WIP: 6+ weeks of uncommitted EA development and preset tuning

Confluence EA (v1.16 → v1.20):
- Per-EA realized P&L tracking via history deals
- Weekly drawdown protection
- Warmup bars, pivot cache, state persistence
- Point-scaled pivot thresholds, ranging ATR factor
- Market filling mode helper per symbol

Grid EA (v3.1 → v4.1):
- Adaptive filters, adaptive entry, spread filter
- Session filter, breakeven, correlation caps, range drift
- Profit protection (stop-after-profit, cycle reports)
- Edge cleanup v5.0 — close wrong-side positions outside grid
- Master one-shot shutdown, grid state persistence

Presets:
- Fix GetOut=Y shutdown bug on 4 grid presets
- Relax ADXMax 18→40, widen RSI 20/80 across grid presets
- Standardize daily drawdown 3%→5%, add weekly 10%
- Increase grid lots 0.01→0.03
- Normalize confluence ATR thresholds per pair
- Add XAGUSD, EURCHF, EURGBP, AUDNZD presets

Docs & DevOps:
- April 23 audit files (preset mismatch, code review, checklist)
- n8n workflow and validation infrastructure updates
- AI agent analyses in notes/

Known issues carried forward:
- Shared drawdown budget contamination (both EAs)
- Confluence ranging-market threshold inversion
- Older grid presets missing v4.1 safety controls

2026-04-23 OrdersEA Smart Grid - Live Preset Comparison.md

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+# 2026-04-23 OrdersEA Smart Grid - Live Preset Comparison
+
+Compared repo grid preset files against the live MT5 preset files under:
+
+`~/mt5-docker/config/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/MetaTrader 5/MQL5/Presets/`
+
+## Scope
+
+Compared these pairs:
+- `grid-eurusd.set`
+- `grid-usdjpy.set`
+- `grid-gbpusd.set`
+- `grid-gbpjpy.set`
+- `grid-xauusd.set`
+- `grid-audusd.set`
+- `grid-usdcad.set`
+- `grid-usdchf.set`
+- `grid-nzdusd.set`
+- `grid-eurjpy.set`
+- `grid-eurgbp.set`
+- `grid-eurchf.set`
+- `grid-audnzd.set`
+
+Checked the settings that materially affect runtime behavior:
+- `MagicNum`
+- `GetOut`
+- `OpenNewTrades`
+- `InpUseSessionFilter`
+- `InpSessionStartHour`
+- `InpSessionEndHour`
+- `InpUseBreakeven`
+- `InpMaxSpreadPoints`
+- `InpMaxLongSymbols`
+- `InpMaxShortSymbols`
+- `InpAdaptiveEntry`
+- `InpRelaxFilterAfterDays`
+- `InpRangeDriftEnable`
+- `InpUseStopLoss`
+- `StopLoss`
+- `InpMaxDailyDrawdown`
+- `InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown`
+- `BaseEquity`
+
+## Result
+
+The live MT5 preset files match the repo presets for all reviewed pairs and tracked fields.
+
+There is no repo-vs-live drift in the preset files themselves.
+
+## Important Implication
+
+This confirms that the preset-file issues already identified are also present in the live preset files:
+
+- `GetOut=Y` is present in live `grid-usdjpy.set`
+- `GetOut=Y` is present in live `grid-gbpusd.set`
+- `GetOut=Y` is present in live `grid-gbpjpy.set`
+- `GetOut=Y` is present in live `grid-xauusd.set`
+
+The older live presets also still omit many newer v4.1 controls, including:
+- explicit session filter settings
+- explicit spread caps
+- explicit breakeven settings
+- explicit correlation caps
+- explicit adaptive relaxation settings
+
+The newer live presets (`grid-eurgbp.set`, `grid-eurchf.set`, `grid-audnzd.set`) do include those newer controls.
+
+## Limitation
+
+This comparison only proves that the preset files on disk match the repo.
+
+It does **not** prove:
+- that each MT5 chart has reloaded the latest preset
+- that each chart is attached to the intended preset
+- that the running chart state matches the preset file currently on disk
+
+## Next Verification Options
+
+1. Inspect MT5 logs to infer the settings each live chart actually initialized with.
+2. Compare chart-by-chart loaded values inside MT5 terminal properties.
+3. Normalize the obvious preset issues first, then reload charts and verify again.