+        bench_prev = benchmark_closes.get(dates[k - 1])
+        bench_cur = benchmark_closes.get(dates[k])
+        if prev_close <= 0 or bench_prev is None or bench_cur is None or bench_prev <= 0:
+            continue
+        stock_rets.append(closes[k] / prev_close - 1.0)
+        market_rets.append(bench_cur / bench_prev - 1.0)
+
+    if len(stock_rets) < 100:
+        return None
+    mean_market = sum(market_rets) / len(market_rets)
+    mean_stock = sum(stock_rets) / len(stock_rets)
+    var_market = sum((x - mean_market) ** 2 for x in market_rets)
+    if var_market <= 0:
+        return None
+    cov = sum(
+        (stock_rets[k] - mean_stock) * (market_rets[k] - mean_market)
+        for k in range(len(stock_rets))
+    )
+    beta = cov / var_market
+    return sum(stock_rets[k] - beta * market_rets[k] for k in range(len(stock_rets)))
+
+
+async def _load_activation_benchmark(db: AsyncSession) -> dict[date, float]:
+    """Load SPY closes for residual momentum; refresh once if the table is empty."""
+    try:
+        from app.services.benchmark_service import load_benchmark_closes, refresh_benchmark_prices
+
+        closes = await load_benchmark_closes(db)
+        if closes:
+            return closes
+        await refresh_benchmark_prices(db)
+        return await load_benchmark_closes(db)
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception("Residual momentum benchmark load failed; falling back to raw momentum")
+        return {}
+
+
 async def compute_momentum_percentiles(db: AsyncSession) -> dict[str, float]:
-    """Compute each ticker's 12-1 momentum and rank the universe into a
-    ``{symbol: percentile}`` map (0–100, 100 = strongest momentum). Tickers
-    without a full year of history are absent (can't be ranked)."""
+    """Compute each ticker's activation momentum rank.
+
+    Production uses residual 12-1 momentum when benchmark data is available. If
+    SPY data is absent, fall back to raw 12-1 momentum rather than disabling the
+    scanner. Tickers without enough stock/benchmark history are absent.
+    """
     result = await db.execute(select(Ticker).order_by(Ticker.symbol))
     tickers = list(result.scalars().all())
 
-    momentum: dict[str, float] = {}
+    benchmark_closes = await _load_activation_benchmark(db)
+    using_residual = len(benchmark_closes) >= _MOM_LOOKBACK
+
+    values: dict[str, float] = {}
     for ticker in tickers:
         try:
             records = await query_ohlcv(db, ticker.symbol)
         except Exception:
             logger.exception("Momentum fetch failed for %s", ticker.symbol)
             continue
-        m = compute_12_1_momentum([float(r.close) for r in records])
-        if m is not None:
-            momentum[ticker.symbol] = m
+        closes = [float(r.close) for r in records]
+        value = (
+            compute_residual_12_1_momentum([r.date for r in records], closes, benchmark_closes)
+            if using_residual
+            else compute_12_1_momentum(closes)
+        )
+        if value is not None:
+            values[ticker.symbol] = value
 
-    ranked = sorted(momentum, key=lambda s: momentum[s])
+    ranked = sorted(values, key=lambda s: values[s])
     n = len(ranked)
     percentiles = {
         sym: round((rank / (n - 1) * 100.0) if n > 1 else 100.0, 2)
         for rank, sym in enumerate(ranked)
     }
-    logger.info(json.dumps({"event": "momentum_ranked", "tickers": n}))
+    logger.info(json.dumps({
+        "event": "momentum_ranked",
+        "signal": "residual_12_1" if using_residual else "raw_12_1_fallback",
+        "tickers": n,
+    }))
     return percentiles

app/services/paper_trade_service.py

@@ -20,19 +20,26 @@ from app.services.outcome_service import (
     evaluate_setup_against_bars,
 )
 
-# Exit policy for OPEN paper trades (auto-close). "trailing" rides a trailing stop
-# (validated as the best exit in the backtest); "target" closes at the setup's
-# stop/target. Stored in SystemSetting so it's tunable + transparent in the UI.
+# Exit policy for OPEN paper trades (auto-close). "time" holds a fixed number of
+# trading days with the initial stop and exits at that day's close — the exit the
+# July 2026 backtest validated (the classic momentum hold-and-re-rank); "trailing"
+# rides a trailing stop; "target" closes at the setup's stop/target. Stored in
+# SystemSetting so it's tunable + transparent in the UI.
 KEY_EXIT_MODE = "paper_exit_mode"
 KEY_TRAILING_PCT = "paper_trailing_pct"
-DEFAULT_EXIT_MODE = "trailing"
+KEY_HOLD_DAYS = "paper_hold_days"
+DEFAULT_EXIT_MODE = "time"
 DEFAULT_TRAILING_PCT = 12.0
+DEFAULT_HOLD_DAYS = 30
+
+_VALID_EXIT_MODES = ("time", "trailing", "target")
 
 
 async def get_exit_policy(db: AsyncSession) -> dict:
-    """Active auto-exit policy: {'mode': 'trailing'|'target', 'trailing_pct': float}."""
+    """Active auto-exit policy:
+    {'mode': 'time'|'trailing'|'target', 'trailing_pct': float, 'hold_days': int}."""
     mode = (await settings_store.get_value(db, KEY_EXIT_MODE, DEFAULT_EXIT_MODE)).strip().lower()
-    if mode not in ("trailing", "target"):
+    if mode not in _VALID_EXIT_MODES:
         mode = DEFAULT_EXIT_MODE
     raw = await settings_store.get_value(db, KEY_TRAILING_PCT, str(DEFAULT_TRAILING_PCT))
     try:
@@ -40,22 +47,36 @@ async def get_exit_policy(db: AsyncSession) -> dict:
     except (TypeError, ValueError):
         pct = DEFAULT_TRAILING_PCT
     pct = max(0.5, min(90.0, pct))
-    return {"mode": mode, "trailing_pct": pct}
+    raw_days = await settings_store.get_value(db, KEY_HOLD_DAYS, str(DEFAULT_HOLD_DAYS))
+    try:
+        hold_days = int(float(raw_days))
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        hold_days = DEFAULT_HOLD_DAYS
+    hold_days = max(2, min(250, hold_days))
+    return {"mode": mode, "trailing_pct": pct, "hold_days": hold_days}
 
 
 async def set_exit_policy(
-    db: AsyncSession, *, mode: str | None = None, trailing_pct: float | None = None
+    db: AsyncSession,
+    *,
+    mode: str | None = None,
+    trailing_pct: float | None = None,
+    hold_days: int | None = None,
 ) -> dict:
     """Persist the auto-exit policy (admin). Validates inputs."""
     if mode is not None:
         mode = mode.strip().lower()
-        if mode not in ("trailing", "target"):
-            raise ValidationError("mode must be 'trailing' or 'target'")
+        if mode not in _VALID_EXIT_MODES:
+            raise ValidationError("mode must be 'time', 'trailing' or 'target'")
         await settings_store.upsert_setting(db, KEY_EXIT_MODE, mode)
     if trailing_pct is not None:
         if not 0.5 <= float(trailing_pct) <= 90.0:
             raise ValidationError("trailing_pct must be between 0.5 and 90")
         await settings_store.upsert_setting(db, KEY_TRAILING_PCT, str(float(trailing_pct)))
+    if hold_days is not None:
+        if not 2 <= int(hold_days) <= 250:
+            raise ValidationError("hold_days must be between 2 and 250")
+        await settings_store.upsert_setting(db, KEY_HOLD_DAYS, str(int(hold_days)))
     await db.commit()
     return await get_exit_policy(db)
 
@@ -101,6 +122,23 @@ async def _max_high_after(db: AsyncSession, ticker_id: int, since: date) -> floa
     return float(v) if v is not None else None
 
 
+def _time_close(
+    direction: str, init_stop: float, hold_days: int, rows: list[tuple]
+) -> tuple[float, date, str] | None:
+    """Walk post-entry ``rows`` of (date, open, high, low, close); close at the
+    initial stop if hit (a gap through it fills at the open, matching the
+    backtest's fill model), else at the ``hold_days``-th bar's close ('time').
+    None while neither has happened."""
+    long = direction == "long"
+    for i, (d, open_, high, low, close) in enumerate(rows):
+        if (low <= init_stop) if long else (high >= init_stop):
+            fill = min(init_stop, open_) if long else max(init_stop, open_)
+            return float(fill), d, "stop"
+        if i + 1 >= hold_days:
+            return float(close), d, "time"
+    return None
+
+
 def _trailing_close(
     direction: str, entry: float, init_stop: float, trail_frac: float, bars: list[Bar]
 ) -> tuple[float, date, str] | None:
@@ -297,12 +335,12 @@ async def close_trade(
 
 
 async def resolve_open_trades(db: AsyncSession) -> int:
-    """Auto-close open trades whose stop or target was hit in the daily bars.
+    """Auto-close open trades per the active exit policy, from the daily bars.
 
-    Walks the bars after each trade's open (same logic as the outcome evaluator).
-    Target hit → close at the target; stop (or an ambiguous same-bar touch) →
-    close at the stop. Trades that have hit neither stay open. Returns the count
-    closed.
+    Walks the bars after each trade's open. 'time' closes at the initial stop or
+    the hold_days-th close; 'trailing' at the trailing/initial stop; 'target' at
+    the setup's target or stop (same logic as the outcome evaluator). Trades that
+    have hit nothing stay open. Returns the count closed.
     """
     result = await db.execute(select(PaperTrade).where(PaperTrade.status == "open"))
     open_trades = list(result.scalars().all())
@@ -312,22 +350,32 @@ async def resolve_open_trades(db: AsyncSession) -> int:
     policy = await get_exit_policy(db)
     mode = policy["mode"]
     trail_frac = policy["trailing_pct"] / 100.0
+    hold_days = policy["hold_days"]
 
     closed = 0
     for trade in open_trades:
         bars_result = await db.execute(
-            select(OHLCVRecord.date, OHLCVRecord.high, OHLCVRecord.low)
+            select(
+                OHLCVRecord.date, OHLCVRecord.open, OHLCVRecord.high,
+                OHLCVRecord.low, OHLCVRecord.close,
+            )
             .where(
                 OHLCVRecord.ticker_id == trade.ticker_id,
                 OHLCVRecord.date > trade.opened_at.date(),
             )
             .order_by(OHLCVRecord.date.asc())
         )
-        bars = [Bar(date=d, high=h, low=lo) for d, h, lo in bars_result.all()]
+        rows = bars_result.all()
+        bars = [Bar(date=d, high=h, low=lo) for d, _, h, lo, _ in rows]
         if not bars:
             continue
 
-        if mode == "trailing":
+        if mode == "time":
+            hit = _time_close(trade.direction, trade.stop_loss, hold_days, rows)
+            if hit is None:
+                continue  # neither the stop nor the hold horizon reached yet
+            close_price, close_date, reason = hit
+        elif mode == "trailing":
             hit = _trailing_close(trade.direction, trade.entry_price, trade.stop_loss, trail_frac, bars)
             if hit is None:
                 continue  # neither the trailing nor the initial stop reached yet

app/services/qualification.py

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 A single predicate, driven by the admin activation config, used by the
 performance stats (server) and mirrored on the frontend. The core selection is
-cross-sectional momentum: a setup's ticker must rank in the top
-``min_momentum_percentile`` of the universe by 12-1 month momentum — the one
-signal the backtest showed actually sorts forward returns. R:R and confidence
-remain as floors, and conviction/conflict survive as optional tighteners (off by
-default). The momentum percentile is computed across the universe and attached to
-each setup upstream; when it's absent the gate falls back to the floors.
+residual cross-sectional momentum: a setup's ticker must rank in the top
+``min_momentum_percentile`` of the universe by beta-adjusted 12-1 month momentum.
+R:R and confidence remain as floors, and conviction/conflict survive as optional
+tighteners (off by default). The activation percentile is computed across the
+universe and attached to each setup upstream; when it's absent the gate falls
+back to the floors.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ from typing import Any
 HIGH_CONVICTION_ACTIONS = {"LONG_HIGH", "SHORT_HIGH"}
 
 
+def _action_direction(action: str | None) -> str:
+    if not action or action == "NEUTRAL":
+        return "neutral"
+    if action.startswith("LONG"):
+        return "long"
+    if action.startswith("SHORT"):
+        return "short"
+    return "neutral"
+
+
 def best_target_probability(setup: Any) -> float:
     """Highest probability among a setup's targets, 0 if none."""
     targets = getattr(setup, "targets", None) or []
@@ -65,12 +75,12 @@ def setup_qualifies(setup: Any, config: dict) -> bool:
             return False
     if (setup.confidence_score or 0.0) < config["min_confidence"]:
         return False
-    # Cross-sectional momentum: the core selection. A setup's ticker must rank in
-    # the top ``min_momentum_percentile`` of the universe by 12-1 momentum. The
-    # validated edge is long-only, so while the gate is active shorts (which fight
-    # the trend) never qualify. The percentile floor is only enforced when a
-    # percentile is attached (live setups / backtest); callers that don't attach
-    # it defer to the floors above.
+    # Residual cross-sectional momentum: the core selection. A setup's ticker
+    # must rank in the top ``min_momentum_percentile`` of the universe by
+    # beta-adjusted 12-1 momentum. The validated edge is long-only, so while the
+    # gate is active shorts (which fight the trend) never qualify. The percentile
+    # floor is only enforced when a percentile is attached (live setups /
+    # backtest); callers that don't attach it defer to the floors above.
     min_pct = float(config.get("min_momentum_percentile", 0.0))
     if min_pct > 0:
         if (getattr(setup, "direction", "long") or "long") == "short":
@@ -78,12 +88,14 @@ def setup_qualifies(setup: Any, config: dict) -> bool:
         momentum_percentile = getattr(setup, "momentum_percentile", None)
         if momentum_percentile is not None and momentum_percentile < min_pct:
             return False
-    # A NEUTRAL recommendation means the engine found no clear directional setup —
-    # not an actionable signal, so by default it doesn't qualify (and can't be a
-    # top pick). ``exclude_neutral`` defaults on; turn it off to also count
-    # no-clear-direction momentum leaders.
+    # A setup is actionable only when the live ticker action points in the same
+    # direction. NEUTRAL means no clear signal; an opposite action means the
+    # setup is counter-bias. ``exclude_neutral`` defaults on; callers that omit
+    # it keep legacy floor-only behavior.
     if config.get("exclude_neutral"):
-        if (setup.recommended_action or "NEUTRAL") == "NEUTRAL":
+        action_direction = _action_direction(getattr(setup, "recommended_action", None))
+        setup_direction = (getattr(setup, "direction", "long") or "long").lower()
+        if action_direction == "neutral" or action_direction != setup_direction:
             return False
     if config.get("require_high_conviction"):
         if (setup.recommended_action or "") not in HIGH_CONVICTION_ACTIONS:

app/services/recommendation_service.py

@@ -524,6 +524,56 @@ def _build_reasoning(
     )
 
 
+def build_recommendation_snapshot(
+    dimension_scores: dict[str, float],
+    sentiment_classification: str | None,
+    config: dict[str, float],
+    available_directions: set[str] | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Build the ticker-level recommendation from the supplied live context."""
+    conflicts = signal_conflict_detector.detect_conflicts(
+        dimension_scores=dimension_scores,
+        sentiment_classification=sentiment_classification,
+        config=config,
+    )
+
+    long_confidence = direction_analyzer.calculate_confidence(
+        direction="long",
+        dimension_scores=dimension_scores,
+        sentiment_classification=sentiment_classification,
+        conflicts=conflicts,
+    )
+    short_confidence = direction_analyzer.calculate_confidence(
+        direction="short",
+        dimension_scores=dimension_scores,
+        sentiment_classification=sentiment_classification,
+        conflicts=conflicts,
+    )
+
+    action = _choose_recommended_action(
+        long_confidence, short_confidence, config, available_directions
+    )
+    reasoning = _build_reasoning(
+        action=action,
+        long_confidence=long_confidence,
+        short_confidence=short_confidence,
+        conflicts=conflicts,
+        dimension_scores=dimension_scores,
+        sentiment_classification=sentiment_classification,
+        config=config,
+        available_directions=available_directions,
+    )
+
+    return {
+        "action": action,
+        "reasoning": reasoning,
+        "risk_level": _risk_level_from_conflicts(conflicts),
+        "long_confidence": long_confidence,
+        "short_confidence": short_confidence,
+        "conflicts": conflicts,
+    }
+
+
 PRIMARY_TARGET_MIN_RR = 1.5
 
 
@@ -559,24 +609,15 @@ async def enhance_trade_setup(
 ) -> TradeSetup:
     config = await get_recommendation_config(db)
 
-    conflicts = signal_conflict_detector.detect_conflicts(
+    snapshot = build_recommendation_snapshot(
         dimension_scores=dimension_scores,
         sentiment_classification=sentiment_classification,
         config=config,
+        available_directions=available_directions,
     )
-
-    long_confidence = direction_analyzer.calculate_confidence(
-        direction="long",
-        dimension_scores=dimension_scores,
-        sentiment_classification=sentiment_classification,
-        conflicts=conflicts,
-    )
-    short_confidence = direction_analyzer.calculate_confidence(
-        direction="short",
-        dimension_scores=dimension_scores,
-        sentiment_classification=sentiment_classification,
-        conflicts=conflicts,
-    )
+    conflicts = list(snapshot["conflicts"])
+    long_confidence = float(snapshot["long_confidence"])
+    short_confidence = float(snapshot["short_confidence"])
 
     direction = setup.direction.lower()
     confidence = long_confidence if direction == "long" else short_confidence
@@ -622,19 +663,8 @@ async def enhance_trade_setup(
 
     # Action and reasoning are ticker-level: they consider both directions and
     # which directions are actually tradeable, and are identical on every setup.
-    action = _choose_recommended_action(
-        long_confidence, short_confidence, config, available_directions
-    )
-    reasoning = _build_reasoning(
-        action=action,
-        long_confidence=long_confidence,
-        short_confidence=short_confidence,
-        conflicts=conflicts,
-        dimension_scores=dimension_scores,
-        sentiment_classification=sentiment_classification,
-        config=config,
-        available_directions=available_directions,
-    )
+    action = str(snapshot["action"])
+    reasoning = str(snapshot["reasoning"])
 
     setup.confidence_score = round(confidence, 2)
     setup.targets_json = json.dumps(targets)

app/services/rr_scanner_service.py

@@ -11,24 +11,33 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import json
 import logging
 from collections.abc import Callable
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from datetime import date, datetime, timezone
 
 from sqlalchemy import and_, func, select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from app.exceptions import NotFoundError
+from app.models.fundamental import FundamentalData
 from app.models.ohlcv import OHLCVRecord
 from app.models.score import CompositeScore, DimensionScore
 from app.models.sentiment import SentimentScore
+from app.models.signal_context_snapshot import SignalContextSnapshot
 from app.models.sr_level import SRLevel
 from app.models.ticker import Ticker
 from app.models.trade_setup import TradeSetup
 from app.services.indicator_service import _extract_ohlcv, compute_atr
 from app.services.price_service import query_ohlcv
-from app.services.recommendation_service import enhance_trade_setup
+from app.services.recommendation_service import (
+    _risk_level_from_conflicts,
+    build_recommendation_snapshot,
+    enhance_trade_setup,
+    get_recommendation_config,
+)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+STRATEGY_VERSION = "residual_momentum_12_1_rr_time_v2"
+
 
 async def _get_ticker(db: AsyncSession, symbol: str) -> Ticker:
     normalised = symbol.strip().upper()
@@ -76,6 +85,263 @@ async def _get_latest_sentiment(db: AsyncSession, ticker_id: int) -> str | None:
     return row.classification if row else None
 
