## Phase 1 Blockers — Completed April 6, 2026

### Morning Work Session (~9:49 AM – 11:22 AM CDT)

**Infrastructure Fixed:**
- IBKR Gateway flagged as DOWN since Apr 4 8:10 PM (~37+ hrs) — notified Mark to restart manually
- Cloudflare DNS confirmed fixed from yesterday (5 domains rerouted, all returning 302)

**Phase 1 Blockers Resolved:**
1. **1.1 Circuit Breaker** — Deferred (1% rule stays, multi-tier post live trading)
2. **1.2 SQLite WAL Mode** — ✅ COMPLETE: WAL enabled on both DBs, db_execute() helper with retry logic
3. **1.3 Stale Price** — Deferred (DB-only testing, no live feed dependency yet)
4. **1.4 Correlated Position Risk** — ✅ COMPLETE: correlation_engine.py, heatmap panel, pre-trade guard in quant_daemon.py
5. **1.5 Flask Security** — ✅ COMPLETE: Flask-Limiter, X-Api-Key auth on all /api/ routes, chmod 600 on DBs
6. **1.6 Operational/Learning Mode** — ✅ COMPLETE: auto-defaults to OPERATIONAL during market hours

**Universe Expansion:**
- historical_sandbox.db expanded from 11 symbols → 2,478 symbols
- 5,504,257 total bars (10y daily + 60d 5-min intraday)
- Sources: Russell 2000 (iShares), S&P 500 (GitHub), Nasdaq 100, day-trading favorites
- correlation_engine.py updated to read from historical_sandbox.db (not JSON files)
- Portfolio beta now computed from real 10y data: 1.032 (healthy)

**API Key:** HQ_API_KEY=964d663205089c76c1ca13c06a676c8bd5b0a885e6eac7e77dd88c41da411928 (stored in .env)

## Phase 1 Blockers — Completed April 6, 2026

### Morning Work Session (~9:49 AM – 11:22 AM CDT)

**Infrastructure Fixed:**
- IBKR Gateway flagged as DOWN since Apr 4 8:10 PM (~37+ hrs) — notified Mark to restart manually
- IBKR Gateway confirmed back ONLINE by ~12:14 PM CDT (watchdog confirmed port active)
- Cloudflare DNS confirmed fixed from yesterday (5 domains rerouted, all returning 302)

**Phase 1 Blockers Resolved:**
1. **1.1 Circuit Breaker** — Deferred (1% rule stays, multi-tier post live trading)
2. **1.2 SQLite WAL Mode** — ✅ COMPLETE: WAL enabled on both DBs, db_execute() helper with retry logic
3. **1.3 Stale Price** — Deferred (DB-only testing, no live feed dependency yet)
4. **1.4 Correlated Position Risk** — ✅ COMPLETE: correlation_engine.py, heatmap panel, pre-trade guard in quant_daemon.py
5. **1.5 Flask Security** — ✅ COMPLETE: Flask-Limiter, X-Api-Key auth on all /api/ routes, chmod 600 on DBs
6. **1.6 Operational/Learning Mode** — ✅ COMPLETE: auto-defaults to OPERATIONAL during market hours

**Universe Expansion:**
- historical_sandbox.db expanded from 11 symbols → 2,478 symbols
- 5,504,257 total bars (10y daily + 60d 5-min intraday)
- Sources: Russell 2000 (iShares), S&P 500 (GitHub), Nasdaq 100, day-trading favorites
- correlation_engine.py updated to read from historical_sandbox.db (not JSON files)
- Portfolio beta now computed from real 10y data: 1.032 (healthy)

**API Key:** HQ_API_KEY=964d663205089c76c1ca13c06a676c8bd5b0a885e6eac7e77dd88c41da411928 (stored in .env)

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## Phase 2 UI Architecture — Completed April 6, 2026 (~11:17 AM CDT)

- Layout profiles (🌅 Morning / ☀️ Afternoon / 🌙 Weekend) added to sticky critical bar
- Sticky critical zone confirmed built and live
- Tiered liquidation confirmed: LIQUIDATE ALL (confirm), 50%, Pause Engines, per-symbol
- Operational/Learning mode auto-defaults to OPERATIONAL Mon–Fri 09:00–16:30

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## Board Review V4 — April 6, 2026 (~11:34 AM CDT)

Board (Claude Sonnet 4.6) reviewed HQ_Architectural_Design_Map.md and 2026-04-06-Daily-Changelog.md.

