# STAGE 1 — Adaptive Risk Manual Audit

**Product:** GSignalX Velocity Premium trader manual  
**Cut:** Velocity Premium 2.17  
**Source brief:** Master Prompt — Adaptive Trading Risk Management Manual Upgrade  
**Date:** 2026-09-21

## What the original manual already does well

- Clear **ownership**: GSignalX opens risk; **ProfitScouter** closes (`BANK` / `CUT` / `FLAT`).
- Desk contract: `PLAY` / `STOP` / `HALT` never flatten — **STOP ≠ FLAT**.
- Teachable exit arms: Profit CASH, Loss CASH (opt-in), TRAIL, adverse AUTO, Scouter VPOF structure exit.
- OF/VP class awareness: **PROXY** (FX context) vs **FULL** tape; two different VPOF switches (entry TRACK vs Scouter exit).
- Practice path: FIXED 0.01, magic `20260904`, Topology A, practice caps $20/$50/$100.
- Active Session coach (prior pass): sticky mantra, `#manage`, FX/CMD/Crypto matrix, mind map.

## Missing risk controls (vs Master Prompt)

| Layer | Status before this upgrade |
|-------|----------------------------|
| A–Q framework map | Incomplete — only open-trade S/R + premature close |
| Market-condition engine | Shallow (ranging/trending only) |
| Indices / equities / CFDs / futures | Thin or absent |
| Signal generation vs execution | Implicit, not taught as separate risks |
| Bot / technology risk | Deploy/VERIFY only; no strategy vs execution vs tech split |
| Position size vs risk vs margin vs max loss | Lot default present; distinctions missing |
| Multi-timeframe risk | Style chips only |
| Event / news risk | Friday FX stop mentioned; no general event checklist |
| Correlation / portfolio | Fleet categories exist; concentration risk under-taught |
| 9-phase lifecycle | Mid-session checklist only |
| Emotional vs structural exits | Partially covered |
| Indicator limitations | OF/VP modes present; classic engines under-qualified |

## Ambiguities / contradictions to clarify in prose

1. **Profit CASH vs “close profit late”** — CASH is a *pre-planned floor*, not panic banking the first tick of green. TRAIL / VPOF-BANK are the “let run” tools between floors.
2. **Loss CASH OFF vs “close loss early”** — Early cut means *structure invalid* (CUT / AUTO / VPOF-CUT), not casually arming Loss CASH or emotional FLAT.
3. **FIXED 0.01** — Practice default lot, **not** a claim that risk-per-trade is correct for every account.
4. **OF/VP BALANCE fade** vs open-trade “don’t fade every pullback” — Regime-specific; TREND forbids fade.

## Pedagogy → product map

| Guidance concept | Velocity Premium control |
|------------------|--------------------------|
| Structured profit bank | Profit CASH / LAYER / Scouter VPOF-BANK |
| Let profit run | TRAIL; avoid first-green BANK |
| Valid early loss exit | CUT · adverse AUTO · VPOF-CUT when thesis broken |
| Emotional early loss | Do not arm Loss CASH casually; do not FLAT on noise |
| Desk soft stop | STOP / Prop soft STOP — entries off, tickets remain |
| Chart S/R while open | Observe zones; VP levels when OF/VP armed |
| Signal ≠ fill | Chart/Desk signal vs Trade Center fill vs Scouter exit |
| Tech failure | VERIFY, Algo ON, Instance ID/magic match, freshness SLA |

## Technical weaknesses (docs frontend)

- Risk content was concentrated in `#manage` + short injects — not full A–Q.
- No context selector (asset class / condition / manual|signal|bot).
- Asset matrix stopped at FX / CMD / Crypto.
- No reusable `risk-block` visual system for decision points.

## Scope for Stage 2–4 (this upgrade)

Expand in place: deepen `#manage`, embed decision-point blocks, add framework JSON + docs context UI. **No MQ5 logic changes. No invented broker numbers or performance claims.**