 
+async def _apply_live_recommendation_context(
+    db: AsyncSession,
+    setup_rows: list[tuple[TradeSetup, str]],
+    rows: list[dict],
+) -> list[dict]:
+    """Decorate latest setup rows with current score/sentiment recommendation data.
+
+    This intentionally updates only the API payload. Stored trade setups and
+    history remain point-in-time records for outcome analysis.
+    """
+    if not rows or not setup_rows:
+        return rows
+
+    ticker_ids = {setup.ticker_id for setup, _ in setup_rows}
+    setups_by_id = {setup.id: setup for setup, _ in setup_rows}
+    directions_by_ticker = await _latest_available_directions_by_ticker(db, ticker_ids)
+
+    dim_result = await db.execute(
+        select(DimensionScore).where(DimensionScore.ticker_id.in_(ticker_ids))
+    )
+    dims_by_ticker: dict[int, dict[str, float]] = {}
+    for ds in dim_result.scalars().all():
+        dims_by_ticker.setdefault(ds.ticker_id, {})[ds.dimension] = float(ds.score)
+
+    comp_result = await db.execute(
+        select(CompositeScore)
+        .where(CompositeScore.ticker_id.in_(ticker_ids))
+        .order_by(CompositeScore.ticker_id, CompositeScore.computed_at.desc())
+    )
+    composites: dict[int, CompositeScore] = {}
+    for comp in comp_result.scalars().all():
+        composites.setdefault(comp.ticker_id, comp)
+
+    sent_result = await db.execute(
+        select(SentimentScore)
+        .where(SentimentScore.ticker_id.in_(ticker_ids))
+        .order_by(SentimentScore.ticker_id, SentimentScore.timestamp.desc())
+    )
+    sentiments: dict[int, SentimentScore] = {}
+    for sent in sent_result.scalars().all():
+        sentiments.setdefault(sent.ticker_id, sent)
+
+    config = await get_recommendation_config(db)
+    live_rows: list[dict] = []
+    for row in rows:
+        setup = setups_by_id.get(row["id"])
+        if setup is None:
+            live_rows.append(row)
+            continue
+
+        ticker_id = setup.ticker_id
+        live_row = dict(row)
+
+        comp = composites.get(ticker_id)
+        if comp is not None:
+            live_row["composite_score"] = float(comp.score)
+            live_row["context_as_of"]["score_computed_at"] = comp.computed_at
+
+        dimension_scores = dims_by_ticker.get(ticker_id)
+        sentiment = sentiments.get(ticker_id)
+        if sentiment is not None:
+            live_row["context_as_of"]["sentiment_at"] = sentiment.timestamp
+        if dimension_scores:
+            snapshot = build_recommendation_snapshot(
+                dimension_scores=dimension_scores,
+                sentiment_classification=sentiment.classification if sentiment else None,
+                config=config,
+                available_directions=directions_by_ticker.get(ticker_id),
+            )
+            direction = setup.direction.lower()
+            confidence_key = "long_confidence" if direction == "long" else "short_confidence"
+            live_row["confidence_score"] = round(float(snapshot[confidence_key]), 2)
+            live_row["recommended_action"] = snapshot["action"]
+            live_row["reasoning"] = snapshot["reasoning"]
+            setup_conflicts = _setup_specific_conflicts(live_row.get("conflict_flags", []))
+            live_conflicts = [str(item) for item in snapshot["conflicts"]]
+            live_row["conflict_flags"] = live_conflicts + setup_conflicts
+            live_row["risk_level"] = _risk_level_from_conflicts(live_row["conflict_flags"])
+
+        live_rows.append(live_row)
+
+    return live_rows
+
+
+def _setup_specific_conflicts(conflicts: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+    signal_prefixes = (
+        "sentiment-technical:",
+        "sentiment-momentum:",
+        "momentum-technical:",
+        "fundamental-technical:",
+    )
+    return [
+        str(conflict)
+        for conflict in conflicts
+        if not str(conflict).startswith(signal_prefixes)
+    ]
+
+
+async def _latest_available_directions_by_ticker(
+    db: AsyncSession,
+    ticker_ids: set[int],
+) -> dict[int, set[str]]:
+    if not ticker_ids:
+        return {}
+
+    result = await db.execute(
+        select(TradeSetup)
+        .where(TradeSetup.ticker_id.in_(ticker_ids))
+        .order_by(
+            TradeSetup.ticker_id,
+            TradeSetup.direction,
+            TradeSetup.detected_at.desc(),
+            TradeSetup.id.desc(),
+        )
+    )
+    latest_by_key: set[tuple[int, str]] = set()
+    directions: dict[int, set[str]] = {}
+    for setup in result.scalars().all():
+        direction = setup.direction.lower()
+        key = (setup.ticker_id, direction)
+        if key in latest_by_key:
+            continue
+        latest_by_key.add(key)
+        directions.setdefault(setup.ticker_id, set()).add(direction)
+    return directions
+
+
+def _json_default(value):
+    if isinstance(value, (datetime, date)):
+        return value.isoformat()
+    return str(value)
+
+
+async def _create_signal_context_snapshots(
+    db: AsyncSession,
+    setups: list[TradeSetup],
+    *,
+    strategy_version: str = STRATEGY_VERSION,
+) -> None:
+    """Capture point-in-time discretionary context for freshly generated setups.
+
+    The scanner stores the setup itself first so each snapshot can be keyed by
+    ``trade_setup_id``. This is intentionally forward-only: old sentiment,
+    fundamentals and composite scores are not reconstructed from today's data.
+    """
+    if not setups:
+        return
+
+    ticker_ids = {s.ticker_id for s in setups}
+
+    dims: dict[int, dict[str, dict]] = {}
+    dim_rows = (
+        await db.execute(select(DimensionScore).where(DimensionScore.ticker_id.in_(ticker_ids)))
+    ).scalars().all()
+    for row in dim_rows:
+        dims.setdefault(row.ticker_id, {})[row.dimension] = {
+            "score": float(row.score),
+            "is_stale": bool(row.is_stale),
+            "computed_at": row.computed_at,
+        }
+
+    composites: dict[int, CompositeScore] = {}
+    comp_rows = (
+        await db.execute(
+            select(CompositeScore)
+            .where(CompositeScore.ticker_id.in_(ticker_ids))
+            .order_by(CompositeScore.ticker_id, CompositeScore.computed_at.desc())
+        )
+    ).scalars().all()
+    for row in comp_rows:
+        composites.setdefault(row.ticker_id, row)
+
+    sentiments: dict[int, SentimentScore] = {}
+    sent_rows = (
+        await db.execute(
+            select(SentimentScore)
+            .where(SentimentScore.ticker_id.in_(ticker_ids))
+            .order_by(SentimentScore.ticker_id, SentimentScore.timestamp.desc())
+        )
+    ).scalars().all()
+    for row in sent_rows:
+        sentiments.setdefault(row.ticker_id, row)
+
+    fundamentals: dict[int, FundamentalData] = {}
+    fund_rows = (
+        await db.execute(
+            select(FundamentalData)
+            .where(FundamentalData.ticker_id.in_(ticker_ids))
+            .order_by(FundamentalData.ticker_id, FundamentalData.fetched_at.desc())
+        )
+    ).scalars().all()
+    for row in fund_rows:
+        fundamentals.setdefault(row.ticker_id, row)
+
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    for setup in setups:
+        comp = composites.get(setup.ticker_id)
+        sent = sentiments.get(setup.ticker_id)
+        fund = fundamentals.get(setup.ticker_id)
+        score_context = {
+            "composite_score": float(comp.score) if comp else float(setup.composite_score),
+            "composite_is_stale": bool(comp.is_stale) if comp else None,
+            "composite_computed_at": comp.computed_at if comp else None,
+            "dimensions": dims.get(setup.ticker_id, {}),
+        }
+        sentiment_context = (
+            {
+                "classification": sent.classification,
+                "confidence": int(sent.confidence),
+                "recommendation": sent.recommendation,
+                "timestamp": sent.timestamp,
+                "source": sent.source,
+            }
+            if sent
+            else {}
+        )
+        fundamental_context = (
+            {
+                "pe_ratio": fund.pe_ratio,
+                "revenue_growth": fund.revenue_growth,
+                "earnings_surprise": fund.earnings_surprise,
+                "market_cap": fund.market_cap,
+                "next_earnings_date": fund.next_earnings_date,
+                "fetched_at": fund.fetched_at,
+            }
+            if fund
+            else {}
+        )
+        db.add(
+            SignalContextSnapshot(
+                trade_setup_id=setup.id,
+                ticker_id=setup.ticker_id,
+                detected_at=setup.detected_at,
+                created_at=now,
+                strategy_version=strategy_version,
+                direction=setup.direction,
+                entry_price=float(setup.entry_price),
+                stop_loss=float(setup.stop_loss),
+                target=float(setup.target),
+                rr_ratio=float(setup.rr_ratio),
+                confidence_score=(
+                    float(setup.confidence_score) if setup.confidence_score is not None else None
+                ),
+                recommended_action=setup.recommended_action,
+                risk_level=setup.risk_level,
+                momentum_percentile=(
+                    float(setup.momentum_percentile)
+                    if setup.momentum_percentile is not None
+                    else None
+                ),
+                score_context_json=json.dumps(score_context, default=_json_default),
+                sentiment_context_json=json.dumps(sentiment_context, default=_json_default),
+                fundamental_context_json=json.dumps(fundamental_context, default=_json_default),
+            )
+        )
+
+
 async def scan_ticker(
     db: AsyncSession,
     symbol: str,
@@ -85,9 +351,9 @@ async def scan_ticker(
 ) -> list[TradeSetup]:
     """Scan a single ticker for trade setups meeting the R:R threshold.
 
-    ``momentum_percentile`` is the ticker's 12-1 momentum rank across the universe
-    (computed by the caller), stored on each setup so the activation gate can
-    select the top slice."""
+    ``momentum_percentile`` is the ticker's residual 12-1 momentum activation
+    rank across the universe (computed by the caller), stored on each setup so
+    the activation gate can select the top slice."""
     ticker = await _get_ticker(db, symbol)
 
     records = await query_ohlcv(db, symbol)
@@ -238,6 +504,9 @@ async def scan_ticker(
     for s in enhanced_setups:
         await db.refresh(s)
 
+    await _create_signal_context_snapshots(db, enhanced_setups)
+    await db.commit()
+
     return enhanced_setups
 
 
@@ -256,8 +525,9 @@ async def scan_all_tickers(
     tickers = list(result.scalars().all())
     total = len(tickers)
 
-    # Rank the universe by 12-1 momentum up front so each new setup carries its
-    # ticker's percentile (used by the activation gate). Best-effort.
+    # Rank the universe by residual 12-1 momentum up front so each new setup
+    # carries its activation percentile. Best-effort; the ranker falls back to
+    # raw 12-1 momentum only if benchmark data is unavailable.
     try:
         from app.services import momentum_service
 
@@ -303,6 +573,7 @@ async def get_trade_setups(
     min_confidence: float | None = None,
     recommended_action: str | None = None,
     symbol: str | None = None,
+    live_recommendation: bool = False,
 ) -> list[dict]:
     """Get latest stored trade setups, optionally filtered."""
     stmt = (
@@ -313,9 +584,11 @@ async def get_trade_setups(
         stmt = stmt.where(TradeSetup.direction == direction.lower())
     if symbol is not None:
         stmt = stmt.where(Ticker.symbol == symbol.strip().upper())
-    if min_confidence is not None:
+    # With live_recommendation these fields are overlaid with current values
+    # below, so filtering happens there instead of against the stored columns.
+    if min_confidence is not None and not live_recommendation:
         stmt = stmt.where(TradeSetup.confidence_score >= min_confidence)
-    if recommended_action is not None:
+    if recommended_action is not None and not live_recommendation:
         stmt = stmt.where(TradeSetup.recommended_action == recommended_action)
 
     stmt = stmt.order_by(TradeSetup.detected_at.desc(), TradeSetup.id.desc())
@@ -339,15 +612,37 @@ async def get_trade_setups(
         reverse=True,
     )
 
-    prices = await _latest_closes(db, {s.ticker_id for s, _ in latest_rows})
-    return [
+    prices = await _latest_price_context(db, {s.ticker_id for s, _ in latest_rows})
+    rows_out = [
         _trade_setup_to_dict(setup, ticker_symbol, prices.get(setup.ticker_id))
         for setup, ticker_symbol in latest_rows
     ]
+    if live_recommendation:
+        rows_out = await _apply_live_recommendation_context(db, latest_rows, rows_out)
+        if min_confidence is not None:
+            rows_out = [
+                row for row in rows_out
+                if row["confidence_score"] is not None
+                and row["confidence_score"] >= min_confidence
+            ]
+        if recommended_action is not None:
+            rows_out = [
+                row for row in rows_out
+                if row["recommended_action"] == recommended_action
+            ]
+        rows_out.sort(
+            key=lambda row: (
+                row["confidence_score"] if row["confidence_score"] is not None else -1.0,
+                row["rr_ratio"],
+                row["composite_score"],
+            ),
+            reverse=True,
+        )
+    return rows_out
 
 
-async def _latest_closes(db: AsyncSession, ticker_ids: set[int]) -> dict[int, float]:
-    """Most recent close per ticker — used to judge a setup's current relevance."""
+async def _latest_price_context(db: AsyncSession, ticker_ids: set[int]) -> dict[int, dict]:
+    """Most recent daily OHLCV row per ticker for live price context."""
     if not ticker_ids:
         return {}
     latest = (
@@ -356,7 +651,12 @@ async def _latest_closes(db: AsyncSession, ticker_ids: set[int]) -> dict[int, fl
         .group_by(OHLCVRecord.ticker_id)
         .subquery()
     )
-    stmt = select(OHLCVRecord.ticker_id, OHLCVRecord.close).join(
+    stmt = select(
+        OHLCVRecord.ticker_id,
+        OHLCVRecord.close,
+        OHLCVRecord.date,
+        OHLCVRecord.created_at,
+    ).join(
         latest,
         and_(
             OHLCVRecord.ticker_id == latest.c.ticker_id,
@@ -364,7 +664,23 @@ async def _latest_closes(db: AsyncSession, ticker_ids: set[int]) -> dict[int, fl
         ),
     )
     result = await db.execute(stmt)
-    return {tid: float(close) for tid, close in result.all()}
+    return {
+        tid: {
+            "current_price": float(close),
+            "price_date": price_date,
+            "price_updated_at": created_at,
+        }
+        for tid, close, price_date, created_at in result.all()
+    }
+
+
+async def _latest_closes(db: AsyncSession, ticker_ids: set[int]) -> dict[int, float]:
+    """Most recent close per ticker, kept for callers that only need price."""
+    price_context = await _latest_price_context(db, ticker_ids)
+    return {
+        ticker_id: context["current_price"]
+        for ticker_id, context in price_context.items()
+    }
 
 
 async def get_trade_setup_history(
@@ -381,16 +697,28 @@ async def get_trade_setup_history(
     result = await db.execute(stmt)
     rows = result.all()
 
-    prices = await _latest_closes(db, {s.ticker_id for s, _ in rows})
+    prices = await _latest_price_context(db, {s.ticker_id for s, _ in rows})
     return [
         _trade_setup_to_dict(setup, ticker_symbol, prices.get(setup.ticker_id))
         for setup, ticker_symbol in rows
     ]
 
 
-def _trade_setup_to_dict(setup: TradeSetup, symbol: str, current_price: float | None = None) -> dict:
+def _trade_setup_to_dict(setup: TradeSetup, symbol: str, price_context: dict | None = None) -> dict:
     targets: list[dict] = []
     conflicts: list[str] = []
+    current_price = (
+        float(price_context["current_price"])
+        if price_context and price_context.get("current_price") is not None
+        else None
+    )
+    context_as_of = {
+        "setup_detected_at": setup.detected_at,
+        "score_computed_at": None,
+        "sentiment_at": None,
+        "price_date": price_context.get("price_date") if price_context else None,
+        "price_updated_at": price_context.get("price_updated_at") if price_context else None,
+    }
 
     if setup.targets_json:
         try:
@@ -429,4 +757,5 @@ def _trade_setup_to_dict(setup: TradeSetup, symbol: str, current_price: float |
         "evaluated_at": setup.evaluated_at,
         "current_price": current_price,
         "momentum_percentile": setup.momentum_percentile,
+        "context_as_of": context_as_of,
     }

app/services/scoring_service.py

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 Computes dimension scores (technical, sr_quality, sentiment, fundamental,
 momentum) each 0-100, composite score as weighted average of available
-dimensions with re-normalized weights, staleness marking/recomputation
-on demand, and weight update triggers full recomputation.
+dimensions with re-normalized weights, staleness marking, explicit refresh
+paths, and weight update triggers full recomputation.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -765,73 +765,37 @@ async def compute_composite_score(
 async def get_score(
     db: AsyncSession, symbol: str
 ) -> dict:
-    """Get composite + all dimension scores for a ticker.
+    """Read composite + dimension scores for a ticker without recomputing.
 
-    Recomputes stale dimensions on demand, then recomputes composite.
-    Returns a dict suitable for ScoreResponse, including dimension breakdowns
-    and composite breakdown with re-normalization info.
+    GET endpoints use this path, so it must not mutate persisted score context.
+    Scheduled/manual write paths are responsible for refreshing scores.
     """
     ticker = await _get_ticker(db, symbol)
     weights = await _get_weights(db)
 
-    # Check for stale dimension scores and recompute them
-    result = await db.execute(
-        select(DimensionScore).where(DimensionScore.ticker_id == ticker.id)
-    )
-    dim_scores = {ds.dimension: ds for ds in result.scalars().all()}
-
-    for dim in DIMENSIONS:
-        ds = dim_scores.get(dim)
-        if ds is None or ds.is_stale:
-            await compute_dimension_score(db, symbol, dim)
-
-    # Check composite staleness
-    comp_result = await db.execute(
-        select(CompositeScore).where(CompositeScore.ticker_id == ticker.id)
-    )
-    comp = comp_result.scalar_one_or_none()
-
-    if comp is None or comp.is_stale:
-        await compute_composite_score(db, symbol, weights)
-
-    await db.commit()
-
-    # Re-fetch everything fresh
     result = await db.execute(
         select(DimensionScore).where(DimensionScore.ticker_id == ticker.id)
     )
     dim_scores_list = list(result.scalars().all())
+    dim_scores = {ds.dimension: ds for ds in dim_scores_list}
 
     comp_result = await db.execute(
         select(CompositeScore).where(CompositeScore.ticker_id == ticker.id)
     )
     comp = comp_result.scalar_one_or_none()
 
-    # Compute breakdowns for each dimension by calling the dimension computers
-    breakdowns: dict[str, dict | None] = {}
-    for dim in DIMENSIONS:
-        try:
-            raw_result = await _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS[dim](db, symbol)
-            if isinstance(raw_result, tuple) and len(raw_result) == 2:
-                breakdowns[dim] = raw_result[1]
-            else:
-                breakdowns[dim] = None
-        except Exception:
-            breakdowns[dim] = None
-
-    # Build dimension entries with breakdowns
     dimensions = []
     missing = []
     available_dims: list[str] = []
     for dim in DIMENSIONS:
-        found = next((ds for ds in dim_scores_list if ds.dimension == dim), None)
+        found = dim_scores.get(dim)
         if found is not None and not found.is_stale and found.score is not None:
             dimensions.append({
                 "dimension": found.dimension,
                 "score": found.score,
                 "is_stale": found.is_stale,
                 "computed_at": found.computed_at,
-                "breakdown": breakdowns.get(dim),
+                "breakdown": None,
             })
             w = weights.get(dim, 0.0)
             if w > 0:
@@ -845,7 +809,7 @@ async def get_score(
                     "score": found.score,
                     "is_stale": found.is_stale,
                     "computed_at": found.computed_at,
-                    "breakdown": breakdowns.get(dim),
+                    "breakdown": None,
                 })
 
     # Build composite breakdown: the non-sentiment base (re-normalized weighted
@@ -925,31 +889,13 @@ async def get_rankings(db: AsyncSession) -> dict:
             dims[ds.ticker_id][ds.dimension] = ds
         return comps, dims
 
-    # Two bulk reads instead of ~4 queries per ticker.
     comps, dims_by_ticker = await _load_scores()
 
-    # Lazily recompute any stale/missing scores (kept fresh by the daily scan;
-    # this self-heals tickers that aged out between scans), committing once.
-    recomputed = False
-    for ticker in tickers:
-        comp = comps.get(ticker.id)
-        if comp is None or comp.is_stale:
-            dim_scores = dims_by_ticker.get(ticker.id, {})
-            for dim in DIMENSIONS:
-                ds = dim_scores.get(dim)
-                if ds is None or ds.is_stale:
-                    await compute_dimension_score(db, ticker.symbol, dim)
-            await compute_composite_score(db, ticker.symbol, weights)
-            recomputed = True
-
-    if recomputed:
-        await db.commit()
-        comps, dims_by_ticker = await _load_scores()
-
     rankings = [
         {
             "symbol": ticker.symbol,
             "composite_score": comp.score,
+            "composite_stale": comp.is_stale,
             "dimensions": [
                 {
                     "dimension": ds.dimension,

app/services/watchlist_service.py

@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ async def _enrich_entry(
         "dimensions": dims,
         "rr_ratio": setup.rr_ratio if setup else None,
         "rr_direction": setup.direction if setup else None,
-        # 12-1 cross-sectional momentum percentile (the top-pick selector); ticker-
-        # level, so any of the ticker's setups carries the same value.
+        # Residual 12-1 activation percentile (the top-pick selector); ticker-level,
+        # so any of the ticker's setups carries the same value.
         "momentum_percentile": setup.momentum_percentile if setup else None,
         "sr_levels": sr_levels,
         "last_close": last_close,

frontend/src/components/admin/ActivationSettings.tsx

@@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ export function ActivationSettings() {
         <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-gray-500">
           What counts as a signal worth acting on. Drives the Dashboard's "Qualified" metric, the
           Signals "Qualified only" view, and the Track Record's qualified stats. The core selection is
-          <span className="text-gray-300"> cross-sectional momentum</span> — the ticker must rank in the
-          top slice of the universe by 12-1 month momentum, the one signal the backtest showed predicts
-          forward returns. R:R and confidence stay as floors. Tune the cutoff against the Track Record's
+          <span className="text-gray-300"> residual cross-sectional momentum</span> — the ticker must rank in the
+          top slice of the universe by beta-adjusted 12-1 month momentum, the production signal promoted
+          from the backtest. R:R and confidence stay as floors. Tune the cutoff against the Track Record's
           momentum sweep to see what actually wins.
         </p>
       </div>
 
       <div className="grid gap-4 md:grid-cols-3">
         <label className="block space-y-1">
-          <span className="text-xs text-gray-400">Min Momentum Percentile</span>
+          <span className="text-xs text-gray-400">Min Residual Momentum Percentile</span>
           <input
             type="number"
             min={0}
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function ActivationSettings() {
             onChange={(e) => setForm((prev) => ({ ...prev, min_momentum_percentile: Number(e.target.value) }))}
             className="w-full input-glass px-3 py-2 text-sm"
           />
-          <span className="text-[11px] text-gray-600">Ticker's 12-1 momentum rank. 80 = top 20% of the universe. 0 disables. The core gate.</span>
+          <span className="text-[11px] text-gray-600">Ticker's residual 12-1 momentum rank. 80 = top 20% of the universe. 0 disables. The core gate.</span>
         </label>
         <label className="block space-y-1">
           <span className="text-xs text-gray-400">Min Risk:Reward (1 : x)</span>
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export function ActivationSettings() {
             Require a directional call (exclude NEUTRAL)
             <span className="mt-0.5 block text-[11px] text-gray-500">
               On by default. A NEUTRAL ("No Clear Setup") recommendation isn't a tradeable signal, so it
-              never qualifies or becomes a top pick. Turn off to also count no-clear-direction momentum leaders.
+              never qualifies or becomes a top pick. Turn off to also count no-clear-direction residual momentum leaders.
             </span>
           </span>
         </label>

frontend/src/components/admin/ExitPolicySettings.tsx

@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ import { SkeletonCard } from '../ui/Skeleton';
 export function ExitPolicySettings() {
   const { data, isLoading } = useExitPolicy();
   const update = useUpdateExitPolicy();
-  const [mode, setMode] = useState<ExitPolicy['mode']>('trailing');
+  const [mode, setMode] = useState<ExitPolicy['mode']>('time');
   const [pct, setPct] = useState(12);
+  const [holdDays, setHoldDays] = useState(30);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (data) {
       setMode(data.mode);
       setPct(data.trailing_pct);
+      setHoldDays(data.hold_days ?? 30);
     }
   }, [data]);
 