**New Board Priority Stack items identified and ALL COMPLETED same session:**

| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Earnings calendar + 3-day blackout | ✅ Done |
| Stale data timestamp check | ✅ Done |
| Execution velocity governor (max 5/scan) | ✅ Done |
| VIX circuit breaker (≥30 or spike ≥20%) | ✅ Done |
| Russell 2000 ADV filter ($5M min) | ✅ Done |
| Remove crypto from hedge exclusion | ✅ Done |
| Composite index (symbol, timestamp) on historical_sandbox.db | ✅ Done (SPY: 0.3ms) |
| decision_audit_log table (18 cols, 4 indexes) | ✅ Done |
| survivorship_bias_adjusted flag in strategy_tests | ✅ Done |

**Key new files built:**
- `earnings_calendar.py` — yfinance earnings harvest, `is_earnings_blackout()` with 3-state return (clear/blackout/unknown)
- `confidence_scorer.py` — 5-component signal scoring, 70% threshold
- `board_leaderboard.py` — Board member win rate attribution
- `bin/backup_to_mac_mini.sh` — 15-min cron DB backup to Mac Mini Vault

**Earnings harvest:** 2,397 symbols populated with upcoming earnings dates (~97% coverage)

**VIX data:** 2,514 bars of VIX daily history loaded into historical_sandbox.db. Current VIX: 24.12 (elevated but below 30 threshold)

**ADV filter:** 593 symbols below $5M threshold auto-blocked; 1,878 pass

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## Board Follow-Up UI Review (~12:05 PM CDT)

Board issued UI requirements for new backend capabilities. All built same session:

**Tier 1 UI (must have):**
- VIX status pill in sticky critical bar (green/yellow/red + HALTED badge)
- Earnings blackout column in Active Positions table + RSI-2 Basket row indicators
- Data stale overlay on Correlation Heatmap card (badge desaturated when stale)

**Tier 2 UI:**
- Decision Log collapsible sidebar card (last 12 decisions, color-coded, 30s refresh)

**Bug fixes caught by Board:**
- `is_earnings_blackout()` now returns 3-state tuple: `(bool, reason_str)` — ETFs exempt, unknown stocks blocked by default
- VIX staleness check added: if VIX bar > 4 hours old during market hours → halt scan
- Post-earnings gap window: 1 day after earnings also blocked

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## Phase 3 — AI-First Architecture — Completed April 6, 2026 (~12:34 PM CDT)

**3.1 Board Leaderboard:**
- `board_leaderboard.py` built — composite score: 60pts win rate + 30pts approval rate + 10pts P&L
- `GET /api/leaderboard/rich` + `POST /api/leaderboard/refresh` endpoints live
- Dashboard leaderboard updates every 2 minutes
- All zeroes currently (no closed paper trades) — self-populates as trades execute

**3.2 AI-to-Human Communication Channel:**
- `board_messages` table (11 columns) in quant_hq.db
- Board Channel panel added to left sidebar — magenta border, 15s refresh
- Message types: TRADE_PROPOSAL, APPROVAL_REQUIRED, ALERT, THESIS_UPDATE, INFO
- Approve/accept/Modify reply UI built in dashboard
- `POST /api/board/post` + `POST /api/board/respond` endpoints live
- 5 seed messages loaded

**3.3 Exception-Only Monitoring:**
- `confidence_scorer.py` — 5-component scoring: RSI-2 (30pts), trend (20pts), VIX (20pts), volume (15pts), earnings safety (15pts)
- Threshold: 70% — below this posts to Board Channel for human approval
- Wired into `quant_daemon.py` between earnings check and order placement
- SPY example at VIX 24.1: 70.8% (just passes auto-approval)

**3.4 Redundancy & Failover:**
- Secondary Flask running on port 8081 as systemd service (auto-restart)
- Mac Mini DB backup live — quant_hq.db → ~/Desktop/Ava_Vault/db_backups/ every 15 min via cron
- First backup confirmed: quant_hq_20260406_123958.db on Mac Mini

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## Dashboard Sync — All URLs In Sync

- `localhost:8080` (Flask) = `localhost:18791/dashboard.html` = `localhost:18791/quant_hub/dashboard/index.html`
- All three serve identical V4 dashboard.html
- Rule: whenever dashboard.html is updated, must also copy to quant_hub/dashboard/index.html

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## UI Fix: Command Rail Tooltips

Mark noticed icon rail had no labels on hover. Fix: switched tooltip CSS to `position: fixed` to escape `overflow-y: auto` clipping on the `.cmd-rail` container. All 10 rail icons now show tooltips on hover.