@@ -24,12 +26,14 @@ export function ExitPolicySettings() {
         <h3 className="text-sm font-semibold text-gray-200">Paper-Trade Exit</h3>
         <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-gray-500">
           How open paper trades auto-close (in the nightly/intraday outcome job).{' '}
-          <span className="text-gray-300">Trailing</span> rides a trailing stop — the backtest's best exit,
-          it lets winners run; <span className="text-gray-300">Target / stop</span> closes at the setup's
-          target or stop. The setup's initial stop is always the floor.
+          <span className="text-gray-300">Hold</span> keeps the initial stop and exits at the Nth trading
+          day's close — the backtest-validated exit (classic momentum: hold ~a month, re-rank);{' '}
+          <span className="text-gray-300">Trailing</span> rides a trailing stop;{' '}
+          <span className="text-gray-300">Target / stop</span> closes at the setup's target or stop.
+          The setup's initial stop is always the floor.
         </p>
       </div>
-      <div className="grid gap-4 md:grid-cols-2">
+      <div className="grid gap-4 md:grid-cols-3">
         <label className="block space-y-1">
           <span className="text-xs text-gray-400">Exit mode</span>
           <select
@@ -37,10 +41,25 @@ export function ExitPolicySettings() {
             onChange={(e) => setMode(e.target.value as ExitPolicy['mode'])}
             className="w-full input-glass px-3 py-2 text-sm"
           >
+            <option value="time">Hold N days + stop</option>
             <option value="trailing">Trailing stop</option>
             <option value="target">Target / stop</option>
           </select>
         </label>
+        <label className="block space-y-1">
+          <span className="text-xs text-gray-400">Hold (trading days)</span>
+          <input
+            type="number"
+            min={2}
+            max={250}
+            step={1}
+            value={holdDays}
+            onChange={(e) => setHoldDays(Number(e.target.value))}
+            disabled={mode !== 'time'}
+            className="w-full input-glass px-3 py-2 text-sm disabled:opacity-50"
+          />
+          <span className="text-[11px] text-gray-600">Backtest optimum: 30 (its evaluation horizon).</span>
+        </label>
         <label className="block space-y-1">
           <span className="text-xs text-gray-400">Trailing width (%)</span>
           <input
@@ -53,13 +72,13 @@ export function ExitPolicySettings() {
             disabled={mode !== 'trailing'}
             className="w-full input-glass px-3 py-2 text-sm disabled:opacity-50"
           />
-          <span className="text-[11px] text-gray-600">Give-back from the peak. Backtest sweet spot ~12–15%.</span>
+          <span className="text-[11px] text-gray-600">Give-back from the peak. ≥15% ≈ the hold exit.</span>
         </label>
       </div>
       <button
         className="btn-primary px-4 py-2 text-sm disabled:opacity-50"
         disabled={update.isPending}
-        onClick={() => update.mutate({ mode, trailing_pct: pct })}
+        onClick={() => update.mutate({ mode, trailing_pct: pct, hold_days: holdDays })}
       >
         {update.isPending ? 'Saving…' : 'Save Exit Policy'}
       </button>

frontend/src/components/charts/CandlestickChart.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useRef, useEffect, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import type { OHLCVBar, SRLevel, SRZone, TradeSetup } from '../../lib/types';
-import { formatPrice, formatDate } from '../../lib/format';
+import { formatPrice, formatDate, formatLargeNumber } from '../../lib/format';
 
 interface CandlestickChartProps {
   data: OHLCVBar[];
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ interface TooltipState {
 }
 
 const MIN_VISIBLE_BARS = 10;
+const CHART_HEIGHT = 440;
+const VOLUME_PANE_HEIGHT = 72;
+const PANE_GAP = 18;
 
 type RangePreset = '1M' | '3M' | '6M' | 'YTD' | '1Y' | '3Y' | '5Y' | 'All';
 const RANGE_PRESETS: RangePreset[] = ['1M', '3M', '6M', 'YTD', '1Y', '3Y', '5Y', 'All'];
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ export function CandlestickChart({ data, srLevels = [], zones = [], tradeSetup,
     const dpr = window.devicePixelRatio || 1;
     const rect = container.getBoundingClientRect();
     const W = rect.width;
-    const H = 400;
+    const H = CHART_HEIGHT;
 
     canvas.width = W * dpr;
     canvas.height = H * dpr;
@@ -124,7 +127,11 @@ export function CandlestickChart({ data, srLevels = [], zones = [], tradeSetup,
     // Margins
     const ml = 12, mr = 70, mt = 12, mb = 32;
     const cw = W - ml - mr;
-    const ch = H - mt - mb;
+    const volumeH = VOLUME_PANE_HEIGHT;
+    const ch = H - mt - mb - volumeH - PANE_GAP;
+    const priceBottom = mt + ch;
+    const volumeTop = priceBottom + PANE_GAP;
+    const volumeBottom = volumeTop + volumeH;
 
     // Current price = explicit prop, else latest close
     const livePrice = currentPrice ?? visibleData[visibleData.length - 1].close;
@@ -145,6 +152,9 @@ export function CandlestickChart({ data, srLevels = [], zones = [], tradeSetup,
     const yScale = (v: number) => mt + ch - ((v - lo) / (hi - lo)) * ch;
     const barW = cw / visibleData.length;
     const candleW = Math.max(barW * 0.65, 1);
+    const volumeW = Math.max(barW * 0.65, 1);
+    const maxVolume = Math.max(...visibleData.map((b) => Math.max(0, b.volume)), 1);
+    const volumeScale = (v: number) => volumeTop + volumeH - (Math.max(0, v) / maxVolume) * volumeH;
 
     // Grid lines (horizontal)
     const nTicks = 6;
@@ -172,6 +182,34 @@ export function CandlestickChart({ data, srLevels = [], zones = [], tradeSetup,
       ctx.fillText(formatDate(visibleData[i].date), x, H - 6);
     }
 
+    // Volume pane
+    ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.06)';
+    ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+    ctx.beginPath();
+    ctx.moveTo(ml, volumeTop - 9);
+    ctx.lineTo(ml + cw, volumeTop - 9);
+    ctx.stroke();
+    ctx.beginPath();
+    ctx.moveTo(ml, volumeBottom);
+    ctx.lineTo(ml + cw, volumeBottom);
+    ctx.stroke();
+
+    ctx.font = '10px "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace';
+    ctx.fillStyle = '#6b7280';
+    ctx.textAlign = 'left';
+    ctx.fillText('Volume', ml, volumeTop - 13);
+    ctx.textAlign = 'right';
+    ctx.fillText(formatLargeNumber(maxVolume), W - 8, volumeTop + 4);
+
+    visibleData.forEach((bar, i) => {
+      const x = ml + i * barW + barW / 2;
+      const bullish = bar.close >= bar.open;
+      const yVolume = volumeScale(bar.volume);
+      const hVolume = Math.max(volumeBottom - yVolume, bar.volume > 0 ? 1 : 0);
+      ctx.fillStyle = bullish ? 'rgba(16, 185, 129, 0.32)' : 'rgba(239, 68, 68, 0.28)';
+      ctx.fillRect(x - volumeW / 2, yVolume, volumeW, hVolume);
+    });
+
     // Nearest support/resistance only (band if it came from a zone)
     markers.forEach((m) => {
       const isSupport = m.role === 'support';
@@ -312,7 +350,22 @@ export function CandlestickChart({ data, srLevels = [], zones = [], tradeSetup,
     });
 
     // Store geometry for hit testing (includes visibleRange offset)
-    (canvas as any).__chartMeta = { ml, mr, mt, mb, cw, ch, barW, lo, hi, yScale, visibleStart: start };
+    (canvas as any).__chartMeta = {
+      ml,
+      mr,
+      mt,
+      mb,
+      cw,
+      ch,
+      barW,
+      lo,
+      hi,
+      yScale,
+      visibleStart: start,
+      volumeTop,
+      volumeH,
+      volumeBottom,
+    };
 
     // Size the overlay canvas to match
     const overlay = overlayCanvasRef.current;
@@ -342,12 +395,14 @@ export function CandlestickChart({ data, srLevels = [], zones = [], tradeSetup,
     const meta = (canvas as any).__chartMeta;
     if (!meta) return;
 
-    const { ml, mt, mb, cw, ch, barW, lo, hi, visibleStart } = meta;
+    const { ml, mt, mb, cw, ch, barW, lo, hi, visibleStart, volumeBottom } = meta;
     const H = overlay.height / dpr;
+    const priceBottom = mt + ch;
+    const chartBottom = volumeBottom ?? priceBottom;
 
     // Clamp crosshair to chart area
     const cx = Math.max(ml, Math.min(ml + cw, pos.x));
-    const cy = Math.max(mt, Math.min(mt + ch, pos.y));
+    const cy = Math.max(mt, Math.min(chartBottom, pos.y));
 
     // Dashed crosshair lines
     ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4)';
@@ -357,37 +412,44 @@ export function CandlestickChart({ data, srLevels = [], zones = [], tradeSetup,
     // Vertical line
     ctx.beginPath();
     ctx.moveTo(cx, mt);
-    ctx.lineTo(cx, mt + ch);
-    ctx.stroke();
-
-    // Horizontal line
-    ctx.beginPath();
-    ctx.moveTo(ml, cy);
-    ctx.lineTo(ml + cw, cy);
+    ctx.lineTo(cx, chartBottom);
     ctx.stroke();
 
     ctx.setLineDash([]);
 
-    // Price label on y-axis (right side)
-    const price = hi - ((cy - mt) / ch) * (hi - lo);
-    const priceText = formatPrice(price);
     ctx.font = '11px "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace';
-    const priceMetrics = ctx.measureText(priceText);
     const labelPadX = 5;
     const labelPadY = 3;
-    const labelW = priceMetrics.width + labelPadX * 2;
-    const labelH = 16 + labelPadY * 2;
-    const labelX = ml + cw + 2;
-    const labelY = cy - labelH / 2;
 
-    ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(55, 65, 81, 0.9)';
-    ctx.beginPath();
-    ctx.roundRect(labelX, labelY, labelW, labelH, 3);
-    ctx.fill();
-    ctx.fillStyle = '#e5e7eb';
-    ctx.textAlign = 'left';
-    ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
-    ctx.fillText(priceText, labelX + labelPadX, cy);
+    if (cy <= priceBottom) {
+      // Horizontal price crosshair only belongs in the price pane.
+      ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4)';
+      ctx.lineWidth = 0.75;
+      ctx.setLineDash([4, 3]);
+      ctx.beginPath();
+      ctx.moveTo(ml, cy);
+      ctx.lineTo(ml + cw, cy);
+      ctx.stroke();
+      ctx.setLineDash([]);
+
+      // Price label on y-axis (right side)
+      const price = hi - ((cy - mt) / ch) * (hi - lo);
+      const priceText = formatPrice(price);
+      const priceMetrics = ctx.measureText(priceText);
+      const labelW = priceMetrics.width + labelPadX * 2;
+      const labelH = 16 + labelPadY * 2;
+      const labelX = ml + cw + 2;
+      const labelY = cy - labelH / 2;
+
+      ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(55, 65, 81, 0.9)';
+      ctx.beginPath();
+      ctx.roundRect(labelX, labelY, labelW, labelH, 3);
+      ctx.fill();
+      ctx.fillStyle = '#e5e7eb';
+      ctx.textAlign = 'left';
+      ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
+      ctx.fillText(priceText, labelX + labelPadX, cy);
+    }
 
     // Date label on x-axis (bottom)
     const localIdx = Math.floor((cx - ml) / barW);
@@ -619,7 +681,7 @@ export function CandlestickChart({ data, srLevels = [], zones = [], tradeSetup,
             <span>High</span><span class="text-right text-gray-200">${formatPrice(bar.high)}</span>
             <span>Low</span><span class="text-right text-gray-200">${formatPrice(bar.low)}</span>
             <span>Close</span><span class="text-right text-gray-200">${formatPrice(bar.close)}</span>
-            <span>Vol</span><span class="text-right text-gray-200">${bar.volume.toLocaleString()}</span>
+            <span>Vol</span><span class="text-right text-gray-200" title="${bar.volume.toLocaleString()}">${formatLargeNumber(bar.volume)}</span>
           </div>${tradeTooltipHtml}`;
       } else {
         tip.style.display = 'none';
@@ -670,16 +732,16 @@ export function CandlestickChart({ data, srLevels = [], zones = [], tradeSetup,
         ))}
         <span className="ml-1 text-[10px] text-gray-600">scroll to zoom · drag to pan</span>
       </div>
-      <div ref={containerRef} className="relative w-full" style={{ height: 400 }}>
+      <div ref={containerRef} className="relative w-full" style={{ height: CHART_HEIGHT }}>
         <canvas
           ref={canvasRef}
           className="w-full"
-          style={{ height: 400 }}
+          style={{ height: CHART_HEIGHT }}
         />
       <canvas
         ref={overlayCanvasRef}
         className="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full cursor-crosshair"
-        style={{ height: 400 }}
+        style={{ height: CHART_HEIGHT }}
         onMouseDown={handleMouseDown}
         onMouseMove={handleMouseMove}
         onMouseUp={handleMouseUp}

frontend/src/components/signals/BacktestPanel.tsx

@@ -6,15 +6,30 @@ import { Callout } from '../ui/Callout';
 import { Disclosure } from '../ui/Disclosure';
 import { Section } from '../ui/Section';
 import { useToast } from '../ui/Toast';
-import type { BacktestBucket } from '../../lib/types';
+import type { BacktestBucket, BacktestPortfolioPolicy, BacktestStrategyVariant } from '../../lib/types';
 
-function fmtR(v: number | null): string {
-  if (v === null) return '—';
+function fmtR(v: number | null | undefined): string {
+  if (v === null || v === undefined) return '—';
   return `${v > 0 ? '+' : ''}${v.toFixed(2)}R`;
 }
 function fmtPct(v: number | null): string {
   return v === null ? '—' : `${v.toFixed(1)}%`;
 }
+function fmtMoney(v: number | null | undefined): string {
+  if (v === null || v === undefined) return '—';
+  return v.toLocaleString('en-US', { minimumFractionDigits: 2, maximumFractionDigits: 2 });
+}
+function fmtSignedPct(v: number | null | undefined): string {
+  if (v === null || v === undefined) return '—';
+  return `${v > 0 ? '+' : ''}${v.toFixed(1)}%`;
+}
+function fmtDays(v: number | null | undefined): string {
+  return v === null || v === undefined ? '—' : `${v.toFixed(1)}d`;
+}
+function fmtRPerDay(v: number | null | undefined): string {
+  if (v === null || v === undefined) return '—';
+  return `${v > 0 ? '+' : ''}${v.toFixed(3)}R`;
+}
 function rColor(v: number | null): string {
   if (v === null) return 'text-gray-400';
   if (v > 0) return 'text-emerald-400';
@@ -24,6 +39,7 @@ function rColor(v: number | null): string {
 
 const SIGNAL_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
   mom_12_1: '12–1 month momentum',
+  mom_12_1_resid: '12–1 residual momentum',
   mom_6_1: '6–1 month momentum',
   mom_3_1: '3–1 month momentum',
   reversal_1m: '1-month reversal',
@@ -32,6 +48,25 @@ const SIGNAL_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
   vol_6m: '6-month realized volatility',
 };
 
+const ABLATION_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
+  all_floors: 'All floors (current gate)',
+  no_confidence_floor: 'Without confidence floor',
+  no_rr_floor: 'Without R:R floor',
+  no_neutral_exclusion: 'Without NEUTRAL exclusion',
+  momentum_only: 'Momentum only (no floors)',
+};
+
+const POLICY_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
+  target: 'S/R target exit',
+  hold: 'Hold to horizon',
+};
+
+// Prefer the net-of-costs number when the report carries it; older cached
+// reports (pre-cost model) fall back to gross.
+function netOrGross(r: { avg_r: number | null; net_avg_r?: number | null }): number | null {
+  return r.net_avg_r ?? r.avg_r;
+}
+
 // An |IC| this large, with a consistent sign, is a real (if small) edge worth
 // building on; below it, ranking on the signal sorts essentially nothing.
 const IC_EDGE_THRESHOLD = 0.03;
@@ -76,6 +111,11 @@ function BucketRow({ label, b }: { label: string; b: BacktestBucket }) {
       <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-400">{b.expired}</td>
       <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-200">{fmtPct(b.hit_rate)}</td>
       <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(b.avg_r)}`}>{fmtR(b.avg_r)}</td>
+      <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(b.net_avg_r ?? null)}`}>{fmtR(b.net_avg_r ?? null)}</td>
+      <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-emerald-400">{fmtR(b.best_r)}</td>
+      <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-red-400">{fmtR(b.worst_r)}</td>
+      <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-400">{fmtDays(b.avg_hold_days)}</td>
+      <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(b.net_r_per_day ?? null)}`}>{fmtRPerDay(b.net_r_per_day)}</td>
     </tr>
   );
 }
@@ -85,14 +125,11 @@ export function BacktestPanel() {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
   const toast = useToast();
 
-  const bestTpAvgR =
-    report?.take_profit_sweep && report.take_profit_sweep.length > 0
-      ? Math.max(...report.take_profit_sweep.map((r) => r.avg_r ?? -Infinity))
-      : null;
-  const bestTrailAvgR =
-    report?.trailing_sweep && report.trailing_sweep.length > 0
-      ? Math.max(...report.trailing_sweep.map((r) => r.avg_r ?? -Infinity))
+  const bestTimeAvgR =
+    report?.time_exit_sweep && report.time_exit_sweep.length > 0
+      ? Math.max(...report.time_exit_sweep.map((r) => netOrGross(r) ?? -Infinity))
       : null;
+  const sim = report?.portfolio_sim ?? null;
 
   const run = useMutation({
     mutationFn: () => triggerJob('backtest'),
@@ -140,8 +177,54 @@ export function BacktestPanel() {
             <p className="text-[11px] text-gray-500">
               Ran {timeAgo(report.generated_at)} · {report.tickers} tickers · {report.candidates} setups
               ({report.qualified} qualified) · weekly cadence, {report.params.horizon_days}-day horizon
+              {report.params.cost_per_side_pct != null && (
+                <> · net assumes {report.params.cost_per_side_pct}%/side costs</>
+              )}
             </p>
 
+            {report.recommendation && report.recommendation.items.length > 0 && (
+              <div className="glass border border-blue-400/20 p-4">
+                <p className="section-index">What this backtest recommends</p>
+                {report.recommendation.headline && (
+                  <p className="mt-1.5 text-sm font-semibold text-gray-100">
+                    {report.recommendation.headline}
+                  </p>
+                )}
+                <ul className="mt-2 space-y-1">
+                  {report.recommendation.items.map((item) => (
+                    <li
+                      key={item.topic + item.text}
+                      className={`text-xs ${item.text.includes('WARNING') || item.text.includes('LAGS') ? 'text-amber-400' : 'text-gray-400'}`}
+                    >
+                      {item.text}
+                    </li>
+                  ))}
+                </ul>
+                {report.recommendation.note && (
+                  <p className="mt-2 text-[11px] text-gray-600">{report.recommendation.note}</p>
+                )}
+              </div>
+            )}
+
+            {report.research_recommendation && report.research_recommendation.items.length > 0 && (
+              <div className="glass border border-emerald-400/15 p-4">
+                <p className="section-index">Research candidates</p>
+                <ul className="mt-2 space-y-1">
+                  {report.research_recommendation.items.map((item) => (
+                    <li
+                      key={item.topic + item.text}
+                      className={`text-xs ${item.candidate ? 'text-emerald-400' : 'text-gray-400'}`}
+                    >
+                      {item.text}
+                    </li>
+                  ))}
+                </ul>
+                {report.research_recommendation.note && (
+                  <p className="mt-2 text-[11px] text-gray-600">{report.research_recommendation.note}</p>
+                )}
+              </div>
+            )}
+
             <div className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4">
               <Stat
                 label="Qualified Hit Rate"
@@ -166,6 +249,30 @@ export function BacktestPanel() {
                 valueClass={rColor(report.overall_qualified.total_r)}
                 sub="cumulative, risk-adjusted"
               />
+              {report.overall_qualified.median_net_r != null && (
+                <Stat
+                  label="Median Net R"
+                  value={fmtR(report.overall_qualified.median_net_r)}
+                  valueClass={rColor(report.overall_qualified.median_net_r)}
+                  sub="qualified · the typical trade"
+                />
+              )}
+              {report.overall_qualified.profit_factor != null && (
+                <Stat
+                  label="Profit Factor"
+                  value={report.overall_qualified.profit_factor.toFixed(2)}
+                  valueClass={report.overall_qualified.profit_factor > 1 ? 'text-emerald-400' : 'text-red-400'}
+                  sub="qualified · net wins / net losses"
+                />
+              )}
+              {report.overall_qualified.net_avg_r_ex_top5 != null && (
+                <Stat
+                  label="Ex-Top-5% Net R"
+                  value={fmtR(report.overall_qualified.net_avg_r_ex_top5)}
+                  valueClass={rColor(report.overall_qualified.net_avg_r_ex_top5)}
+                  sub="expectancy without the biggest winners"
+                />
+              )}
             </div>
 
             <div className="glass overflow-x-auto">
@@ -179,6 +286,11 @@ export function BacktestPanel() {
                     <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Expired</th>
                     <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Hit Rate</th>
                     <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Avg R</th>
+                    <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Net Avg R</th>
+                    <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Best R</th>
+                    <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Worst R</th>
+                    <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Avg Hold</th>
+                    <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Net R/d</th>
                   </tr>
                 </thead>
                 <tbody>
@@ -196,11 +308,11 @@ export function BacktestPanel() {
             {report.sweep && report.sweep.length > 0 && report.sweep[0].min_momentum_percentile != null && (
               <div>
                 <p className="mb-2 text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-widest text-gray-500">
-                  Momentum-percentile sweep
+                  Residual-momentum percentile sweep
                 </p>
                 <p className="mb-2 text-[11px] text-gray-500">
-                  How many setups qualify — and how they perform — at each momentum-rank cutoff (floors
-                  held fixed). 80 = only the top 20% of the universe by 12-1 momentum each week; 0 =
+                  How many setups qualify — and how they perform — at each production-rank cutoff (floors
+                  held fixed). 80 = only the top 20% of the universe by residual 12-1 momentum each week; 0 =
                   floors only. Lower = more trades, watch that expectancy holds. Your current setting is
                   highlighted; set it in Admin → Settings → Activation.
                 </p>
@@ -208,12 +320,13 @@ export function BacktestPanel() {
                   <table className="w-full text-sm">
                     <thead>
                       <tr className="border-b border-white/[0.06] text-left text-xs uppercase tracking-wider text-gray-500">
-                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Min momentum %ile</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Min residual %ile</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Qualified</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Wins</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Losses</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Hit Rate</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Avg R</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Net Avg R</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Total R</th>
                       </tr>
                     </thead>
@@ -231,6 +344,7 @@ export function BacktestPanel() {
                             <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-red-400">{row.losses}</td>
                             <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-200">{fmtPct(row.hit_rate)}</td>
                             <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right font-semibold ${rColor(row.avg_r)}`}>{fmtR(row.avg_r)}</td>
+                            <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.net_avg_r ?? null)}`}>{fmtR(row.net_avg_r ?? null)}</td>
                             <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.total_r)}`}>{fmtR(row.total_r)}</td>
                           </tr>
                         );
@@ -241,92 +355,110 @@ export function BacktestPanel() {
               </div>
             )}
 
-            {report.take_profit_sweep && report.take_profit_sweep.length > 0 && (
+            {report.gate_ablation && report.gate_ablation.length > 0 && (
               <div>
                 <p className="mb-2 text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-widest text-gray-500">
-                  Take-profit exit (alternative to the target above)
+                  Gate ablation — which floors earn their keep
                 </p>
                 <p className="mb-2 text-[11px] text-gray-500">
-                  Models a realistic exit instead of waiting for the far S/R target: bank{' '}
-                  <span className="text-gray-300">+X%</span> if price reaches it before the stop, else −1R on
-                  the stop, else exit at the {report.params.horizon_days}-day close. In R, so it compares to the
-                  target model above. <span className="text-gray-300">Hit Rate = how often you'd have banked
-                  +X%</span> (how far winners actually run) — no top-ticking, it's the level you'd really set.
-                  The setup's own S/R target is <em>not</em> used here (exiting at that target is the model
-                  above); this is a pure fixed-% exit. ★ = best avg R.
+                  {report.gate_ablation_note ??
+                    'Each row re-qualifies the same candidates at the current momentum cutoff with one floor removed (long-only throughout).'}
                 </p>
                 <div className="glass overflow-x-auto">
                   <table className="w-full text-sm">
                     <thead>
                       <tr className="border-b border-white/[0.06] text-left text-xs uppercase tracking-wider text-gray-500">
-                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Take-profit</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Variant</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Setups</th>
-                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Hit (banked)</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Hit Rate</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Avg R</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Net Avg R</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Total R</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Hold Net Avg R</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Hold Total R</th>
                       </tr>
                     </thead>
                     <tbody>
-                      {report.take_profit_sweep.map((row) => {
-                        const best = row.avg_r != null && row.avg_r === bestTpAvgR;
-                        return (
-                          <tr key={row.tp_pct} className={`border-b border-white/[0.04] ${best ? 'bg-emerald-400/[0.06]' : ''}`}>
-                            <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-gray-200">
-                              {best && <span className="mr-1 text-emerald-300">★</span>}
-                              +{row.tp_pct}%
-                            </td>
-                            <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-200">{row.total}</td>
-                            <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-emerald-400">{row.wins}</td>
-                            <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-200">{fmtPct(row.hit_rate)}</td>
-                            <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right font-semibold ${rColor(row.avg_r)}`}>{fmtR(row.avg_r)}</td>
-                            <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.total_r)}`}>{fmtR(row.total_r)}</td>
-                          </tr>
-                        );
-                      })}
+                      {report.gate_ablation.map((row) => (
+                        <tr
+                          key={row.variant}
+                          className={`border-b border-white/[0.04] ${row.variant === 'all_floors' ? 'bg-blue-400/10' : ''}`}
+                        >
+                          <td className="px-4 py-2.5 font-medium text-gray-200">
+                            {ABLATION_LABELS[row.variant] ?? row.variant}
+                          </td>
+                          <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-200">{row.total}</td>
+                          <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-200">{fmtPct(row.hit_rate)}</td>
+                          <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.avg_r)}`}>{fmtR(row.avg_r)}</td>
+                          <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right font-semibold ${rColor(row.net_avg_r ?? null)}`}>
+                            {fmtR(row.net_avg_r ?? null)}
+                          </td>
+                          <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.total_r)}`}>{fmtR(row.total_r)}</td>
+                          <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right font-semibold ${rColor(row.hold_net_avg_r ?? null)}`}>
+                            {fmtR(row.hold_net_avg_r ?? null)}
+                          </td>
+                          <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.hold_total_r ?? null)}`}>
+                            {fmtR(row.hold_total_r ?? null)}
+                          </td>
+                        </tr>
+                      ))}
                     </tbody>
                   </table>
                 </div>
               </div>
             )}
 
-            {report.trailing_sweep && report.trailing_sweep.length > 0 && (
+            {report.time_exit_sweep && report.time_exit_sweep.length > 0 && (
               <div>
                 <p className="mb-2 text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-widest text-gray-500">
-                  Trailing-stop exit
+                  Time-based exit
                 </p>
                 <p className="mb-2 text-[11px] text-gray-500">
-                  Let it run, but exit when price gives back <span className="text-gray-300">X% from its
-                  peak</span> (the stop only ratchets up, never below the initial stop). Captures the tail
-                  without the fixed take-profit's all-or-nothing miss, and protects gains. In R vs the initial
-                  risk. <span className="text-gray-300">Win Rate = share closed in profit.</span> ★ = best avg R.
+                  Buy at detection, keep the initial ATR stop, and exit at the{' '}
+                  <span className="text-gray-300">day-N close</span> — no target, no trailing. This is the
+                  classic cross-sectional momentum implementation (hold ~a month, re-rank).{' '}
+                  <span className="text-gray-300">Win Rate = share closed in profit.</span> ★ = best net avg R.
                 </p>
                 <div className="glass overflow-x-auto">
                   <table className="w-full text-sm">
                     <thead>
                       <tr className="border-b border-white/[0.06] text-left text-xs uppercase tracking-wider text-gray-500">
-                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Trail</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Hold</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Setups</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Profitable</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Win Rate</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Avg R</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Net Avg R</th>
                         <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Total R</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Best R</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Worst R</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Avg Hold</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Net R/d</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Median Net R</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Ex-Top-5%</th>
                       </tr>
                     </thead>
                     <tbody>
-                      {report.trailing_sweep.map((row) => {
-                        const best = row.avg_r != null && row.avg_r === bestTrailAvgR;
+                      {report.time_exit_sweep.map((row) => {
+                        const best = netOrGross(row) != null && netOrGross(row) === bestTimeAvgR;
                         return (
-                          <tr key={row.trail_pct} className={`border-b border-white/[0.04] ${best ? 'bg-emerald-400/[0.06]' : ''}`}>
+                          <tr key={row.hold_days} className={`border-b border-white/[0.04] ${best ? 'bg-emerald-400/[0.06]' : ''}`}>
                             <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-gray-200">
                               {best && <span className="mr-1 text-emerald-300">★</span>}
-                              {row.trail_pct}%
+                              {row.hold_days}d
                             </td>
                             <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-200">{row.total}</td>
                             <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-emerald-400">{row.wins}</td>
                             <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-200">{fmtPct(row.win_rate)}</td>
-                            <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right font-semibold ${rColor(row.avg_r)}`}>{fmtR(row.avg_r)}</td>
+                            <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.avg_r)}`}>{fmtR(row.avg_r)}</td>
+                            <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right font-semibold ${rColor(row.net_avg_r ?? null)}`}>{fmtR(row.net_avg_r ?? null)}</td>
                             <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.total_r)}`}>{fmtR(row.total_r)}</td>
+                            <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-emerald-400">{fmtR(row.best_r)}</td>
+                            <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-red-400">{fmtR(row.worst_r)}</td>
+                            <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-400">{fmtDays(row.avg_hold_days)}</td>
+                            <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.net_r_per_day ?? null)}`}>{fmtRPerDay(row.net_r_per_day)}</td>
+                            <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.median_net_r ?? null)}`}>{fmtR(row.median_net_r)}</td>
+                            <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.net_avg_r_ex_top5 ?? null)}`}>{fmtR(row.net_avg_r_ex_top5)}</td>
                           </tr>
                         );
                       })}
@@ -336,46 +468,123 @@ export function BacktestPanel() {
               </div>
             )}
 
-            <div>
-              <p className="mb-2 text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-widest text-gray-500">
-                Probability calibration
-              </p>
-              <p className="mb-2 text-[11px] text-gray-500">
-                Do targets we call “X% likely” actually hit that often? Realized below predicted =
-                the model is over-confident.
-              </p>
-              {report.calibration.length === 0 ? (
-                <Callout variant="empty">Not enough resolved setups to calibrate.</Callout>
-              ) : (
+            {sim && sim.policies.length > 0 && (
+              <div>
+                <p className="mb-2 text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-widest text-gray-500">
+                  Portfolio simulation
+                </p>
+                <p className="mb-2 text-[11px] text-gray-500">
+                  {sim.note ?? 'One capital-constrained book over the qualified setups.'}{' '}
+                  <span className="text-gray-300">
+                    Start {fmtMoney(sim.params.starting_capital)} · max {sim.params.max_positions} positions ·{' '}
+                    {sim.params.risk_per_trade_pct}% risk/trade · {sim.params.notional_cap_pct}% notional cap ·{' '}
+                    {sim.params.cost_per_side_pct}%/side costs · {sim.policies[0].start_date} → {sim.policies[0].end_date}
+                  </span>
+                </p>
                 <div className="glass overflow-x-auto">
                   <table className="w-full text-sm">
                     <thead>
                       <tr className="border-b border-white/[0.06] text-left text-xs uppercase tracking-wider text-gray-500">
-                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Predicted Bucket</th>
-                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Setups</th>
-                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Avg Predicted</th>
-                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Realized Hit Rate</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Metric</th>
+                        {sim.policies.map((p) => (
+                          <th key={p.policy} className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">
+                            {POLICY_LABELS[p.policy] ?? p.policy}
+                          </th>
+                        ))}
                       </tr>
                     </thead>
                     <tbody>
-                      {report.calibration.map((row) => {
-                        const over = row.realized_hit_rate < row.predicted_avg;
-                        return (
-                          <tr key={row.bucket} className="border-b border-white/[0.04]">
-                            <td className="px-4 py-2.5 text-gray-200">{row.bucket}</td>
-                            <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-300">{row.n}</td>
-                            <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-400">{row.predicted_avg.toFixed(0)}%</td>
-                            <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right font-semibold ${over ? 'text-amber-400' : 'text-emerald-400'}`}>
-                              {row.realized_hit_rate.toFixed(0)}%
+                      {(
+                        [
+                          ['Final equity', (p) => fmtMoney(p.final_equity), (p) => rColor(p.final_equity - p.starting_capital)],
+                          ['Total return', (p) => fmtSignedPct(p.total_return_pct), (p) => rColor(p.total_return_pct)],
+                          ['SPY return (same window)', (p) => fmtSignedPct(p.spy_return_pct), () => 'text-gray-300'],
+                          ['CAGR', (p) => fmtSignedPct(p.cagr_pct), (p) => rColor(p.cagr_pct)],
+                          ['Max drawdown', (p) => `−${p.max_drawdown_pct.toFixed(1)}%`, () => 'text-amber-400'],
+                          ['Sharpe (daily, annualized)', (p) => (p.sharpe === null ? '—' : p.sharpe.toFixed(2)), () => 'text-gray-200'],
+                          ['Trades', (p) => String(p.trades), () => 'text-gray-300'],
+                          ['Win rate', (p) => fmtPct(p.win_rate), () => 'text-gray-200'],
+                          ['Avg P&L / trade', (p) => fmtMoney(p.avg_trade_pnl), (p) => rColor(p.avg_trade_pnl)],
+                          ['Best / worst trade', (p) => `${fmtR(p.best_trade_r)} / ${fmtR(p.worst_trade_r)}`, () => 'text-gray-300'],
+                          ['Avg holding time', (p) => fmtDays(p.avg_hold_days), () => 'text-gray-300'],
+                          [
+                            'Per-year returns',
+                            (p) =>
+                              p.yearly_returns && p.yearly_returns.length > 0
+                                ? p.yearly_returns
+                                    .map((y) => `${y.year} ${fmtSignedPct(y.return_pct)}`)
+                                    .join(' · ')
+                                : '—',
+                            () => 'text-gray-300',
+                          ],
+                          ['Entries skipped (book full)', (p) => String(p.skipped_book_full), () => 'text-gray-500'],
+                        ] as [string, (p: BacktestPortfolioPolicy) => string, (p: BacktestPortfolioPolicy) => string][]
+                      ).map(([label, fmt, color]) => (
+                        <tr key={label} className="border-b border-white/[0.04]">
+                          <td className="px-4 py-2.5 font-medium text-gray-200">{label}</td>
+                          {sim.policies.map((p) => (
+                            <td key={p.policy} className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${color(p)}`}>
+                              {fmt(p)}
                             </td>
-                          </tr>
-                        );
-                      })}
+                          ))}
+                        </tr>
+                      ))}
                     </tbody>
                   </table>
                 </div>
-              )}
-            </div>
+              </div>
+            )}
+
+            {report.strategy_variants && report.strategy_variants.variants.length > 0 && (
+              <div>
+                <p className="mb-2 text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-widest text-gray-500">
+                  Strategy variants
+                </p>
+                <p className="mb-2 text-[11px] text-gray-500">
+                  {report.strategy_variants.note ?? 'Research-only portfolio variants.'}
+                </p>
+                <div className="glass overflow-x-auto">
+                  <table className="w-full text-sm">
+                    <thead>
+                      <tr className="border-b border-white/[0.06] text-left text-xs uppercase tracking-wider text-gray-500">
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5">Variant</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Rank</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Cutoff</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Max Pos</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Risk</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">CAGR</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Max DD</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Sharpe</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Total Ret</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Trades</th>
+                        <th className="px-4 py-2.5 text-right">Skipped</th>
+                      </tr>
+                    </thead>
+                    <tbody>
+                      {report.strategy_variants.variants.map((row: BacktestStrategyVariant) => (
+                        <tr key={row.variant} className="border-b border-white/[0.04]">
+                          <td className="px-4 py-2.5 font-medium text-gray-200">{row.label}</td>
+                          <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-300">{row.ranking}</td>
+                          <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-300">{row.cutoff.toFixed(0)}</td>
+                          <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-300">{row.max_positions}</td>
+                          <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-300">
+                            {`${row.risk_per_trade_pct.toFixed(1)}%`}
+                          </td>
+                          <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.cagr_pct)}`}>{fmtSignedPct(row.cagr_pct)}</td>
+                          <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-amber-400">−{row.max_drawdown_pct.toFixed(1)}%</td>
+                          <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-200">
+                            {row.sharpe === null ? '—' : row.sharpe.toFixed(2)}
+                          </td>
+                          <td className={`num px-4 py-2.5 text-right ${rColor(row.total_return_pct)}`}>{fmtSignedPct(row.total_return_pct)}</td>
+                          <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-300">{row.trades}</td>
+                          <td className="num px-4 py-2.5 text-right text-gray-500">{row.skipped_book_full}</td>
+                        </tr>
+                      ))}
+                    </tbody>
+                  </table>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            )}
 
             {report.signal_eval && report.signal_eval.length > 0 && (
               <div>

frontend/src/components/ticker/StandingMatrix.tsx

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface FieldPoint {
 interface StandingMatrixProps {
   symbol: string;
   composite: number | null; // X for the highlighted dot (authoritative, from the scores endpoint)
-  momentum: number | null; // Y for the highlighted dot (the ticker's 12-1 momentum percentile)
+  momentum: number | null; // Y for the highlighted dot (residual 12-1 momentum percentile)
   field: FieldPoint[]; // every tracked ticker, for the background cloud
   gateMomentum: number; // Y divider = the activation gate's momentum percentile
   status: 'top-pick' | 'qualified' | 'none';
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export default function StandingMatrix({
               <p className="mt-1 text-sm leading-snug text-gray-400">{v.note}</p>
               <div className="mt-3 space-y-1 text-xs text-gray-500">
                 <StatRow label="Quality (composite)" value={`${Math.round(here.composite)}`} />
-                <StatRow label="Momentum percentile" value={`${Math.round(here.momentum)}`} />
+                <StatRow label="Residual momentum percentile" value={`${Math.round(here.momentum)}`} />
                 {confidence != null && <StatRow label="Long confidence" value={`${Math.round(confidence)}%`} />}
               </div>
             </>
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export default function StandingMatrix({
       </div>
       <p className="mt-2 text-[11px] leading-relaxed text-gray-600">
         Each dot is a tracked ticker; <span className="text-gray-300">this one is highlighted</span>. The dashed line is the
-        activation gate ({Math.round(gate)}th-pct momentum) — above it qualifies for a top pick. Click any peer to open it.
+        activation gate ({Math.round(gate)}th-pct residual momentum) — above it qualifies for a top pick. Click any peer to open it.
       </p>
     </div>
   );

frontend/src/components/ui/ScoreCard.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { DimensionScoreDetail, CompositeBreakdown } from '../../lib/types';
 interface ScoreCardProps {
   compositeScore: number | null;
   dimensions: DimensionScoreDetail[];
-  compositeBreakdown?: CompositeBreakdown;
+  compositeBreakdown?: CompositeBreakdown | null;
   /** Hide the composite ring/header when the composite is shown elsewhere
    *  (e.g. the Standing matrix) and this card only carries the dimension detail. */
   showComposite?: boolean;

frontend/src/lib/qualification.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ import type { ActivationConfig, TradeSetup } from './types';
 
 const HIGH_CONVICTION_ACTIONS = new Set(['LONG_HIGH', 'SHORT_HIGH']);
 
+function actionDirection(action: TradeSetup['recommended_action']): 'long' | 'short' | 'neutral' {
+  if (!action || action === 'NEUTRAL') return 'neutral';
+  if (action.startsWith('LONG')) return 'long';
+  if (action.startsWith('SHORT')) return 'short';
+  return 'neutral';
+}
+
 export function bestTargetProbability(setup: TradeSetup): number {
   return setup.targets?.length ? Math.max(...setup.targets.map((t) => t.probability)) : 0;
 }
@@ -33,17 +40,20 @@ export function qualifiesSetup(setup: TradeSetup, config: ActivationConfig): boo
     return false;
   }
   if ((setup.confidence_score ?? 0) < config.min_confidence) return false;
-  // Cross-sectional momentum is the core selection (long-only). While the gate is
-  // active, shorts never qualify; the percentile floor is enforced only when a
-  // percentile is attached, otherwise defer to the floors.
+  // Residual cross-sectional momentum is the core selection (long-only). While
+  // the gate is active, shorts never qualify; the percentile floor is enforced
+  // only when a percentile is attached, otherwise defer to the floors.
   if (config.min_momentum_percentile > 0) {
     if (setup.direction === 'short') return false;
     if (setup.momentum_percentile != null && setup.momentum_percentile < config.min_momentum_percentile) {
       return false;
     }
   }
-  // NEUTRAL = "no clear setup" — not actionable, so by default it doesn't qualify.
-  if (config.exclude_neutral && (setup.recommended_action ?? 'NEUTRAL') === 'NEUTRAL') return false;
+  // NEUTRAL = "no clear setup"; an opposite action means this setup is counter-bias.
+  if (config.exclude_neutral) {
+    const actionDir = actionDirection(setup.recommended_action);
+    if (actionDir === 'neutral' || actionDir !== setup.direction) return false;
+  }
   if (config.require_high_conviction && !HIGH_CONVICTION_ACTIONS.has(setup.recommended_action ?? '')) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -53,9 +63,9 @@ export function qualifiesSetup(setup: TradeSetup, config: ActivationConfig): boo
 
 /**
  * Symbol of the current single 'top pick' — the #1 row the dashboard highlights:
- * the highest 12-1 momentum percentile among qualified setups (or among all
- * setups when none qualify). Returns null when there are no setups. Keep in step
- * with the Top Setups ranking in DashboardPage.
+ * the highest residual 12-1 momentum percentile among qualified setups. Returns
+ * null when there are no actionable setups. Keep in step with the Top Setups
+ * ranking in DashboardPage.
  */
 export function topPickSymbol(
   trades: TradeSetup[] | undefined,
@@ -64,8 +74,7 @@ export function topPickSymbol(
   const all = trades ?? [];
   if (all.length === 0) return null;
   const qualified = activation ? all.filter((t) => qualifiesSetup(t, activation)) : [];
-  const pool = qualified.length > 0 ? qualified : all;
-  const top = [...pool].sort(
+  const top = [...qualified].sort(
     (a, b) => (b.momentum_percentile ?? -Infinity) - (a.momentum_percentile ?? -Infinity),
   )[0];
   return top?.symbol ?? null;
@@ -74,7 +83,7 @@ export function topPickSymbol(
 /** Short human summary of the active gate, e.g. for tooltips/labels. */
 export function activationSummary(config: ActivationConfig): string {
   const parts = [];
-  if (config.min_momentum_percentile > 0) parts.push(`top ${(100 - config.min_momentum_percentile).toFixed(0)}% momentum`);
+  if (config.min_momentum_percentile > 0) parts.push(`top ${(100 - config.min_momentum_percentile).toFixed(0)}% residual momentum`);
   parts.push(`R:R ≥ ${config.min_rr.toFixed(1)}`, `conf ≥ ${config.min_confidence.toFixed(0)}%`);
   if (config.exclude_neutral) parts.push('directional');
   if (config.require_high_conviction) parts.push('high-conviction');

frontend/src/lib/types.ts

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export interface ScoreResponse {
   dimensions: DimensionScoreDetail[];
   missing_dimensions: string[];
   computed_at: string | null;
-  composite_breakdown?: CompositeBreakdown;
+  composite_breakdown?: CompositeBreakdown | null;
 }
 
 export interface DimensionScoreDetail {
@@ -104,12 +104,13 @@ export interface DimensionScoreDetail {
   score: number;
   is_stale: boolean;
   computed_at: string | null;
-  breakdown?: ScoreBreakdown;
+  breakdown?: ScoreBreakdown | null;
 }
 
 export interface RankingEntry {
   symbol: string;
   composite_score: number;
+  composite_stale: boolean;
   dimensions: DimensionScoreDetail[];
 }
 
@@ -140,9 +141,18 @@ export interface TradeSetup {
   evaluated_at: string | null;
   current_price: number | null;
   momentum_percentile?: number | null;
+  context_as_of?: TradeSetupContextAsOf | null;
   recommendation_summary?: RecommendationSummary;
 }
 
+export interface TradeSetupContextAsOf {
+  setup_detected_at: string;
+  score_computed_at: string | null;
+  sentiment_at: string | null;
+  price_date: string | null;
+  price_updated_at: string | null;
+}
+
 // Performance / outcome statistics
 export interface OutcomeBucketStats {
   total: number;
@@ -211,14 +221,15 @@ export interface PaperTrade {
   benchmark_return_pct: number | null;
   alpha_pct: number | null;
   alpha_usd: number | null;
-  close_reason: 'trailing' | 'stop' | 'target' | 'manual' | null;
+  close_reason: 'time' | 'trailing' | 'stop' | 'target' | 'manual' | null;
   trailing_stop: number | null;
   trailing_distance_pct: number | null;
 }
 
 export interface ExitPolicy {
-  mode: 'trailing' | 'target';
+  mode: 'time' | 'trailing' | 'target';
   trailing_pct: number;
+  hold_days: number;
 }
 
 export interface BacktestBucket {
@@ -229,35 +240,110 @@ export interface BacktestBucket {
   hit_rate: number | null;
   avg_r: number | null;
   total_r: number | null;
-}
-
-export interface BacktestCalibrationRow {
-  bucket: string;
-  n: number;
-  predicted_avg: number;
-  realized_hit_rate: number;
+  // Net of transaction costs — optional so a stale cached report still renders.
+  net_avg_r?: number | null;
+  net_total_r?: number | null;
+  best_r?: number | null;
+  worst_r?: number | null;
+  avg_hold_days?: number | null;
+  net_r_per_day?: number | null;
+  // Robustness: distribution shape, and expectancy without the top winners.
+  median_net_r?: number | null;
+  profit_factor?: number | null;
+  net_avg_r_ex_top5?: number | null;
 }
 
 export interface BacktestSweepRow extends BacktestBucket {
   min_momentum_percentile: number;
 }
 
-export interface BacktestTakeProfitRow {
-  tp_pct: number;
-  total: number;
-  wins: number;
-  hit_rate: number | null;
-  avg_r: number | null;
-  total_r: number | null;
-}
-
-export interface BacktestTrailingRow {
-  trail_pct: number;
+export interface BacktestTimeExitRow {
+  hold_days: number;
   total: number;
   wins: number;
   win_rate: number | null;
   avg_r: number | null;
   total_r: number | null;
+  net_avg_r?: number | null;
+  net_total_r?: number | null;
+  best_r?: number | null;
+  worst_r?: number | null;
+  avg_hold_days?: number | null;
+  net_r_per_day?: number | null;
+  median_net_r?: number | null;
+  profit_factor?: number | null;
+  net_avg_r_ex_top5?: number | null;
+}
+
+export interface BacktestPortfolioPolicy {
+  policy: string;
+  starting_capital: number;
+  final_equity: number;
+  total_return_pct: number;
+  cagr_pct: number | null;
+  max_drawdown_pct: number;
+  sharpe: number | null;
+  trades: number;
+  win_rate: number | null;
+  avg_trade_pnl: number | null;
+  best_trade_r: number | null;
+  worst_trade_r: number | null;
+  best_trade_pnl: number | null;
+  worst_trade_pnl: number | null;
+  avg_hold_days: number | null;
+  skipped_book_full: number;
+  spy_return_pct: number | null;
+  yearly_returns?: { year: number; return_pct: number | null }[];
+  start_date: string;
+  end_date: string;
+}
+
+export interface BacktestRecommendation {
+  headline: string | null;
+  items: { topic: string; text: string }[];
+  note?: string;
+}
+
+export interface BacktestResearchRecommendation {
+  items: { topic: string; text: string; candidate?: boolean }[];
+  note?: string;
+}
+
+export interface BacktestPortfolioSim {
+  params: {
+    starting_capital: number;
+    max_positions: number;
+    risk_per_trade_pct: number;
+    notional_cap_pct: number;
+    cost_per_side_pct: number;
+    hold_days: number;
+  };
+  policies: BacktestPortfolioPolicy[];
+  note?: string;
+}
+
+export interface BacktestStrategyVariant extends BacktestPortfolioPolicy {
+  variant: string;
+  label: string;
+  ranking: 'raw' | 'residual' | string;
+  cutoff: number;
+  max_positions: number;
+  risk_per_trade_pct: number;
+  risk_scale: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface BacktestStrategyVariants {
+  variants: BacktestStrategyVariant[];
+  note?: string;
+}
+
+export interface BacktestGateAblationRow extends BacktestBucket {
+  variant: string;
+  // The same variant graded under the hold-to-horizon time exit.
+  hold_days?: number;
+  hold_avg_r?: number | null;
+  hold_net_avg_r?: number | null;
+  hold_total_r?: number | null;
 }
 
 export interface BacktestSignalEvalRow {
@@ -276,15 +362,24 @@ export interface BacktestReport {
   tickers: number;
   candidates: number;
   qualified: number;
-  params: { step_days: number; horizon_days: number; min_lookback: number };
+  params: {
+    step_days: number;
+    horizon_days: number;
+    min_lookback: number;
+    cost_per_side_pct?: number;
+  };
   overall_qualified: BacktestBucket;
   overall_all: BacktestBucket;
   by_direction: Record<string, BacktestBucket>;
   min_momentum_percentile: number;
   sweep: BacktestSweepRow[];
-  take_profit_sweep?: BacktestTakeProfitRow[];
-  trailing_sweep?: BacktestTrailingRow[];
-  calibration: BacktestCalibrationRow[];
+  gate_ablation?: BacktestGateAblationRow[];
+  gate_ablation_note?: string;
+  time_exit_sweep?: BacktestTimeExitRow[];
+  portfolio_sim?: BacktestPortfolioSim;
+  strategy_variants?: BacktestStrategyVariants;
+  recommendation?: BacktestRecommendation;
+  research_recommendation?: BacktestResearchRecommendation;
   signal_eval?: BacktestSignalEvalRow[];
   signal_eval_note?: string;
   note: string;