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## Non-HQ Work: DeviantArt Archive Organization (~12:42 PM CDT)

Mark asked for help with personal media archives. Completed:

1. **D:\DeviantArt Archives** — 156 zip files extracted, organized by category into `1 Complete\` subfolder
2. **D:\SLR\DiaviantArt** — 80 zip files extracted, merged into `D:\DeviantArt Archives\1 Complete\` (no duplicates)
3. **Separated into two flat folders:**
   - `D:\DeviantArt Archives\AAI Movies\` — 474 .mp4 files
   - `D:\DeviantArt Archives\AI Images\` — 6,627 image files (jpeg/jpg/png/webp)
4. **Transferred to Mac Mini Vault:** Both folders (6.1GB total) copied to `~/Desktop/Ava_Vault/DeviantArt/`

## Mac Mini Desktop Viewer App (~13:24 PM CDT)

Built a desktop launcher for Mark on the Mac Mini:
- `DeviantArt Viewer.app` — double-click AppleScript app on Desktop
- `Launch DeviantArt Viewer.command` — shell script fallback
- Loads 50 random images in Preview (left half of screen) + random movie in QuickTime (right half)
- Originally tried to load all 6,627 images — caused spinning ball. Fixed to 50 random.
- `shuf` not available on macOS — replaced with Python random selection
- Windows keyboard mapping: Windows key = Command, Alt = Option
- QuickTime Loop: View → Loop (Mark sets this manually — cleaner than scripting)
- Mac Mini user is `hq` (not `markaseals`), home is `/Users/hq`, Vault at `/Users/hq/Desktop/Ava_Vault/`

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## Documents Generated Today

- `changelogs/2026-04-06-Daily-Changelog.md` + PDF
- `changelogs/HQ_Architectural_Design_Map.md` (updated V4) + PDF
- `changelogs/Board_Report_V4_Review_20260406.md` (full Board review)
- `changelogs/V4_Architecture_Roadmap.md` (updated with all completions)
- `memory/briefings/2026-04-06-briefing.md` (Monday morning briefing)

## Polygon.io — Pending Decision

Board recommended Polygon.io Starter ($29/month) for survivorship-bias-free data with point-in-time constituents. Mark has not yet decided. Current data is Yahoo Finance free (survivorship bias present, all strategy_tests marked survivorship_bias_adjusted=FALSE).

## Evening Session — 24x7 Sim Infrastructure (5:43 PM – 6:30 PM CDT)

### Simulation Complete
- 6-year replay 2019–2024: 1,715 trades | 63.0% win rate | $1,617 P&L | NLV $101,672
- All dashboard tables populated with real data

### New Tables Added
- `sim_state` — tracks current_sim_date, current_nlv, run_count, last_run_timestamp
- `board_thesis` — auto-generated strategy thesis per daily run
- `architect_log` — per-run activity log
- `macro_signals` — SPY/VIX regime tracking

### sim_engine.py Expanded
- `run_forward()` — daily forward sim mode, fetches real prices from Yahoo Finance
- `generate_thesis()` — auto-writes Board thesis + board_messages per run
- `compute_regime()` — VIX + SPY MA regime classification
- `check_strategy_health()` — 10-day WR alert if below 45%
- `log_architect()` — writes to architect_log
- `get_sim_state()` / `update_sim_state()` — sim clock management

### New Flask Endpoints
- `/api/sim/state` — sim clock and metadata
- `/api/chart/<symbol>` — live OHLCV from historical_sandbox.db (replaces static JSON)
- `/api/rsi_basket` — RSI-2 signals for 14-symbol basket
- `/api/thesis` — auto-generated Board thesis records
- `/api/macro` — macro regime from DB data
- `/api/architect_log` — system activity feed
- `/api/deployment_readiness` — 5-gate live capital readiness check

### Dashboard V4 Updates
- Interactive Chart now reads from historical_sandbox.db via /api/chart/<symbol>
- Live Metrics wired to /api/sim/live_data (DB-based, no IBKR)
- Sim Clock widget shows current_sim_date and run count
- Deployment Readiness panel with 5 gates (auto-computed)
- Board Channel auto-populated from thesis generation
- RSI Basket updates from DB every 60s
- Architect Log feed every 2 min

### Cron Schedule
- 6:00 PM CT Mon–Fri: forward sim run (advances one trading day)
- 9:00 AM CT Saturday: full stress test replay 2025→today
- 15-min: Mac Mini DB backup (existing)
- 4:30 PM CT Mon–Fri: daily PDF report (existing)

### Deployment Readiness Status (Apr 6, 2026)
- Gate 1 (30d WR ≥55%): ⏳ N/A — forward trades start tomorrow
- Gate 2 (Max DD <8%): ✅ 0.0%
- Gate 3 (≥50 fwd trades): ⏳ 0/50
- Gate 4 (fwd P&L >0): ⏳ $0
- Gate 5 (0 crashes): ✅ 0 crashes