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.tsx

@@ -76,15 +76,12 @@ export default function DashboardPage() {
     [trades.data, activation.data],
   );
 
-  // Show qualified setups first; fall back to the full list when none qualify.
-  // Rank by 12-1 momentum percentile so the strongest names sit at the top.
-  const showingQualified = qualifiedSetups.length > 0;
+  // Rank only actionable/qualified setups by residual 12-1 momentum percentile.
   const topSetups: TradeSetup[] = useMemo(() => {
-    const pool = showingQualified ? qualifiedSetups : trades.data ?? [];
-    return [...pool]
+    return [...qualifiedSetups]
       .sort((a, b) => (b.momentum_percentile ?? -Infinity) - (a.momentum_percentile ?? -Infinity))
       .slice(0, 5);
-  }, [showingQualified, qualifiedSetups, trades.data]);
+  }, [qualifiedSetups]);
 
   const topWatchlist = useMemo(
     () =>
@@ -197,12 +194,12 @@ export default function DashboardPage() {
         <div className="xl:col-span-3">
           <Section
             title="Top Setups"
-            hint={showingQualified ? 'ranked by expected value' : 'none qualified — showing all'}
+            hint="qualified and ranked by residual momentum"
           >
             {trades.isLoading && <SkeletonTable rows={5} cols={5} />}
             {trades.isError && <Callout variant="error">Failed to load setups</Callout>}
             {trades.data && topSetups.length === 0 && (
-              <Callout variant="empty">No active setups. Run the scanner from the Signals page.</Callout>
+              <Callout variant="empty">No qualified actionable setups right now.</Callout>
             )}
             {topSetups.length > 0 && (
               <div className="glass overflow-x-auto">
@@ -214,7 +211,7 @@ export default function DashboardPage() {
                       <th className="px-4 py-3 text-right">Entry</th>
                       <th className="px-4 py-3 text-right">R:R</th>
                       <th className="px-4 py-3 text-right">Target&nbsp;Prob</th>
-                      <th className="px-4 py-3 text-right">Momentum</th>
+                      <th className="px-4 py-3 text-right">Residual Mom.</th>
                       <th className="hidden px-4 py-3 md:table-cell">Action</th>
                     </tr>
                   </thead>

frontend/src/pages/TickerDetailPage.tsx

@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export default function TickerDetailPage() {
     [setupsForSymbol],
   );
 
-  // Standing matrix: this ticker's momentum percentile + long confidence (from its
+  // Standing matrix: this ticker's residual momentum percentile + long confidence (from its
   // setup), the field (every ticker's composite × momentum) for the cloud, and
   // whether it qualifies / is the top pick.
   const myMomentum = longSetup?.momentum_percentile ?? shortSetup?.momentum_percentile ?? null;
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ export default function TickerDetailPage() {
             <StatusPill
               tone="blue"
               label="★ Top Pick"
-              title="Current top pick — highest-momentum qualified setup right now"
+              title="Current top pick — highest residual-momentum qualified setup right now"
             />
           )}
           {hasOpenTrade && (
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ export default function TickerDetailPage() {
       />
 
       {/* Chart — always visible */}
-      <Section title="Price Chart">
-        {ohlcv.isLoading && <SkeletonCard className="h-[400px]" />}
+      <Section title="Price & Volume">
+        {ohlcv.isLoading && <SkeletonCard className="h-[440px]" />}
         {ohlcv.isError && (
           <SectionError
             message={ohlcv.error instanceof Error ? ohlcv.error.message : 'Failed to load OHLCV data'}

frontend/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo

@@ -1 +1 @@
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+{"root":["./src/app.tsx","./src/main.tsx","./src/vite-env.d.ts","./src/api/activation.ts","./src/api/admin.ts","./src/api/auth.ts","./src/api/client.ts","./src/api/fundamentals.ts","./src/api/health.ts","./src/api/indicators.ts","./src/api/ingestion.ts","./src/api/jobs.ts","./src/api/market.ts","./src/api/ohlcv.ts","./src/api/papertrades.ts","./src/api/performance.ts","./src/api/regime.ts","./src/api/scores.ts","./src/api/sentiment.ts","./src/api/sr-levels.ts","./src/api/tickers.ts","./src/api/trades.ts","./src/api/watchlist.ts","./src/components/admin/activationsettings.tsx","./src/components/admin/alertsettings.tsx","./src/components/admin/datacleanup.tsx","./src/components/admin/exitpolicysettings.tsx","./src/components/admin/jobcontrols.tsx","./src/components/admin/pipelinereadinesspanel.tsx","./src/components/admin/recommendationsettings.tsx","./src/components/admin/schedulesettings.tsx","./src/components/admin/sentimentprovidersettings.tsx","./src/components/admin/settingsform.tsx","./src/components/admin/tickermanagement.tsx","./src/components/admin/tickeruniversebootstrap.tsx","./src/components/admin/usertable.tsx","./src/components/auth/protectedroute.tsx","./src/components/charts/candlestickchart.tsx","./src/components/dashboard/opentradespanel.tsx","./src/components/layout/appshell.tsx","./src/components/layout/mobilenav.tsx","./src/components/layout/sidebar.tsx","./src/components/layout/tickersearch.tsx","./src/components/rankings/rankingstable.tsx","./src/components/rankings/weightsform.tsx","./src/components/regime/regimequadrant.tsx","./src/components/regime/scorehistorychart.tsx","./src/components/scanner/tradetable.tsx","./src/components/signals/backtestpanel.tsx","./src/components/signals/mytradespanel.tsx","./src/components/signals/setupspanel.tsx","./src/components/signals/trackrecordpanel.tsx","./src/components/ticker/dimensionbreakdownpanel.tsx","./src/components/ticker/fundamentalspanel.tsx","./src/components/ticker/indicatorselector.tsx","./src/components/ticker/recommendationpanel.tsx","./src/components/ticker/sroverlay.tsx","./src/components/ticker/sentimentpanel.tsx","./src/components/ticker/standingmatrix.tsx","./src/components/ui/badge.tsx","./src/components/ui/button.tsx","./src/components/ui/callout.tsx","./src/components/ui/confirmdialog.tsx","./src/components/ui/disclosure.tsx","./src/components/ui/dropdown.tsx","./src/components/ui/field.tsx","./src/components/ui/pageheader.tsx","./src/components/ui/scorecard.tsx","./src/components/ui/section.tsx","./src/components/ui/skeleton.tsx","./src/components/ui/tabs.tsx","./src/components/ui/toast.tsx","./src/components/watchlist/addtickerform.tsx","./src/components/watchlist/watchlisttable.tsx","./src/hooks/useactivation.ts","./src/hooks/useadmin.ts","./src/hooks/useauth.ts","./src/hooks/usefetchsymboldata.ts","./src/hooks/usemarketregime.ts","./src/hooks/usepapertrades.ts","./src/hooks/useperformance.ts","./src/hooks/userisksettings.ts","./src/hooks/usescores.ts","./src/hooks/usetickerdetail.ts","./src/hooks/usetickers.ts","./src/hooks/usetrades.ts","./src/hooks/usewatchlist.ts","./src/lib/format.ts","./src/lib/ingestionstatus.ts","./src/lib/papertrade.ts","./src/lib/position.ts","./src/lib/qualification.ts","./src/lib/recommendation.ts","./src/lib/regime.ts","./src/lib/types.ts","./src/pages/adminpage.tsx","./src/pages/dashboardpage.tsx","./src/pages/loginpage.tsx","./src/pages/marketpage.tsx","./src/pages/regimepage.tsx","./src/pages/registerpage.tsx","./src/pages/signalspage.tsx","./src/pages/tickerdetailpage.tsx","./src/stores/authstore.ts"],"version":"5.6.3"}

regime-monitor-anforderungen.md

@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# Anforderungsdokument — "AI/Tech Regime Change Monitor"
-
-**Ziel:** Ein persönliches Hobby-Tool, das fundamentale *und* kursbasierte Signale überwacht und einen einzigen Wert von **0–100** ausgibt: die geschätzte Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass das KI/Tech-Bullenregime in eine Neubewertung kippt.
-**Zweck:** Disziplinierte Ausstiegs-Entscheidung für spekulative Einzelpositionen (NVDA, MSFT). **Kein** Auto-Trading, **keine** Anlageberatung, **keine** Timing-Garantie.
-
----
-
-## 1. Scope
-
-- **Beobachtete Instrumente:** SMH (Halbleiter, *schnelles* Frühsignal) + QQQ (breiter, *Bestätigung*) als Regime-Sensoren; SPY, RSP (Marktbreite-Kontext); VIX (Volatilität); Hyperscaler GOOGL, AMZN, META, MSFT (Capex-Signal). Bewusst **keine** Einzelaktien-Trades — das Tool misst das *Regime*, nicht einzelne Titel.
-- **Optionaler "Kanarienvogel":** NVDA als reiner Frühindikator-Input (Lead-Aktie des Sektors, dreht oft vor SMH) — abschaltbar, **keine** Entscheidungsposition.
-- **Read-only.** Tool gibt nur einen Score + Aufschlüsselung aus, führt keine Orders aus.
-- **Lauf-Kadenz:** Kurssignale täglich, Fundamentalsignale quartalsweise (bzw. bei Earnings).
-
-## 2. Output
-
-- **Gesamtscore 0–100** (0 = Regime stabil, 100 = Bruch im Gange) mit Label-Band:
-  - 0–30 stabil · 30–60 beobachten · 60–80 erhöht · 80–100 Bruch sichtbar
-- **Aufschlüsselung pro Signal** (Sub-Score 0–100 + Gewicht + Beitrag).
-- **Trend:** Veränderung des Gesamtscores über 7 und 30 Tage (steigend/fallend).
-- Optional: einfacher Alert, wenn Gesamtscore eine konfigurierbare Schwelle (Default 65) überschreitet.
-
-## 3. Signale
-
-Jedes Signal liefert einen Sub-Score 0–100 (0 = gesund, 100 = Regime bricht). Gewichte in `config` editierbar.
-
-### Kursbasiert (automatisierbar, täglich)
-Grundprinzip: **SMH ist das führende Signal, QQQ die Bestätigung.** Wo beide eingehen, zählt SMH stärker (Default 2:1), damit du Frühwarnung *und* Filter gegen Fehlalarme hast.
-
-| ID | Signal | Logik (Sub-Score 0→100) | Default-Gewicht |
-|----|--------|--------------------------|-----------------|
-| P1 | Trendbruch 200-Tage-MA | Gewichteter Anteil unter der 200-Tage-MA: SMH zählt doppelt, QQQ einfach | 12 |
-| P2 | Death Cross + Slope | 50-Tage-MA unter 200-Tage-MA und 200er-Slope negativ (graduell nach Abstand), SMH führend | 8 |
-| P3 | Drawdown vom 52W-Hoch | max(SMH, QQQ)-Drawdown: 0 % → 0, ≥ 20 % → 100 (linear) | 10 |
-| P4 | Relative Stärke Tech | Trend des Verhältnisses SMH/SPY (Tech underperformt → höher) | 8 |
-| P5 | Volatilität | VIX: ≤ 15 → 0, ≥ 30 → 100 (linear) | 7 |
-| P6 | *Optional:* Kanarienvogel NVDA | NVDA unter 50-Tage-MA bei gleichzeitig noch intaktem SMH (Lead-Divergenz) → Frühwarnung; abschaltbar | 0 (opt. 5) |
-
-### Fundamental (teils manuell, quartalsweise)
-| ID | Signal | Logik (Sub-Score 0→100) | Default-Gewicht |
-|----|--------|--------------------------|-----------------|
-| F1 | Hyperscaler-Capex-Guidance | Manuelle Eingabe je Name: anhebend = 0, haltend = 50, kürzend = 100; Mittel über die 4 | 25 |
-| F2 | Kreditspreads | US High-Yield OAS (FRED `BAMLH0A0HYM2`): Perzentil der letzten 3 J → Score; Ausweitung = höher | 15 |
-| F3 | Earnings-Reaktion | "Good news, stock down": fielen Hyperscaler/SMH im Schnitt trotz Gewinn-Beats nach den letzten Earnings? (Reaktion ±2 Tage, auto oder manuell) | 8 |
-| F4 | Marktbreite | Trend RSP/SPY (gleichgewichtet schlägt kapgewichtet bei Tech-Schwäche → Verschlechterung der Breite → höher) | 7 |
-
-**Gesamtscore = Σ(Sub-Score × Gewicht) / Σ(Gewichte).** Summe Defaults = 100.
-
-## 4. Datenquellen (Vorschlag, alle frei)
-
-- **Kurse/MA/Drawdown/VIX:** `yfinance` (Yahoo Finance). Alternativ deine IBKR-API.
-- **Kreditspreads:** FRED-API (`BAMLH0A0HYM2`), kostenloser API-Key.
-- **Capex-Guidance (F1):** manuell pflegbar in `signals.yaml` (4 Werte/Quartal). Keine zuverlässige Gratis-API; bewusst manuell.
-- **Earnings-Termine/-Reaktion (F3):** `yfinance` earnings dates + Kursreaktion, optional manuell.
-
-## 5. Konfiguration
-
-- `config.yaml`: Gewichte je Signal, Alert-Schwelle, Tickerlisten, Lookback-Fenster.
-- `signals.yaml`: manuelle Eingaben (F1, optional F3).
-- Alle Schwellen/Gewichte ohne Code-Änderung anpassbar.
-
-## 6. Tech-Vorschlag (optional)
-
-- **Python** + `pandas` + `yfinance` + `requests` (FRED) + `pyyaml`.
-- Ausgabe als **CLI-Report** (Tabelle + Gesamtscore) und/oder kleines **Streamlit**-Dashboard mit Gauge + Verlaufschart.
-- Lokal lauffähig, ein `python monitor.py` reicht; Verlauf in lokaler CSV/SQLite für 7/30-Tage-Trend.
-
-## 7. Explizite Nicht-Ziele / Grenzen
-
-- Sagt **keinen** exakten Zeitpunkt voraus; ein hoher Score ≠ garantierter Crash.
-- Die Gewichte sind subjektiv (Garbage-in → Garbage-out): Default ist ein Startpunkt, kein Optimum.
-- Das eindeutige Signal kommt oft erst mit dem Einbruch — das Tool *senkt* die Reaktionszeit, eliminiert sie nicht.
-- Reines Informations-/Disziplin-Werkzeug, keine Finanzberatung.

tests/unit/test_activation_settings.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class TestActivationConfig:
         assert config == {
             "min_momentum_percentile": 80.0,
             "min_rr": 1.2,
-            "min_confidence": 55.0,
+            "min_confidence": 0.0,  # off — the July 2026 ablation showed it adds nothing
             "require_high_conviction": False,
             "exclude_conflicts": False,
             "exclude_neutral": True,

tests/unit/test_alert_service.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 
 import pytest
+from sqlalchemy import select
 
 from app.models.alert import AlertLog
 from app.models.ohlcv import OHLCVRecord
@@ -113,6 +114,26 @@ async def test_score_drop_seeds_then_alerts(session):
     assert await svc._watermark(session, "AAA") == 60.0
 
 
+def test_format_qualified_includes_current_price_and_target_move():
+    text = svc._format_qualified({
+        "symbol": "AAPL",
+        "direction": "long",
+        "current_price": 196.42,
+        "entry_price": 195.80,
+        "target": 207.50,
+        "stop_loss": 190.20,
+        "rr_ratio": 2.1,
+        "confidence_score": 76.0,
+        "targets": [{"probability": 63.0}],
+    })
+
+    assert "now 196.42" in text
+    assert "entry 195.80" in text
+    assert "target 207.50 (+5.6%)" in text
+    assert "stop 190.20" in text
+    assert "P(target) 63%" in text
+
+
 async def _add_ticker(session, symbol: str, *, watchlisted: bool, close: float,
                       levels: list[tuple[float, str, int]]) -> int:
     user = await session.get(User, 1)
@@ -142,6 +163,8 @@ async def test_sr_proximity_merges_close_levels_to_one_alert(session):
     cvx = [m for m in msgs if "CVX" in m[1]]
     assert len(cvx) == 1
     assert "183.00–185.00" in cvx[0][1]
+    assert "now 182.00 -> 183.00–185.00 (+0.5%)" in cvx[0][1]
+    assert "strength 100" in cvx[0][1]
 
 
 async def test_sr_proximity_skips_non_watchlist_unqualified(session):
@@ -172,6 +195,61 @@ async def test_dispatch_no_credentials(session):
     assert res["status"] == "no_credentials"
 
 
+async def test_dispatch_bundles_discovery_alerts_and_logs_each_item(session, monkeypatch):
+    async def fake_collect_qualified(_db):
+        return [
+            ("qualified:AAPL:long", "🟢 <b>AAPL LONG</b> | now 196.42 | target 207.50 (+5.6%)"),
+            ("qualified:TSLA:short", "🔴 <b>TSLA SHORT</b> | now 292.10 | target 276.50 (-5.3%)"),
+        ]
+
+    async def fake_collect_sr(_db):
+        return [
+            ("sr:MSFT:resistance", "📍 <b>MSFT</b> resistance | now 508.20 -> 512.00 (+0.7%)"),
+        ]
+
+    sent: list[str] = []
+
+    async def fake_send(_client, _token, _chat_id, text):
+        sent.append(text)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(svc, "_collect_qualified", fake_collect_qualified)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(svc, "_collect_sr_proximity", fake_collect_sr)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(svc, "_send", fake_send)
+
+    await svc.update_alert_config(
+        session,
+        enabled=True,
+        bot_token="token",
+        telegram_chat_id="chat",
+        score_drop_enabled=False,
+        digest_enabled=False,
+        regime_quadrant_enabled=False,
+        trade_closed_enabled=False,
+    )
+
+    res = await svc.dispatch_alerts(session)
+
+    assert res == {"status": "ok", "sent": 1, "candidates": 3}
+    assert len(sent) == 1
+    assert "<b>Signal run</b> — 3 new alert(s)" in sent[0]
+    assert "<b>Qualified setups</b>" in sent[0]
+    assert "<b>Near support/resistance</b>" in sent[0]
+    assert "AAPL LONG" in sent[0]
+    assert "MSFT" in sent[0]
+
+    rows = (
+        await session.execute(
+            select(AlertLog.alert_type, AlertLog.dedup_key)
+            .order_by(AlertLog.alert_type, AlertLog.dedup_key)
+        )
+    ).all()
+    assert rows == [
+        ("qualified", "qualified:AAPL:long"),
+        ("qualified", "qualified:TSLA:short"),
+        ("sr_proximity", "sr:MSFT:resistance"),
+    ]
+
+
 async def _add_closed_trade(session, symbol: str, reason: str, *,
                             close: float = 110.0, closed_hours_ago: float = 1.0) -> None:
     if await session.get(User, 1) is None:

tests/unit/test_backtest_service.py

@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@ async def session():
         yield s
 
 
-def _cand(prob: float, outcome: str, rr: float, qualified: bool = True, direction: str = "long") -> dict:
+def _cand(
+    prob: float,
+    outcome: str,
+    rr: float,
+    qualified: bool = True,
+    direction: str = "long",
+    risk_pct: float = 0.05,
+    hold_days: int = 10,
+) -> dict:
     target_hit = outcome == OUTCOME_TARGET_HIT
     realized = rr if target_hit else (0.0 if outcome == OUTCOME_EXPIRED else -1.0)
     return {
@@ -36,100 +44,406 @@ def _cand(prob: float, outcome: str, rr: float, qualified: bool = True, directio
         "realized_r": realized,
         "qualified": qualified,
         "direction": direction,
+        "risk_pct": risk_pct,
+        "hold_days": hold_days,
     }
 
 
-def _bar(high: float, low: float, close: float) -> SimpleNamespace:
-    return SimpleNamespace(high=high, low=low, close=close)
+# Round-trip cost in R for the default _cand risk_pct: 2 * 0.001 / 0.05 = 0.04R.
+_COST_R_005 = 2 * bt.COST_PER_SIDE / 0.05
 
 
-class TestTakeProfitPrimitives:
-    def test_long_tp_reachable_before_stop(self):
-        risk, stopped, mfe, close_pct = bt._tp_primitives("long", 100.0, 95.0, [_bar(109, 101, 108)], 30)
+def _bar(high: float, low: float, close: float, open_: float | None = None) -> SimpleNamespace:
+    """Synthetic daily bar. ``open`` defaults to the high so a stop is pierced
+    intraday (fill at the stop level); pass an explicit open beyond the stop to
+    model a gap through it."""
+    return SimpleNamespace(
+        high=high, low=low, close=close, open=open_ if open_ is not None else high
+    )
+
+
+def _signal_test_series(extra_return: float = 0.0) -> tuple[list[date], list[float], list[float], dict[date, float]]:
+    base = date(2024, 1, 1)
+    dates = [base + timedelta(days=i) for i in range(280)]
+    benchmark = [100.0]
+    closes = [100.0]
+    for i in range(1, len(dates)):
+        market_ret = 0.0004 + 0.002 * math.sin(i / 9.0)
+        benchmark.append(benchmark[-1] * (1.0 + market_ret))
+        # Same market beta for both test stocks; only ``extra_return`` is
+        # idiosyncratic drift, which residual momentum should keep.
+        stock_ret = 1.4 * market_ret + extra_return
+        closes.append(closes[-1] * (1.0 + stock_ret))
+    highs = [c * 1.01 for c in closes]
+    benchmark_closes = dict(zip(dates, benchmark))
+    return dates, closes, highs, benchmark_closes
+
+
+def test_signal_values_emit_residual_momentum_only_with_benchmark():
+    dates, closes, highs, benchmark = _signal_test_series(extra_return=0.0008)
+    no_benchmark = bt._signal_values(dates, closes, highs, 260)
+    with_benchmark = bt._signal_values(dates, closes, highs, 260, benchmark)
+
+    assert "mom_12_1" in no_benchmark
+    assert "mom_12_1_resid" not in no_benchmark
+    assert "mom_12_1_resid" in with_benchmark
+
+
+def test_residual_momentum_removes_market_beta_but_keeps_specific_drift():
+    dates, pure_beta, highs, benchmark = _signal_test_series(extra_return=0.0)
+    _, drift_stock, drift_highs, _ = _signal_test_series(extra_return=0.0008)
+
+    pure = bt._signal_values(dates, pure_beta, highs, 260, benchmark)
+    drift = bt._signal_values(dates, drift_stock, drift_highs, 260, benchmark)
+
+    assert pure["mom_12_1_resid"] == pytest.approx(0.0, abs=0.03)
+    assert drift["mom_12_1_resid"] > pure["mom_12_1_resid"] + 0.12
+
+
+def test_assigns_raw_and_residual_percentiles_independently():
+    cands = [
+        {"iso_week": (2026, 1), "momentum": 0.10, "residual_momentum": 0.30},
+        {"iso_week": (2026, 1), "momentum": 0.30, "residual_momentum": 0.10},
+        {"iso_week": (2026, 1), "momentum": 0.20, "residual_momentum": 0.20},
+    ]
+
+    bt._assign_momentum_percentiles(cands)
+    bt._assign_residual_momentum_percentiles(cands)
+
+    by_raw = {c["momentum"]: c["momentum_percentile"] for c in cands}
+    by_resid = {c["residual_momentum"]: c["residual_momentum_percentile"] for c in cands}
+    assert by_raw[0.30] == 100.0
+    assert by_raw[0.10] == 0.0
+    assert by_resid[0.30] == 100.0
+    assert by_resid[0.10] == 0.0
+
+
+def test_activation_percentile_prefers_residual_with_raw_fallback():
+    cands = [
+        {"momentum_percentile": 80.0, "residual_momentum_percentile": 95.0},
+        {"momentum_percentile": 70.0, "residual_momentum_percentile": None},
+    ]
+
+    bt._assign_activation_momentum_percentiles(cands)
+
+    assert cands[0][bt.PRODUCTION_PERCENTILE_KEY] == 95.0
+    assert cands[1][bt.PRODUCTION_PERCENTILE_KEY] == 70.0
+
+
+def test_strategy_variants_keep_only_current_research_candidates():
+    variants = {cfg["variant"]: cfg for cfg in bt.STRATEGY_VARIANTS}
+
+    assert "production_raw_80_fixed10" not in variants
+    assert "raw_80_regime_scaled" not in variants
+    assert "residual_80_regime_scaled" not in variants
+    assert "residual_90_fixed10" not in variants
+    assert "raw_90_fixed15" not in variants
+    assert "residual_80_fixed20" not in variants
+    assert variants["production_residual_80_fixed10"]["percentile_key"] == bt.PRODUCTION_PERCENTILE_KEY
+    assert variants["legacy_raw_80_fixed10"]["percentile_key"] == bt.RAW_PERCENTILE_KEY
+    assert variants["residual_80_fixed15"]["max_positions"] == 15
+    assert all(cfg["risk_scale"] is None for cfg in bt.STRATEGY_VARIANTS)
+
+
+def test_strategy_variant_sims_emit_fixed_variants_without_mutating_qualified(monkeypatch):
+    cands = [{
+        "qualified": False,
+        "meets_core": True,
+        "direction": "long",
+        "momentum_percentile": 90.0,
+        "residual_momentum_percentile": 91.0,
+        "activation_momentum_percentile": 91.0,
+    }]
+    calls = []
+
+    def fake_sim(candidates, prices, spy_closes, exit_policy, hold_days, **kwargs):
+        calls.append({"exit_policy": exit_policy, "hold_days": hold_days, **kwargs})
+        return {
+            "starting_capital": bt.SIM_STARTING_CAPITAL,
+            "final_equity": 11_000.0,
+            "total_return_pct": 10.0,
+            "cagr_pct": 9.0,
+            "max_drawdown_pct": 5.0,
+            "sharpe": 1.1,
+            "trades": 1,
+            "win_rate": 100.0,
+            "avg_trade_pnl": 100.0,
+            "best_trade_r": 1.0,
+            "worst_trade_r": 1.0,
+            "best_trade_pnl": 100.0,
+            "worst_trade_pnl": 100.0,
+            "avg_hold_days": 30.0,
+            "skipped_book_full": 0,
+            "spy_return_pct": 1.0,
+            "yearly_returns": [],
+            "start_date": "2026-01-01",
+            "end_date": "2026-02-01",
+        }
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(bt, "_simulate_portfolio", fake_sim)
+    rows = bt._strategy_variant_sims(cands, {}, {}, 30)
+
+    assert [r["variant"] for r in rows] == [cfg["variant"] for cfg in bt.STRATEGY_VARIANTS]
+    assert all(call["exit_policy"] == "hold" for call in calls)
+    assert any(call["ranking_key"] == bt.PRODUCTION_PERCENTILE_KEY for call in calls)
+    assert any(call["ranking_key"] == bt.RAW_PERCENTILE_KEY for call in calls)
+    assert any(call["max_positions"] == 15 for call in calls)
+    assert cands[0]["qualified"] is False
+
+
+def test_build_research_recommendation_applies_promotion_rules():
+    report = {
+        "strategy_variants": {"variants": [
+            {"variant": "production_residual_80_fixed10", "label": "Base", "sharpe": 1.40,
+             "max_drawdown_pct": 20.0, "cagr_pct": 32.0, "skipped_book_full": 7},
+            {"variant": "residual_80_fixed15", "label": "Capacity", "sharpe": 1.39,
+             "max_drawdown_pct": 20.0, "cagr_pct": 32.0, "skipped_book_full": 0},
+            {"variant": "raw_90_fixed10", "label": "Cutoff 90", "sharpe": 1.25,
+             "max_drawdown_pct": 19.0, "cagr_pct": 28.0},
+        ]},
+    }
+
+    rec = bt._build_research_recommendation(report)
+    by_topic = {item["topic"]: item for item in rec["items"]}
+
+    assert by_topic["capacity_15"]["candidate"] is False
+    assert "not needed yet" in by_topic["capacity_15"]["text"]
+    assert by_topic["cutoff_90"]["candidate"] is False
+    assert "Cutoff 90" in by_topic["cutoff_90"]["text"]
+
+
+class TestStopFillR:
+    def test_intraday_fill_at_stop(self):
+        assert bt._stop_fill_r("long", 100.0, 95.0, _bar(101, 94, 96)) == pytest.approx(-1.0)
+
+    def test_gap_fill_at_open(self):
+        # Opens at 92, below the 95 stop → filled at the open, worse than −1R.
+        assert bt._stop_fill_r("long", 100.0, 95.0, _bar(93, 90, 91, open_=92)) == pytest.approx(-1.6)
+
+    def test_short_gap_fill_at_open(self):
+        # Short stop 105; opens at 107 above it → fill 107.
+        assert bt._stop_fill_r("short", 100.0, 105.0, _bar(110, 104, 108, open_=107)) == pytest.approx(-1.4)
+
+
+class TestRiskAndStopDay:
+    def test_no_stop(self):
+        risk, stop_day = bt._risk_and_stop_day("long", 100.0, 95.0, [_bar(109, 101, 108)], 30)
         assert risk == pytest.approx(0.05)
-        assert stopped is False
-        assert mfe == pytest.approx(0.09)
-        assert close_pct == pytest.approx(0.08)
+        assert stop_day is None
 
-    def test_long_stop_zeroes_mfe(self):
-        # Low pierces the stop on the only bar → loss, nothing banked before it.
-        risk, stopped, mfe, close_pct = bt._tp_primitives("long", 100.0, 95.0, [_bar(101, 94, 96)], 30)
-        assert stopped is True
-        assert mfe == pytest.approx(0.0)
-        assert close_pct == pytest.approx(-0.04)
-
-    def test_long_drift_no_trigger(self):
-        bars = [_bar(102, 99, 101), _bar(103, 100, 102)]
-        risk, stopped, mfe, close_pct = bt._tp_primitives("long", 100.0, 95.0, bars, 30)
-        assert stopped is False
-        assert mfe == pytest.approx(0.03)
-        assert close_pct == pytest.approx(0.02)
+    def test_stop_day_is_one_based(self):
+        bars = [_bar(102, 99, 101), _bar(101, 94, 96)]
+        risk, stop_day = bt._risk_and_stop_day("long", 100.0, 95.0, bars, 30)
+        assert risk == pytest.approx(0.05)
+        assert stop_day == 2
 
     def test_short_direction(self):
-        # short entry 100, stop 105; price falls → favourable = (entry - low)/entry
-        risk, stopped, mfe, close_pct = bt._tp_primitives("short", 100.0, 105.0, [_bar(101, 92, 93)], 30)
-        assert risk == pytest.approx(0.05)
-        assert stopped is False
-        assert mfe == pytest.approx(0.08)
-        assert close_pct == pytest.approx(0.07)
+        _, stop_day = bt._risk_and_stop_day("short", 100.0, 105.0, [_bar(106, 101, 104)], 30)
+        assert stop_day == 1
 
 
-class TestTakeProfitBucket:
-    def test_bucket_mix(self):
+class TestTimeExits:
+    def test_long_exits_at_horizon_close(self):
+        bars = [_bar(103, 99, 102), _bar(105, 101, 104), _bar(107, 103, 106)]
+        res = bt._time_exits("long", 100.0, 95.0, bars, (2, 5))
+        assert res[2] == pytest.approx(0.8)   # close 104 → +4% / 5% risk
+        assert res[5] == pytest.approx(1.2)   # only 3 bars → last close 106
+
+    def test_stop_on_first_bar_loses_everywhere(self):
+        res = bt._time_exits("long", 100.0, 95.0, [_bar(101, 94, 96), _bar(105, 101, 104)], (1, 5))
+        assert res[1] == pytest.approx(-1.0)
+        assert res[5] == pytest.approx(-1.0)
+
+    def test_stop_after_short_horizon_only_hits_long_hold(self):
+        # Day-2 close banked by the 2-day hold; the stop on day 3 only hits n=5.
+        bars = [_bar(103, 99, 102), _bar(104, 100, 103), _bar(101, 94, 95)]
+        res = bt._time_exits("long", 100.0, 95.0, bars, (2, 5))
+        assert res[2] == pytest.approx(0.6)   # close 103 → +3% / 5% risk
+        assert res[5] == pytest.approx(-1.0)
+
+    def test_short_direction(self):
+        res = bt._time_exits("short", 100.0, 105.0, [_bar(101, 95, 96)], (1,))
+        assert res[1] == pytest.approx(0.8)   # close 96 → +4% / 5% risk
+
+    def test_zero_risk_returns_zero(self):
+        res = bt._time_exits("long", 100.0, 100.0, [_bar(103, 99, 102)], (5,))
+        assert res[5] == 0.0
+
+    def test_gap_through_stop_fills_at_open(self):
+        res = bt._time_exits("long", 100.0, 95.0, [_bar(93, 90, 91, open_=92)], (5,))
+        assert res[5] == pytest.approx(-1.6)
+
+
+class TestTimeExitBucket:
+    def test_bucket(self):
         cands = [
-            {"risk_pct": 0.05, "mfe_pct": 0.09, "tp_stopped": False, "tp_close_pct": 0.08},  # +1.6R win
-            {"risk_pct": 0.05, "mfe_pct": 0.02, "tp_stopped": True, "tp_close_pct": -0.04},  # -1R stop
-            {"risk_pct": 0.05, "mfe_pct": 0.03, "tp_stopped": False, "tp_close_pct": 0.01},  # +0.2R timeout
+            {"time_r": {5: 1.4, 21: 0.8}, "risk_pct": 0.10},
+            {"time_r": {5: -1.0, 21: -1.0}, "risk_pct": 0.10},
+            {"time_r": {5: 0.5, 21: 0.5}, "risk_pct": 0.10},
         ]
-        b = bt._take_profit_bucket(cands, 0.08)
+        b = bt._time_exit_bucket(cands, 5)
+        assert b["hold_days"] == 5
         assert b["total"] == 3
-        assert b["wins"] == 1
-        assert b["hit_rate"] == pytest.approx(33.3, abs=0.1)
-        assert b["total_r"] == pytest.approx(0.8, abs=0.01)
-        assert b["avg_r"] == pytest.approx(0.267, abs=0.01)
+        assert b["wins"] == 2
+        assert b["win_rate"] == pytest.approx(66.7, abs=0.1)
+        assert b["avg_r"] == pytest.approx(0.3, abs=0.01)
+        assert b["net_avg_r"] == pytest.approx(0.28, abs=0.01)
+        assert b["best_r"] == pytest.approx(1.4)
+        assert b["worst_r"] == pytest.approx(-1.0)
+        # No stop_day on any candidate → every hold runs the full 5 days.
+        assert b["avg_hold_days"] == 5.0
+        assert b["net_r_per_day"] == pytest.approx(0.28 / 5.0, abs=0.001)
+        # robustness on net rs [1.38, -1.02, 0.48]
+        assert b["median_net_r"] == pytest.approx(0.48, abs=0.001)
+        assert b["profit_factor"] == pytest.approx(1.86 / 1.02, abs=0.01)
+        assert b["net_avg_r_ex_top5"] == pytest.approx((0.48 - 1.02) / 2, abs=0.001)
 
-    def test_zero_risk_skipped(self):
-        cands = [{"risk_pct": 0.0, "mfe_pct": 0.2, "tp_stopped": False, "tp_close_pct": 0.1}]
-        b = bt._take_profit_bucket(cands, 0.08)
+    def test_missing_hold_skipped(self):
+        b = bt._time_exit_bucket([{"time_r": {5: 1.0}}], 21)
         assert b["total"] == 0
         assert b["avg_r"] is None
 
 
-class TestTrailingExits:
-    def test_locks_gain_on_pullback(self):
-        # Runs to 120, then a 10% trail (from peak 120 → 108) is pierced on the drop.
-        res = bt._trailing_exits("long", 100.0, 90.0, (0.10,), [_bar(120, 110, 118), _bar(130, 100, 105)], 30)
-        assert res[10] == pytest.approx(0.8)  # (108-100)/100 / 0.10 risk
-
-    def test_initial_stop_caps_loss(self):
-        # Trail (20%) is looser than the initial stop → initial stop governs = -1R.
-        res = bt._trailing_exits("long", 100.0, 90.0, (0.20,), [_bar(101, 89, 90)], 30)
-        assert res[20] == pytest.approx(-1.0)
-
-    def test_timeout_exits_at_close(self):
-        res = bt._trailing_exits("long", 100.0, 90.0, (0.20,), [_bar(105, 98, 104), _bar(106, 100, 105)], 30)
-        assert res[20] == pytest.approx(0.5)  # close 105 → +5% / 10% risk
-
-    def test_multiple_widths_one_pass(self):
-        # Tighter trail locks in more here (exit at 114 vs 108).
-        res = bt._trailing_exits("long", 100.0, 90.0, (0.10, 0.05), [_bar(120, 110, 118), _bar(130, 100, 105)], 30)
-        assert res[10] == pytest.approx(0.8)
-        assert res[5] == pytest.approx(1.4)
+def _acand(
+    rr: float = 2.0,
+    conf: float = 60.0,
+    action: str = "LONG_MODERATE",
+    mp: float | None = 90.0,
+    direction: str = "long",
+) -> dict:
+    """Ablation candidate: meets_core mirrors the default floors (min_rr 1.2,
+    min_confidence 55, exclude_neutral on)."""
+    action_dir = "long" if action.startswith("LONG") else "short" if action.startswith("SHORT") else "neutral"
+    meets = rr >= 1.2 and conf >= 55.0 and action_dir != "neutral" and action_dir == direction
+    return {
+        "rr": rr,
+        "confidence": conf,
+        "action": action,
+        "momentum_percentile": mp,
+        "activation_momentum_percentile": mp,
+        "direction": direction,
+        "meets_core": meets,
+        "risk_level": "Low",
+        "target_hit": True,
+        "outcome": OUTCOME_TARGET_HIT,
+        "realized_r": rr,
+        "risk_pct": 0.05,
+        "time_r": {d: 0.5 for d in bt.TIME_EXIT_DAYS},
+    }
 
 
-class TestTrailingBucket:
-    def test_bucket(self):
+class TestGateAblation:
+    ACTIVATION = {
+        "min_rr": 1.2,
+        "min_confidence": 55.0,
+        "exclude_neutral": True,
+        "require_high_conviction": False,
+        "exclude_conflicts": False,
+    }
+
+    def test_variant_counts(self):
         cands = [
-            {"trail_r": {5: 1.4, 10: 0.8}},
-            {"trail_r": {5: -1.0, 10: -1.0}},
-            {"trail_r": {5: 0.5, 10: 0.5}},
+            _acand(),                          # clears everything
+            _acand(conf=40.0),                 # fails confidence floor
+            _acand(rr=1.0),                    # fails R:R floor
+            _acand(action="NEUTRAL"),          # fails NEUTRAL exclusion
+            _acand(mp=50.0),                   # fails the momentum cutoff
+            _acand(direction="short", action="SHORT_MODERATE", mp=95.0),  # short — gated out
         ]
-        b = bt._trailing_bucket(cands, 5)
-        assert b["total"] == 3
-        assert b["wins"] == 2
-        assert b["win_rate"] == pytest.approx(66.7, abs=0.1)
-        assert b["total_r"] == pytest.approx(0.9, abs=0.01)
-        assert b["avg_r"] == pytest.approx(0.3, abs=0.01)
+        rows = {r["variant"]: r for r in bt._gate_ablation(cands, self.ACTIVATION, 80.0)}
+        assert rows["all_floors"]["total"] == 1
+        assert rows["no_confidence_floor"]["total"] == 2
+        assert rows["no_rr_floor"]["total"] == 2
+        assert rows["no_neutral_exclusion"]["total"] == 2
+        assert rows["momentum_only"]["total"] == 4
+        assert rows["all_floors"]["net_avg_r"] is not None
+        # Every variant is also graded under the hold-to-horizon exit.
+        assert rows["all_floors"]["hold_days"] == max(bt.TIME_EXIT_DAYS)
+        assert rows["all_floors"]["hold_avg_r"] == pytest.approx(0.5)
+        assert rows["all_floors"]["hold_net_avg_r"] is not None
+        assert rows["momentum_only"]["hold_total_r"] == pytest.approx(4 * 0.5, abs=0.01)
+
+    def test_threshold_zero_disables_momentum_gate(self):
+        # Floors only: the short and the low-momentum long both pass all_floors.
+        cands = [_acand(mp=50.0), _acand(direction="short", action="SHORT_MODERATE", mp=None)]
+        rows = {r["variant"]: r for r in bt._gate_ablation(cands, self.ACTIVATION, 0.0)}
+        assert rows["all_floors"]["total"] == 2
+
+
+def _sim_prices(start_ord: int, closes: list[float]) -> tuple:
+    """Column arrays for consecutive daily bars: open = close (no gaps),
+    high/low = close ± 1."""
+    ords = list(range(start_ord, start_ord + len(closes)))
+    return (
+        ords,
+        list(closes),
+        [c + 1.0 for c in closes],
+        [c - 1.0 for c in closes],
+        list(closes),
+        [1_000_000] * len(closes),
+    )
+
+
+def _sim_cand(
+    sym: str, day_ord: int, entry: float, stop: float, target: float, mp: float = 90.0
+) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "qualified": True,
+        "direction": "long",
+        "symbol": sym,
+        "date": date.fromordinal(day_ord).isoformat(),
+        "entry": entry,
+        "stop": stop,
+        "target": target,
+        "momentum_percentile": mp,
+        "activation_momentum_percentile": mp,
+    }
+
+
+class TestSimulatePortfolio:
+    ORD = date(2025, 1, 6).toordinal()
+
+    def test_hold_policy_accounting(self):
+        closes = [100.0, 102.0, 104.0, 106.0, 108.0, 110.0]
+        prices = {"AAA": _sim_prices(self.ORD, closes)}
+        cand = _sim_cand("AAA", self.ORD, entry=100.0, stop=95.0, target=130.0)
+        sim = bt._simulate_portfolio([cand], prices, None, "hold", 3)
+        assert sim is not None
+        assert sim["trades"] == 1
+        # 20 shares (1% risk / $5 stop distance), exit at the day-3 close 106:
+        # pnl = 2120 − 2000 − 2.00 entry cost − 2.12 exit cost = 115.88
+        assert sim["final_equity"] == pytest.approx(10_115.88, abs=0.01)
+        assert sim["win_rate"] == 100.0
+        assert sim["best_trade_r"] == pytest.approx(1.2)
+        assert sim["avg_hold_days"] == 3.0
+        assert sim["max_drawdown_pct"] == 0.0
+        assert sim["cagr_pct"] is None  # window far too short to annualize
+        assert sim["spy_return_pct"] is None
+        assert sim["yearly_returns"] == [
+            {"year": 2025, "return_pct": pytest.approx(1.2, abs=0.05)}
+        ]
+
+    def test_target_policy_exits_at_target(self):
+        closes = [100.0, 102.0, 104.0, 106.0, 108.0, 110.0]
+        prices = {"AAA": _sim_prices(self.ORD, closes)}
+        cand = _sim_cand("AAA", self.ORD, entry=100.0, stop=95.0, target=105.0)
+        sim = bt._simulate_portfolio([cand], prices, None, "target", 30)
+        assert sim is not None
+        assert sim["trades"] == 1
+        assert sim["best_trade_r"] == pytest.approx(1.0)  # filled exactly at 105
+
+    def test_stop_gap_fills_at_open(self):
+        # Day-1 bar gaps to a 90 open, below the 95 stop → fill at the open.
+        ords = list(range(self.ORD, self.ORD + 2))
+        prices = {"AAA": (ords, [100.0, 90.0], [101.0, 92.0], [99.0, 88.0], [100.0, 91.0], [1, 1])}
+        cand = _sim_cand("AAA", self.ORD, entry=100.0, stop=95.0, target=120.0)
+        sim = bt._simulate_portfolio([cand], prices, None, "hold", 30)
+        assert sim is not None
+        assert sim["trades"] == 1
+        assert sim["worst_trade_r"] == pytest.approx(-2.0)  # (90 − 100) / 5
+
+    def test_nothing_qualified_returns_none(self):
+        assert bt._simulate_portfolio([], {}, None, "hold", 30) is None
 
 
 def test_bucket_stats_counts_and_expectancy():
@@ -149,6 +463,18 @@ def test_bucket_stats_counts_and_expectancy():
     # avg R = (3 + 2 - 1 + 0) / 4 = 1.0
     assert s["avg_r"] == 1.0
     assert s["total_r"] == 4.0
+    # net = gross minus a 0.04R round trip per candidate (risk_pct 0.05)
+    assert s["net_avg_r"] == pytest.approx(1.0 - _COST_R_005, abs=0.001)
+    assert s["net_total_r"] == pytest.approx(4.0 - 4 * _COST_R_005, abs=0.01)
+    assert s["best_r"] == 3.0
+    assert s["worst_r"] == -1.0
+    assert s["avg_hold_days"] == 10.0
+    assert s["net_r_per_day"] == pytest.approx((1.0 - _COST_R_005) / 10.0, abs=0.001)
+    # robustness: net rs are [2.96, 1.96, -1.04, -0.04]
+    assert s["median_net_r"] == pytest.approx(0.96, abs=0.001)
+    assert s["profit_factor"] == pytest.approx(4.92 / 1.08, abs=0.01)
+    # ex-top-5%: ceil(4 * 0.05) = 1 winner trimmed → mean of the remaining three
+    assert s["net_avg_r_ex_top5"] == pytest.approx((1.96 - 1.04 - 0.04) / 3, abs=0.001)
 
 
 def test_bucket_stats_empty():
@@ -156,26 +482,102 @@ def test_bucket_stats_empty():
     assert s["total"] == 0
     assert s["hit_rate"] is None
     assert s["avg_r"] is None
+    assert s["net_avg_r"] is None
 
 
-def test_calibration_buckets():
-    cands = [
-        _cand(65, OUTCOME_TARGET_HIT, 2.0),
-        _cand(62, OUTCOME_STOP_HIT, 2.0),
-        _cand(15, OUTCOME_STOP_HIT, 2.0),
-    ]
-    rows = bt._calibration(cands)
-    by_bucket = {r["bucket"]: r for r in rows}
-    assert by_bucket["60-80%"]["n"] == 2
-    assert by_bucket["60-80%"]["realized_hit_rate"] == 50.0  # 1 of 2 hit
-    assert by_bucket["0-20%"]["n"] == 1
-    assert by_bucket["0-20%"]["realized_hit_rate"] == 0.0
+def test_bucket_stats_no_risk_pct_means_no_cost():
+    c = _cand(50, OUTCOME_TARGET_HIT, 2.0)
+    del c["risk_pct"]
+    s = bt._bucket_stats([c])
+    assert s["net_avg_r"] == s["avg_r"]
+    assert s["net_total_r"] == s["total_r"]
+
+
+def test_build_recommendation_reads_the_report():
+    report = {
+        "overall_qualified": {"net_avg_r": 0.13, "net_avg_r_ex_top5": 0.05},
+        "time_exit_sweep": [
+            {"hold_days": 21, "net_avg_r": 0.38},
+            {"hold_days": 30, "net_avg_r": 0.50, "net_avg_r_ex_top5": 0.21},
+        ],
+        "gate_ablation": [
+            {"variant": "all_floors", "total": 100, "hold_net_avg_r": 0.50},
+            {"variant": "no_confidence_floor", "total": 130, "hold_net_avg_r": 0.49},
+            {"variant": "no_rr_floor", "total": 400, "hold_net_avg_r": 0.34},
+            {"variant": "no_neutral_exclusion", "total": 120, "hold_net_avg_r": 0.46},
+        ],
+        "sweep": [
+            {"min_momentum_percentile": 80.0, "net_avg_r": 0.13, "total": 100},
+            {"min_momentum_percentile": 60.0, "net_avg_r": 0.05, "total": 300},
+            {"min_momentum_percentile": 0.0, "net_avg_r": -0.12, "total": 1000},
+        ],
+        "portfolio_sim": {"policies": [
+            {"policy": "target", "cagr_pct": 23.7, "total_return_pct": 134.8,
+             "spy_return_pct": 95.9, "max_drawdown_pct": 20.7},
+            {"policy": "hold", "cagr_pct": 31.9, "total_return_pct": 203.6,
+             "spy_return_pct": 95.9, "max_drawdown_pct": 21.2},
+        ]},
+    }
+    rec = bt._build_recommendation(report)
+    by_topic: dict[str, list[str]] = {}
+    for item in rec["items"]:
+        by_topic.setdefault(item["topic"], []).append(item["text"])
+
+    assert rec["headline"] is not None and "hold 30" in rec["headline"]
+    assert any("hold 30 trading days" in t for t in by_topic["exit"])
+    gate_texts = " | ".join(by_topic["gate"])
+    assert "confidence floor adds nothing" in gate_texts
+    assert "keep the R:R floor" in gate_texts
+    assert "keep the NEUTRAL exclusion" in gate_texts
+    assert "80" in by_topic["cutoff"][0]
+    assert "beats" in by_topic["benchmark"][0]
+    # robustness is judged under the RECOMMENDED exit (the 30d hold), not the
+    # target model the recommendation advises abandoning
+    assert any(
+        "not a handful of outliers" in t and "under the recommended 30d hold" in t
+        for t in by_topic["robustness"]
+    )
+
+
+def test_build_recommendation_flags_outlier_dependence():
+    rec = bt._build_recommendation({
+        "overall_qualified": {"net_avg_r": 0.13, "net_avg_r_ex_top5": -0.02},
+    })
+    robustness = [i["text"] for i in rec["items"] if i["topic"] == "robustness"]
+    assert robustness and "WARNING" in robustness[0]
 
 
 def test_window_setups_too_short_returns_empty():
     assert bt._window_setups([], {}, {}) == []
 
 
+def test_replay_ticker_candidates_carry_gate_fields():
+    """The ablation recomputes floors from candidate fields — a candidate missing
+    action/risk_level silently zeroes the ablation rows (July 2026 regression)."""
+    from app.services.admin_service import ACTIVATION_DEFAULTS
+    from app.services.recommendation_service import DEFAULT_RECOMMENDATION_CONFIG
+
+    base = date(2025, 1, 1)
+    bars = []
+    for i in range(160):
+        close = 100.0 + 8.0 * math.sin(i / 6.0)
+        bars.append(SimpleNamespace(
+            date=base + timedelta(days=i),
+            open=close,
+            high=close + 1.5,
+            low=close - 1.5,
+            close=close,
+            volume=1_000_000 + (i % 5) * 1000,
+        ))
+    cands = bt._replay_ticker(
+        "OSC", bars, dict(DEFAULT_RECOMMENDATION_CONFIG), dict(ACTIVATION_DEFAULTS)
+    )
+    assert cands, "expected the oscillating series to produce candidates"
+    for c in cands:
+        assert c.get("action") is not None
+        assert "risk_level" in c
+
+
 async def _seed_oscillating_ticker(session, symbol: str, n: int = 160) -> None:
     t = Ticker(symbol=symbol)
     session.add(t)
@@ -202,16 +604,37 @@ async def test_run_backtest_smoke(session):
     # well-formed report
     assert report["tickers"] == 1
     assert isinstance(report["candidates"], int)
-    for key in ("overall_qualified", "overall_all", "by_direction", "calibration", "sweep"):
+    for key in (
+        "overall_qualified", "overall_all", "by_direction", "sweep",
+        "gate_ablation", "time_exit_sweep", "portfolio_sim", "strategy_variants",
+        "recommendation", "research_recommendation",
+    ):
         assert key in report
     # the oscillating series should yield at least some resolved setups
     assert report["candidates"] >= 1
 
+    # cost assumption is reported, and every bucket carries net numbers
+    assert report["params"]["cost_per_side_pct"] == pytest.approx(bt.COST_PER_SIDE * 100)
+    assert "net_avg_r" in report["overall_all"]
+
+    # ablation baseline reproduces the qualified set exactly, and every row
+    # carries the hold-to-horizon grading alongside the target model
+    ablation = {r["variant"]: r for r in report["gate_ablation"]}
+    assert ablation["all_floors"]["total"] == report["overall_qualified"]["total"]
+    for row in report["gate_ablation"]:
+        assert "hold_net_avg_r" in row
+
+    # time-exit sweep covers the configured hold lengths
+    assert [r["hold_days"] for r in report["time_exit_sweep"]] == list(bt.TIME_EXIT_DAYS)
+
+    # portfolio simulation section is always present (policies may be empty
+    # when nothing qualifies)
+    assert "portfolio_sim" in report
+    assert isinstance(report["portfolio_sim"]["policies"], list)
+    assert report["portfolio_sim"]["params"]["max_positions"] == bt.SIM_MAX_POSITIONS
+    assert isinstance(report["strategy_variants"]["variants"], list)
+
     # sweep: lowering the momentum-percentile cutoff can only add qualifiers
     sweep = sorted(report["sweep"], key=lambda r: r["min_momentum_percentile"], reverse=True)
     counts = [r["total"] for r in sweep]
     assert counts == sorted(counts)  # ascending as threshold descends
-    # every calibration row is internally consistent
-    for row in report["calibration"]:
-        assert 0 <= row["realized_hit_rate"] <= 100
-        assert row["n"] >= 1

tests/unit/test_momentum_service.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Unit tests for the cross-sectional 12-1 momentum ranking."""
+"""Unit tests for the cross-sectional activation momentum ranking."""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@ async def _seed(session, symbol: str, rate: float, n: int = 280) -> None:
     await session.commit()
 
 
+async def _seed_closes(session, symbol: str, closes: list[float]) -> None:
+    t = Ticker(symbol=symbol)
+    session.add(t)
+    await session.flush()
+    base = date(2024, 1, 1)
+    for i, close in enumerate(closes):
+        session.add(OHLCVRecord(
+            ticker_id=t.id,
+            date=base + timedelta(days=i),
+            open=close, high=close, low=close, close=close,
+            volume=1_000_000,
+        ))
+    await session.commit()
+
+
 def test_compute_momentum_insufficient_history():
     assert ms.compute_12_1_momentum([100.0] * 100) is None
 
@@ -47,7 +62,11 @@ def test_compute_momentum_value():
     assert m > 0
 
 
-async def test_ranks_universe_into_percentiles(session):
+async def test_ranks_universe_into_raw_percentiles_when_benchmark_missing(session, monkeypatch):
+    async def no_benchmark(_db):
+        return {}
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ms, "_load_activation_benchmark", no_benchmark)
     await _seed(session, "HIGH", rate=1.010)   # strong uptrend → top momentum
     await _seed(session, "MID", rate=1.002)
     await _seed(session, "LOW", rate=0.999)     # declining → bottom momentum
@@ -58,7 +77,31 @@ async def test_ranks_universe_into_percentiles(session):
     assert pct["LOW"] == 0.0
 
 
-async def test_short_history_ticker_is_unranked(session):
+async def test_ranks_universe_into_residual_percentiles_when_benchmark_available(session, monkeypatch):
+    base = date(2024, 1, 1)
+    n = 280
+    benchmark = {base + timedelta(days=i): 100.0 * (1.001 ** i) for i in range(n)}
+
+    async def with_benchmark(_db):
+        return benchmark
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ms, "_load_activation_benchmark", with_benchmark)
+    market = [benchmark[base + timedelta(days=i)] for i in range(n)]
+    await _seed_closes(session, "DRIFT", [market[i] * (1.0008 ** i) for i in range(n)])
+    await _seed_closes(session, "BETA", market)
+    await _seed_closes(session, "LAG", [market[i] * (0.9992 ** i) for i in range(n)])
+
+    pct = await ms.compute_momentum_percentiles(session)
+    assert pct["DRIFT"] == 100.0
+    assert pct["BETA"] == 50.0
+    assert pct["LAG"] == 0.0
+
+
+async def test_short_history_ticker_is_unranked(session, monkeypatch):
+    async def no_benchmark(_db):
+        return {}
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ms, "_load_activation_benchmark", no_benchmark)
     await _seed(session, "LONG", rate=1.005)
     await _seed(session, "SHORTHX", rate=1.005, n=100)  # < 1y → no momentum
 
@@ -67,5 +110,9 @@ async def test_short_history_ticker_is_unranked(session):
     assert "SHORTHX" not in pct
 
 
-async def test_empty_universe_returns_empty(session):
+async def test_empty_universe_returns_empty(session, monkeypatch):
+    async def no_benchmark(_db):
+        return {}
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ms, "_load_activation_benchmark", no_benchmark)
     assert await ms.compute_momentum_percentiles(session) == {}

tests/unit/test_paper_trade_service.py

@@ -205,9 +205,12 @@ class TestTrailingClose:
 
 
 async def test_exit_policy_defaults_and_round_trip(session):
-    assert await svc.get_exit_policy(session) == {"mode": "trailing", "trailing_pct": 12.0}
-    updated = await svc.set_exit_policy(session, mode="target", trailing_pct=15.0)
-    assert updated == {"mode": "target", "trailing_pct": 15.0}
+    # Default: the backtest-validated hold-to-horizon exit.
+    assert await svc.get_exit_policy(session) == {
+        "mode": "time", "trailing_pct": 12.0, "hold_days": 30,
+    }
+    updated = await svc.set_exit_policy(session, mode="target", trailing_pct=15.0, hold_days=21)
+    assert updated == {"mode": "target", "trailing_pct": 15.0, "hold_days": 21}
     assert (await svc.get_exit_policy(session))["mode"] == "target"
 
 
@@ -216,10 +219,64 @@ async def test_exit_policy_rejects_bad_input(session):
         await svc.set_exit_policy(session, mode="bogus")
     with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
         await svc.set_exit_policy(session, trailing_pct=200.0)
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        await svc.set_exit_policy(session, hold_days=1)
+
+
+def _r(d: date, open_: float, hi: float, lo: float, close: float) -> tuple:
+    return (d, open_, hi, lo, close)
+
+
+class TestTimeClose:
+    def test_closes_at_hold_days_close(self):
+        rows = [
+            _r(date(2026, 1, 2), 101, 103, 100, 102),
+            _r(date(2026, 1, 3), 102, 104, 101, 103),
+            _r(date(2026, 1, 4), 103, 106, 102, 105),
+        ]
+        assert svc._time_close("long", 95.0, 3, rows) == (105.0, date(2026, 1, 4), "time")
+
+    def test_stop_before_horizon(self):
+        rows = [_r(date(2026, 1, 2), 100, 101, 94, 96)]
+        assert svc._time_close("long", 95.0, 30, rows) == (95.0, date(2026, 1, 2), "stop")
+
+    def test_gap_through_stop_fills_at_open(self):
+        rows = [_r(date(2026, 1, 2), 92, 93, 90, 91)]
+        assert svc._time_close("long", 95.0, 30, rows) == (92.0, date(2026, 1, 2), "stop")
+
+    def test_none_before_horizon(self):
+        rows = [_r(date(2026, 1, 2), 101, 103, 100, 102)]
+        assert svc._time_close("long", 95.0, 5, rows) is None
+
+
+async def test_resolve_time_mode_closes_at_horizon(session):
+    await svc.set_exit_policy(session, mode="time", hold_days=2)
+    tid = await _seed(session, "AAA", close=100.0)
+    trade = await svc.create_trade(session, 1, symbol="AAA", direction="long",
+                                   entry_price=100.0, shares=10, stop_loss=95.0, target=200.0)
+    await _add_bars(session, tid, [(103, 101), (105, 102)], start=date.today())
+    assert await svc.resolve_open_trades(session) == 1
+    await session.refresh(trade)
+    assert trade.status == "closed"
+    assert trade.close_reason == "time"
+    assert trade.close_price == pytest.approx((105 + 102) / 2)  # day-2 close (= bar mid)
+
+
+async def test_resolve_time_mode_stop_still_governs(session):
+    await svc.set_exit_policy(session, mode="time", hold_days=30)
+    tid = await _seed(session, "AAA", close=100.0)
+    trade = await svc.create_trade(session, 1, symbol="AAA", direction="long",
+                                   entry_price=100.0, shares=10, stop_loss=95.0, target=200.0)
+    await _add_bars(session, tid, [(101, 94)], start=date.today())  # low pierces the stop
+    assert await svc.resolve_open_trades(session) == 1
+    await session.refresh(trade)
+    assert trade.close_reason == "stop"
+    assert trade.close_price == pytest.approx(95.0)
 
 
 async def test_resolve_trailing_closes_with_reason(session):
-    tid = await _seed(session, "AAA", close=100.0)  # default policy: trailing 12%
+    await svc.set_exit_policy(session, mode="trailing", trailing_pct=12.0)
+    tid = await _seed(session, "AAA", close=100.0)
     await _add_open_trade(session, tid, "long", entry=100.0, shares=10, days_ago=10)
     await _add_bars(session, tid, [(120, 110), (130, 100)], start=date.today())  # run up, pull back
     assert await svc.resolve_open_trades(session) == 1
@@ -236,6 +293,7 @@ async def test_manual_close_sets_reason(session):
 
 
 async def test_list_open_exposes_trailing_stop(session):
+    await svc.set_exit_policy(session, mode="trailing", trailing_pct=12.0)
     tid = await _seed(session, "AAA", close=120.0)
     await _add_open_trade(session, tid, "long", entry=100.0, shares=10, days_ago=10)
     await _add_bars(session, tid, [(125, 118)], start=date.today())  # peak 125

tests/unit/test_qualification.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ STRICT_GATE = {
 
 def _setup(**kwargs):
     base = dict(
+        direction="long",
         rr_ratio=3.0,
         confidence_score=80.0,
         recommended_action="LONG_HIGH",
@@ -124,6 +125,15 @@ class TestExcludeNeutral:
     def test_directional_passes_when_on(self):
         assert setup_qualifies(_setup(recommended_action="LONG_MODERATE"), NEUTRAL_GATE) is True
 
+    def test_opposing_short_action_fails_for_long_setup(self):
+        assert setup_qualifies(_setup(direction="long", recommended_action="SHORT_MODERATE"), NEUTRAL_GATE) is False
+
+    def test_matching_short_action_still_fails_long_only_momentum_gate(self):
+        assert setup_qualifies(
+            _setup(direction="short", recommended_action="SHORT_MODERATE", momentum_percentile=95.0),
+            {**NEUTRAL_GATE, "min_momentum_percentile": 80.0},
+        ) is False
+
     def test_neutral_allowed_when_off(self):
         # Flag absent from the config → NEUTRAL still qualifies (backward compatible).
         assert setup_qualifies(_setup(recommended_action="NEUTRAL"), DEFAULT_GATE) is True

tests/unit/test_rr_scanner_preservation.py

@@ -11,20 +11,29 @@ Zero-candidate and single-candidate scenarios must produce identical results.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
 
 import pytest
 from hypothesis import given, settings, HealthCheck, strategies as st
+from sqlalchemy import func, select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from app.models.ohlcv import OHLCVRecord
+from app.models.signal_context_snapshot import SignalContextSnapshot
 from app.models.sr_level import SRLevel
 from app.models.ticker import Ticker
 from app.models.trade_setup import TradeSetup
-from app.models.score import CompositeScore
+from app.models.score import CompositeScore, DimensionScore
+from app.models.sentiment import SentimentScore
 from app.services.rr_scanner_service import scan_ticker, get_trade_setups
 
 
+def _as_utc(value: datetime) -> datetime:
+    return value if value.tzinfo is not None else value.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Session fixtures
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -431,3 +440,389 @@ async def test_get_trade_setups_sorting_rr_desc_composite_desc(db_session: Async
         f"Expected symbol order ['SORTD', 'SORTC', 'SORTB', 'SORTA'], "
         f"got {symbols}"
     )
+
+
+async def _seed_stale_setup_with_current_scores(db_session: AsyncSession) -> TradeSetup:
+    """Stored setup frozen at scan time (conf 82, neutral) vs. current context
+    (bullish sentiment, composite 96) that yields live confidence 97."""
+    old_scan = datetime(2026, 7, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    current = datetime(2026, 7, 3, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    old_reasoning = (
+        "LONG (high confidence): 82% with aligned signals "
+        "(technical=88, momentum=60, sentiment=neutral)."
+    )
+
+    ticker = Ticker(symbol="TTWO")
+    db_session.add(ticker)
+    await db_session.flush()
+
+    stale_setup = TradeSetup(
+        ticker_id=ticker.id,
+        direction="long",
+        entry_price=235.0,
+        stop_loss=220.0,
+        target=265.0,
+        rr_ratio=2.0,
+        composite_score=71.8,
+        detected_at=old_scan,
+        confidence_score=82.0,
+        recommended_action="LONG_HIGH",
+        reasoning=old_reasoning,
+        risk_level="High",
+    )
+    db_session.add(stale_setup)
+
+    db_session.add_all([
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="technical",
+            score=88.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            computed_at=current,
+        ),
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="momentum",
+            score=60.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            computed_at=current,
+        ),
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="fundamental",
+            score=95.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            computed_at=current,
+        ),
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="sentiment",
+            score=85.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            computed_at=current,
+        ),
+        CompositeScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            score=96.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            weights_json="{}",
+            computed_at=current,
+        ),
+        SentimentScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            classification="bullish",
+            confidence=85,
+            source="test",
+            timestamp=current,
+            reasoning="",
+            citations_json="[]",
+        ),
+    ])
+    await db_session.flush()
+    return stale_setup
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_live_recommendation_payload_uses_current_score_and_sentiment(
+    db_session: AsyncSession,
+):
+    """Latest setup payload should not show stale scan text when score context moved."""
+    stale_setup = await _seed_stale_setup_with_current_scores(db_session)
+    old_reasoning = stale_setup.reasoning
+
+    rows = await get_trade_setups(
+        db_session,
+        symbol="TTWO",
+        live_recommendation=True,
+    )
+
+    assert len(rows) == 1
+    row = rows[0]
+    assert row["composite_score"] == pytest.approx(96.0)
+    assert row["confidence_score"] == pytest.approx(97.0)
+    assert row["recommended_action"] == "LONG_HIGH"
+    assert "sentiment=bullish" in row["reasoning"]
+    assert "sentiment=neutral" not in row["reasoning"]
+
+    persisted = await db_session.get(TradeSetup, stale_setup.id)
+    assert persisted is not None
+    assert persisted.composite_score == pytest.approx(71.8)
+    assert persisted.reasoning == old_reasoning
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_live_recommendation_filters_apply_to_live_values(
+    db_session: AsyncSession,
+):
+    """min_confidence must judge the overlaid live confidence, not the stored one."""
+    await _seed_stale_setup_with_current_scores(db_session)
+
+    # Stored confidence is 82 — a stored-column filter would drop this row.
+    # Live confidence is 97, so it must pass.
+    rows = await get_trade_setups(
+        db_session,
+        symbol="TTWO",
+        min_confidence=90.0,
+        live_recommendation=True,
+    )
+    assert len(rows) == 1
+    assert rows[0]["confidence_score"] == pytest.approx(97.0)
+
+    # And a floor above the live value must drop it.
+    rows = await get_trade_setups(
+        db_session,
+        symbol="TTWO",
+        min_confidence=98.0,
+        live_recommendation=True,
+    )
+    assert rows == []
+
+
+async def _seed_two_direction_setup(db_session: AsyncSession) -> None:
+    current = datetime(2026, 7, 3, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    ticker = Ticker(symbol="BOTH")
+    db_session.add(ticker)
+    await db_session.flush()
+
+    db_session.add_all([
+        TradeSetup(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            direction="long",
+            entry_price=100.0,
+            stop_loss=95.0,
+            target=112.0,
+            rr_ratio=2.4,
+            composite_score=30.0,
+            detected_at=current,
+            confidence_score=25.0,
+            recommended_action="NEUTRAL",
+            risk_level="Low",
+        ),
+        TradeSetup(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            direction="short",
+            entry_price=100.0,
+            stop_loss=105.0,
+            target=88.0,
+            rr_ratio=2.4,
+            composite_score=30.0,
+            detected_at=current,
+            confidence_score=90.0,
+            recommended_action="SHORT_HIGH",
+            risk_level="Low",
+        ),
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="technical",
+            score=10.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            computed_at=current,
+        ),
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="momentum",
+            score=10.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            computed_at=current,
+        ),
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="fundamental",
+            score=10.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            computed_at=current,
+        ),
+        CompositeScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            score=30.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            weights_json="{}",
+            computed_at=current,
+        ),
+        SentimentScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            classification="bearish",
+            confidence=90,
+            source="test",
+            timestamp=current,
+            reasoning="",
+            citations_json="[]",
+        ),
+    ])
+    await db_session.flush()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_live_recommendation_action_independent_of_direction_filter(
+    db_session: AsyncSession,
+):
+    await _seed_two_direction_setup(db_session)
+
+    all_rows = await get_trade_setups(
+        db_session,
+        symbol="BOTH",
+        live_recommendation=True,
+    )
+    filtered_rows = await get_trade_setups(
+        db_session,
+        symbol="BOTH",
+        direction="long",
+        live_recommendation=True,
+    )
+
+    long_from_all = next(row for row in all_rows if row["direction"] == "long")
+    assert len(filtered_rows) == 1
+    assert long_from_all["recommended_action"] == "SHORT_HIGH"
+    assert filtered_rows[0]["recommended_action"] == "SHORT_HIGH"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_live_overlay_preserves_setup_specific_risk_and_context(
+    db_session: AsyncSession,
+):
+    current = datetime(2026, 7, 3, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    ticker = Ticker(symbol="RISK")
+    db_session.add(ticker)
+    await db_session.flush()
+    db_session.add_all([
+        TradeSetup(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            direction="long",
+            entry_price=100.0,
+            stop_loss=95.0,
+            target=112.0,
+            rr_ratio=2.4,
+            composite_score=50.0,
+            detected_at=current,
+            confidence_score=50.0,
+            recommended_action="NEUTRAL",
+            risk_level="Medium",
+            conflict_flags_json=json.dumps([
+                "target-availability: Fewer than 3 valid S/R targets available"
+            ]),
+        ),
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="technical",
+            score=50.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            computed_at=current,
+        ),
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="momentum",
+            score=50.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            computed_at=current,
+        ),
+        CompositeScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            score=50.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            weights_json="{}",
+            computed_at=current,
+        ),
+        SentimentScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            classification="neutral",
+            confidence=50,
+            source="test",
+            timestamp=current,
+            reasoning="",
+            citations_json="[]",
+        ),
+        OHLCVRecord(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            date=date(2026, 7, 3),
+            open=101.0,
+            high=102.0,
+            low=100.0,
+            close=101.0,
+            volume=1000,
+            created_at=current,
+        ),
+    ])
+    await db_session.flush()
+
+    rows = await get_trade_setups(
+        db_session,
+        symbol="RISK",
+        live_recommendation=True,
+    )
+
+    assert len(rows) == 1
+    row = rows[0]
+    assert row["risk_level"] == "Medium"
+    assert row["conflict_flags"] == [
+        "target-availability: Fewer than 3 valid S/R targets available"
+    ]
+    assert row["current_price"] == pytest.approx(101.0)
+    assert _as_utc(row["context_as_of"]["score_computed_at"]) == current
+    assert _as_utc(row["context_as_of"]["sentiment_at"]) == current
+    assert row["context_as_of"]["price_date"] == date(2026, 7, 3)
+    assert _as_utc(row["context_as_of"]["price_updated_at"]) == current
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_live_trade_setup_read_does_not_recompute_scores(db_session: AsyncSession):
+    await _seed_stale_setup_with_current_scores(db_session)
+
+    with patch(
+        "app.services.scoring_service.compute_all_dimensions",
+        new=AsyncMock(side_effect=AssertionError("GET must not recompute dimensions")),
+    ), patch(
+        "app.services.scoring_service.compute_composite_score",
+        new=AsyncMock(side_effect=AssertionError("GET must not recompute composite")),
+    ):
+        rows = await get_trade_setups(
+            db_session,
+            symbol="TTWO",
+            live_recommendation=True,
+        )
+
+    assert len(rows) == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_intraday_price_update_changes_live_price_without_new_signal_rows(
+    db_session: AsyncSession,
+):
+    current = datetime(2026, 7, 3, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    ticker = Ticker(symbol="LIVEP")
+    db_session.add(ticker)
+    await db_session.flush()
+    setup = TradeSetup(
+        ticker_id=ticker.id,
+        direction="long",
+        entry_price=100.0,
+        stop_loss=95.0,
+        target=112.0,
+        rr_ratio=2.4,
+        composite_score=50.0,
+        detected_at=current,
+    )
+    price = OHLCVRecord(
+        ticker_id=ticker.id,
+        date=date(2026, 7, 3),
+        open=100.0,
+        high=101.0,
+        low=99.0,
+        close=100.0,
+        volume=1000,
+        created_at=current,
+    )
+    db_session.add_all([setup, price])
+    await db_session.flush()
+
+    rows = await get_trade_setups(db_session, symbol="LIVEP", live_recommendation=True)
+    assert rows[0]["current_price"] == pytest.approx(100.0)
+
+    price.close = 102.0
+    await db_session.flush()
+
+    rows = await get_trade_setups(db_session, symbol="LIVEP", live_recommendation=True)
+    assert rows[0]["current_price"] == pytest.approx(102.0)
+    setup_count = await db_session.scalar(select(func.count()).select_from(TradeSetup))
+    snapshot_count = await db_session.scalar(select(func.count()).select_from(SignalContextSnapshot))
+    assert setup_count == 1
+    assert snapshot_count == 0

tests/unit/test_scoring_service_get_score.py

@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
-"""Unit tests for get_score composite breakdown and dimension breakdown wiring."""
+"""Unit tests for read-only get_score composite breakdown wiring."""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from datetime import date
-from types import SimpleNamespace
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
 
 import pytest
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession, async_sessionmaker, create_async_engine
 
 from app.database import Base
+from app.models.score import CompositeScore, DimensionScore
 from app.models.ticker import Ticker
-from app.services.scoring_service import get_score, _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS
+from app.services.scoring_service import get_score
 
 TEST_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite+aiosqlite://"
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 async def fresh_db():
-    """Provide a non-transactional session so get_score can commit."""
+    """Provide a non-transactional session for persisted score reads."""
     engine = create_async_engine(TEST_DATABASE_URL, echo=False)
     async with engine.begin() as conn:
         await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)
@@ -30,176 +30,101 @@ async def fresh_db():
     await engine.dispose()
 
 
-def _make_ohlcv_records(n: int, base_close: float = 100.0) -> list:
-    """Create n mock OHLCV records with realistic price data."""
-    records = []
-    for i in range(n):
-        price = base_close + (i * 0.5)
-        records.append(
-            SimpleNamespace(
-                date=date(2024, 1, 1),
-                open=price - 0.5,
-                high=price + 1.0,
-                low=price - 1.0,
-                close=price,
-                volume=1000000,
-            )
-        )
-    return records
-
-
-def _mock_none_computer():
-    """Return an AsyncMock that returns (None, None) — simulates missing dimension data."""
-    return AsyncMock(return_value=(None, None))
-
-
-def _mock_score_computer(score: float, breakdown: dict | None = None):
-    """Return an AsyncMock that returns a fixed (score, breakdown) tuple."""
-    bd = breakdown or {
-        "sub_scores": [{"name": "mock", "score": score, "weight": 1.0, "raw_value": score, "description": "mock"}],
-        "formula": "mock formula",
-        "unavailable": [],
-    }
-    return AsyncMock(return_value=(score, bd))
-
-
 async def _seed_ticker(session: AsyncSession, symbol: str = "AAPL") -> Ticker:
-    """Insert a ticker row and return it."""
     ticker = Ticker(symbol=symbol)
     session.add(ticker)
     await session.commit()
     return ticker
 
 
+async def _seed_scores(session: AsyncSession, ticker: Ticker, *, stale: bool = False) -> None:
+    now = datetime(2026, 7, 3, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    session.add_all([
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="technical",
+            score=70.0,
+            is_stale=stale,
+            computed_at=now,
+        ),
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="momentum",
+            score=60.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            computed_at=now,
+        ),
+        CompositeScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            score=66.0,
+            is_stale=stale,
+            weights_json="{}",
+            computed_at=now,
+        ),
+    ])
+    await session.commit()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_get_score_returns_composite_breakdown(fresh_db):
-    """get_score should include a composite_breakdown dict with weights and re-normalization info."""
-    await _seed_ticker(fresh_db, "AAPL")
-
-    original = dict(_DIMENSION_COMPUTERS)
-    try:
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["technical"] = _mock_score_computer(70.0)
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["momentum"] = _mock_score_computer(60.0)
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["sentiment"] = _mock_none_computer()
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["fundamental"] = _mock_none_computer()
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["sr_quality"] = _mock_none_computer()
+async def test_get_score_returns_composite_breakdown_without_recomputing(fresh_db):
+    ticker = await _seed_ticker(fresh_db, "AAPL")
+    await _seed_scores(fresh_db, ticker)
 
+    with patch(
+        "app.services.scoring_service.compute_dimension_score",
+        new=AsyncMock(side_effect=AssertionError("GET must not recompute dimensions")),
+    ), patch(
+        "app.services.scoring_service.compute_composite_score",
+        new=AsyncMock(side_effect=AssertionError("GET must not recompute composite")),
+    ):
         result = await get_score(fresh_db, "AAPL")
-    finally:
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS.update(original)
 
-    assert "composite_breakdown" in result
+    assert result["composite_score"] == 66.0
     cb = result["composite_breakdown"]
     assert cb is not None
-    assert "weights" in cb
-    assert "available_dimensions" in cb
-    assert "missing_dimensions" in cb
-    assert "renormalized_weights" in cb
-    assert "formula" in cb
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_get_score_composite_breakdown_has_correct_available_missing(fresh_db):
-    """Composite breakdown should correctly list available and missing dimensions."""
-    await _seed_ticker(fresh_db, "AAPL")
-
-    original = dict(_DIMENSION_COMPUTERS)
-    try:
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["technical"] = _mock_score_computer(70.0)
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["momentum"] = _mock_score_computer(60.0)
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["sentiment"] = _mock_none_computer()
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["fundamental"] = _mock_none_computer()
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["sr_quality"] = _mock_none_computer()
-
-        result = await get_score(fresh_db, "AAPL")
-    finally:
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS.update(original)
-
-    cb = result["composite_breakdown"]
     assert "technical" in cb["available_dimensions"]
     assert "momentum" in cb["available_dimensions"]
     assert "sentiment" in cb["missing_dimensions"]
     assert "fundamental" in cb["missing_dimensions"]
     assert "sr_quality" in cb["missing_dimensions"]
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_get_score_renormalized_weights_sum_to_one(fresh_db):
-    """Re-normalized weights should sum to 1.0 when at least one dimension is available."""
-    await _seed_ticker(fresh_db, "AAPL")
-
-    original = dict(_DIMENSION_COMPUTERS)
-    try:
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["technical"] = _mock_score_computer(70.0)
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["momentum"] = _mock_score_computer(60.0)
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["sentiment"] = _mock_none_computer()
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["fundamental"] = _mock_none_computer()
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["sr_quality"] = _mock_none_computer()
-
-        result = await get_score(fresh_db, "AAPL")
-    finally:
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS.update(original)
-
-    cb = result["composite_breakdown"]
     assert cb["renormalized_weights"]
-    total = sum(cb["renormalized_weights"].values())
-    assert abs(total - 1.0) < 1e-9
+    assert abs(sum(cb["renormalized_weights"].values()) - 1.0) < 1e-9
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_get_score_dimensions_include_breakdowns(fresh_db):
-    """Each available dimension entry should include a breakdown dict."""
-    await _seed_ticker(fresh_db, "AAPL")
+async def test_get_score_dimensions_do_not_recompute_breakdowns(fresh_db):
+    ticker = await _seed_ticker(fresh_db, "AAPL")
+    await _seed_scores(fresh_db, ticker)
 
-    tech_breakdown = {
-        "sub_scores": [
-            {"name": "ADX", "score": 72.0, "weight": 0.4, "raw_value": 72.0, "description": "ADX value"},
-            {"name": "EMA", "score": 65.0, "weight": 0.3, "raw_value": 1.5, "description": "EMA diff"},
-            {"name": "RSI", "score": 62.0, "weight": 0.3, "raw_value": 62.0, "description": "RSI value"},
-        ],
-        "formula": "Weighted average: 0.4*ADX + 0.3*EMA + 0.3*RSI",
-        "unavailable": [],
-    }
-
-    original = dict(_DIMENSION_COMPUTERS)
-    try:
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["technical"] = _mock_score_computer(68.2, tech_breakdown)
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["momentum"] = _mock_score_computer(55.0)
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["sentiment"] = _mock_none_computer()
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["fundamental"] = _mock_none_computer()
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS["sr_quality"] = _mock_none_computer()
-
-        result = await get_score(fresh_db, "AAPL")
-    finally:
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS.update(original)
+    result = await get_score(fresh_db, "AAPL")
 
     tech_dim = next((d for d in result["dimensions"] if d["dimension"] == "technical"), None)
     assert tech_dim is not None
-    assert "breakdown" in tech_dim
-    assert tech_dim["breakdown"] is not None
-    assert len(tech_dim["breakdown"]["sub_scores"]) == 3
-    names = [s["name"] for s in tech_dim["breakdown"]["sub_scores"]]
-    assert "ADX" in names
-    assert "EMA" in names
-    assert "RSI" in names
+    assert tech_dim["breakdown"] is None
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_get_score_all_dimensions_missing(fresh_db):
-    """When all dimensions return None, composite_breakdown should list all as missing."""
     await _seed_ticker(fresh_db, "AAPL")
 
-    original = dict(_DIMENSION_COMPUTERS)
-    try:
-        for dim in _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS:
-            _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS[dim] = _mock_none_computer()
-
-        result = await get_score(fresh_db, "AAPL")
-    finally:
-        _DIMENSION_COMPUTERS.update(original)
+    result = await get_score(fresh_db, "AAPL")
 
     cb = result["composite_breakdown"]
     assert cb["available_dimensions"] == []
     assert len(cb["missing_dimensions"]) == 5
     assert cb["renormalized_weights"] == {}
     assert result["composite_score"] is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_get_score_reports_stale_without_refreshing(fresh_db):
+    ticker = await _seed_ticker(fresh_db, "AAPL")
+    await _seed_scores(fresh_db, ticker, stale=True)
+
+    result = await get_score(fresh_db, "AAPL")
+
+    assert result["composite_stale"] is True
+    assert "technical" in result["missing_dimensions"]
+    tech_dim = next((d for d in result["dimensions"] if d["dimension"] == "technical"), None)
+    assert tech_dim is not None
+    assert tech_dim["is_stale"] is True

tests/unit/test_scoring_service_rankings.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-"""Unit tests for get_rankings: bulk-load fast path, sorting, exclusion, and
-lazy recompute of stale scores."""
+"""Unit tests for read-only get_rankings: bulk-load, sorting, and staleness."""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
 
 import pytest
-from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession, async_sessionmaker, create_async_engine
 
 from app.database import Base
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ TEST_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite+aiosqlite://"
 
 @pytest.fixture
 async def fresh_db():
-    """Non-transactional session so get_rankings can commit recomputes."""
+    """Non-transactional session for persisted ranking reads."""
     engine = create_async_engine(TEST_DATABASE_URL, echo=False)
     async with engine.begin() as conn:
         await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)
@@ -84,46 +82,34 @@ async def test_fast_path_sorts_and_does_not_recompute(fresh_db: AsyncSession):
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_ticker_without_computable_composite_is_excluded(fresh_db: AsyncSession):
-    """A ticker whose composite can't be computed (recompute yields no row) is
-    omitted from the rankings rather than appearing with a null score."""
+    """A ticker without a persisted composite is omitted from rankings."""
     fresh = await _seed_ticker(fresh_db, "OK")
-    await _seed_ticker(fresh_db, "NONE")  # no composite; recompute can't make one
+    await _seed_ticker(fresh_db, "NONE")
     fresh_db.add_all([_composite(fresh.id, 50.0), _dimension(fresh.id, "technical", 50.0)])
     await fresh_db.commit()
 
-    # Recompute is a no-op that produces no composite row for NONE.
     with patch("app.services.scoring_service.compute_dimension_score",
-               new=AsyncMock(return_value=None)), \
+               new=AsyncMock(side_effect=AssertionError("should not recompute"))), \
          patch("app.services.scoring_service.compute_composite_score",
-               new=AsyncMock(return_value=(None, ["technical"]))):
+               new=AsyncMock(side_effect=AssertionError("should not recompute"))):
         result = await get_rankings(fresh_db)
 
     assert [r["symbol"] for r in result["rankings"]] == ["OK"]
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_stale_composite_is_recomputed(fresh_db: AsyncSession):
-    """A stale composite triggers a recompute and then appears in the rankings."""
+async def test_stale_composite_is_reported_without_recompute(fresh_db: AsyncSession):
+    """A stale composite appears with its stale flag and is not recomputed."""
     ticker = await _seed_ticker(fresh_db, "STALE")
     fresh_db.add(_composite(ticker.id, 10.0, stale=True))
     await fresh_db.commit()
 
-    async def _fake_recompute(db, symbol, weights=None):
-        # Mirror the real upsert: refresh the existing row in place.
-        existing = (await db.execute(
-            select(CompositeScore).where(CompositeScore.ticker_id == ticker.id)
-        )).scalar_one()
-        existing.score = 77.0
-        existing.is_stale = False
-        return 77.0, []
-
-    # Dimension recompute is a no-op; composite recompute refreshes the score.
     with patch("app.services.scoring_service.compute_dimension_score",
-               new=AsyncMock(return_value=55.0)), \
+               new=AsyncMock(side_effect=AssertionError("should not recompute"))), \
          patch("app.services.scoring_service.compute_composite_score",
-               new=AsyncMock(side_effect=_fake_recompute)) as comp_mock:
+               new=AsyncMock(side_effect=AssertionError("should not recompute"))):
         result = await get_rankings(fresh_db)
 
-    comp_mock.assert_awaited()  # recompute path was taken
     assert [r["symbol"] for r in result["rankings"]] == ["STALE"]
-    assert result["rankings"][0]["composite_score"] == 77.0  # reflects the recompute
+    assert result["rankings"][0]["composite_score"] == 10.0
+    assert result["rankings"][0]["composite_stale"] is True

tests/unit/test_sentiment_priority.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """Tests for sentiment-collection scoping (``_get_sentiment_priority_tickers``).
 
-A dashboard 'top pick' is the highest-momentum *qualified* long setup. Sentiment
-can never move a ticker's momentum percentile (the gate's core axis) — only its
+A dashboard 'top pick' is the highest residual-momentum *qualified* long setup. Sentiment
+can never move a ticker's activation percentile (the gate's core axis) — only its
 confidence and EV ranking. So the tickers that are, or could become with positive
-sentiment, a top pick are exactly the momentum leaders that already carry a
+sentiment, a top pick are exactly the residual-momentum leaders that already carry a
 tradeable long setup over the R:R floor. These tests pin that priority tier
 (always refreshed, cap-exempt) and the capped filler tier behind it.
 """

tests/unit/test_signal_context_snapshot.py

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+"""Tests for point-in-time signal context snapshots."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from datetime import date, datetime, timezone
+
+import pytest
+
+from app.models.fundamental import FundamentalData
+from app.models.score import CompositeScore, DimensionScore
+from app.models.sentiment import SentimentScore
+from app.models.signal_context_snapshot import SignalContextSnapshot
+from app.models.ticker import Ticker
+from app.models.trade_setup import TradeSetup
+from app.services import rr_scanner_service as rr
+from tests.conftest import _test_session_factory  # type: ignore
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def session():
+    async with _test_session_factory() as s:
+        yield s
+
+
+async def test_create_signal_context_snapshot_captures_latest_context(session):
+    now = datetime(2026, 7, 2, 12, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    ticker = Ticker(symbol="CTX")
+    session.add(ticker)
+    await session.flush()
+
+    session.add_all([
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="technical",
+            score=71.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            computed_at=now,
+        ),
+        DimensionScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            dimension="momentum",
+            score=82.0,
+            is_stale=False,
+            computed_at=now,
+        ),
+        CompositeScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            score=76.5,
+            is_stale=False,
+            weights_json='{"technical": 0.25}',
+            computed_at=now,
+        ),
+        SentimentScore(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            classification="BULLISH",
+            confidence=78,
+            source="test",
+            timestamp=now,
+            reasoning="",
+            citations_json="[]",
+            recommendation="BUY",
+        ),
+        FundamentalData(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            pe_ratio=25.0,
+            revenue_growth=0.18,
+            earnings_surprise=0.05,
+            market_cap=1_000_000_000.0,
+            next_earnings_date=date(2026, 8, 1),
+            fetched_at=now,
+            unavailable_fields_json="{}",
+        ),
+    ])
+    setup = TradeSetup(
+        ticker_id=ticker.id,
+        direction="long",
+        entry_price=100.0,
+        stop_loss=95.0,
+        target=120.0,
+        rr_ratio=4.0,
+        composite_score=76.5,
+        detected_at=now,
+        confidence_score=64.0,
+        momentum_percentile=88.0,
+        recommended_action="LONG_HIGH",
+        risk_level="Low",
+    )
+    session.add(setup)
+    await session.flush()
+
+    await rr._create_signal_context_snapshots(session, [setup])
+    await session.commit()
+
+    row = (await session.get(SignalContextSnapshot, 1))
+    assert row is not None
+    assert row.trade_setup_id == setup.id
+    assert row.strategy_version == rr.STRATEGY_VERSION
+    assert row.momentum_percentile == 88.0
+
+    score = json.loads(row.score_context_json)
+    sentiment = json.loads(row.sentiment_context_json)
+    fundamental = json.loads(row.fundamental_context_json)
+
+    assert score["composite_score"] == 76.5
+    assert score["dimensions"]["technical"]["score"] == 71.0
+    assert sentiment["classification"] == "BULLISH"
+    assert sentiment["confidence"] == 78
+    assert fundamental["pe_ratio"] == 25.0
+    assert fundamental["next_earnings_date"] == "2026-08-01"

tests/unit/test_signal_eval.py

@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ def test_quintile_spread_none_when_too_few():
 def test_signal_values_momentum_and_trend():
     # Steadily rising series so every lookback is positive and trend is above SMA.
     closes = [100.0 * (1.01 ** k) for k in range(300)]
+    dates = [date(2024, 1, 1) + timedelta(days=k) for k in range(300)]
     i = 299
-    vals = bt._signal_values(closes, closes, i)
+    vals = bt._signal_values(dates, closes, closes, i)
     assert vals["mom_12_1"] > 0          # up over the 12→1 month window
     assert vals["trend_200"] > 0         # price above its 200-bar SMA in an uptrend
     # 12-1 momentum skips the last month: close[i-21] / close[i-252] - 1
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ def test_signal_values_momentum_and_trend():
 
 def test_signal_values_drops_signals_without_enough_history():
     closes = [100.0 + k for k in range(80)]  # only 80 bars
-    vals = bt._signal_values(closes, closes, 79)
+    dates = [date(2024, 1, 1) + timedelta(days=k) for k in range(80)]
+    vals = bt._signal_values(dates, closes, closes, 79)
     assert "mom_3_1" in vals              # needs 63 bars of lookback — present
     assert "mom_6_1" not in vals          # needs 126 — absent
     assert "mom_12_1" not in vals         # needs 252 — absent