diff --git a/lib/auto-trade.ts b/lib/auto-trade.ts
index 232fcbf..368aa02 100644
--- a/lib/auto-trade.ts
+++ b/lib/auto-trade.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ import {
     isNoTradeTime, isPastSessionClose,
     BIG_DAY_THRESHOLD, LEG_COMPLETION_EPSILON, MAX_LEGS_PER_DAY,
     FALLBACK_COMMISSION_PER_CONTRACT, MAX_COMMISSION_PER_CONTRACT, DLL_MIN_STOP,
+    CME_EVENING_OPEN_MIN, foldReason,
     type DayPlan,
 } from './trading-logic';
 import { getSetting, setSetting } from './db';
-import { POINT_VALUES, housekeepingRoot } from './instrument-specs';
+import type { LaneTick, TickReason } from './master-protocol';
+import { POINT_VALUES, housekeepingRoot, MAX_HOLD_HOURS } from './instrument-specs';
 import { firmInstruments, drawFuturesInstrument, spreadBlock, type LegShape } from './instruments';
 import { errorMessage, isClientReady, isOrderNotPlaced, type PlatformClient, type PlatformContract, type PickContext } from './platform-client';
 
@@ -69,6 +71,9 @@ interface TradeRuntime {
     lastTickOutcome: TickOutcome;
     /** The last tick's outcome per lane. */
     laneOutcomes?: Map<string, TickOutcome>;
+    /** The last tick per lane as the master sees it: what happened and why
+     *  accounts sat it out (getSchedulerStatus). */
+    laneTicks?: Map<string, LaneTick>;
     lastFireAt: number;
     holding: string[];
     quarantined: string[];
@@ -780,14 +785,50 @@ export async function runTrade(action: 'Buy' | 'Sell' | 'Auto', symbol: string):
     return results;
 }
 
+/** What a lane's batch decided: its outcome, what it traded, and for the
+ *  master a line on what happened and why accounts sat it out. */
+type BatchOutcome = { outcome: TradeOutcome; results: FirmTradeResults[]; detail?: string; reasons?: TickReason[] };
+
+/** Accounts that sat a batch out, by reason. Dollar amounts are folded so
+ *  like reasons group ("day done ($12 left of $300)" and "($40 left of $500)"). */
+type ReasonTally = Map<string, { count: number; accounts: string[] }>;
+
+function tally(reasons: ReasonTally, reason: string, who: string): void {
+    const key = foldReason(reason);
+    const entry = reasons.get(key) ?? { count: 0, accounts: [] };
+    entry.count++;
+    if (entry.accounts.length < 3) entry.accounts.push(who);
+    reasons.set(key, entry);
+}
+
+function reasonList(reasons: ReasonTally): TickReason[] {
+    return [...reasons.entries()]
+        .map(([reason, { count, accounts }]) => ({ reason, count, accounts }))
+        .sort((a, b) => b.count - a.count)
+        .slice(0, 8);
+}
+
+const fmtCentralMinutes = (m: number): string => {
+    const h = Math.floor(m / 60) % 24;
+    return `${h % 12 || 12}:${String(m % 60).padStart(2, '0')} ${h < 12 ? 'AM' : 'PM'} CT`;
+};
+
+/** Why a lane is closed, for the master: when today's session opens. */
+function closedDetail(lane: string): string {
+    if (lane !== FUTURES_LANE) return 'standing down around the daily roll';
+    const delay = todaysSessionOpenDelay();
+    const open = getSetting('trading_hours') === 'equity_hours' ? 8 * 60 + 35 + delay : CME_EVENING_OPEN_MIN + delay;
+    return `outside trading hours — today's open is ${fmtCentralMinutes(open)}`;
+}
+
 /** One lane's batch plus what it decided, which the tick records for getSchedulerHealth. */
 async function runTradeBatch(
     action: 'Buy' | 'Sell' | 'Auto',
     symbol: string,
     lane: string,
-): Promise<{ outcome: TradeOutcome; results: FirmTradeResults[] }> {
+): Promise<BatchOutcome> {
     const lease = acquireTradeMutex('[auto-trade]', lane);
-    if (lease === null) return { outcome: 'skipped-in-flight', results: [] };
+    if (lease === null) return { outcome: 'skipped-in-flight', results: [], detail: 'another batch is still in flight' };
     try {
         return await runTradeLocked(action, symbol, lease, lane);
     } finally {
@@ -822,11 +863,11 @@ async function runTradeLocked(
     symbol: string,
     lease: number,
     lane: string,
-): Promise<{ outcome: TradeOutcome; results: FirmTradeResults[] }> {
+): Promise<BatchOutcome> {
     const laneFirms = getTradableFirms().filter((f) => laneOf(f) === lane);
     if (laneFirms.every((f) => isInNoTradeWindow(f))) {
         console.log(`[auto-trade] ${laneName(lane)}: market closed — skipping`);
-        return { outcome: 'closed', results: [] };
+        return { outcome: 'closed', results: [], detail: closedDetail(lane) };
     }
 
     // Block if any account in the lane still has an open position (same gate
@@ -836,7 +877,7 @@ async function runTradeLocked(
     const openPositions = countOpenPositions(laneReady);
     if (openPositions > 0) {
         console.log(`[auto-trade] ${laneName(lane)}: ${openPositions} position(s) still open — skipping`);
-        return { outcome: 'positions-open', results: [] };
+        return { outcome: 'positions-open', results: [], detail: `${openPositions} position(s) still open` };
     }
     const open = laneReady.filter(({ firm }) => !isInNoTradeWindow(firm));
 
@@ -858,16 +899,22 @@ async function runTradeLocked(
     type Candidate = SizingItem & { daysTraded: number; isExtraDay: boolean };
     type EligibleItem = LegItem & { daysTraded: number; isExtraDay: boolean };
     const allEligible: Candidate[] = [];
+    // Why accounts sat this batch out (accounts with no type aren't ours),
+    // and what stopped the batch itself — for the master.
+    const reasons: ReasonTally = new Map();
+    const notes = new Set<string>();
 
     for (const { firm, client } of open) {
         if (client.accountList.length === 0) continue;
         const listed = firmInstruments(firm);
         if (listed.length === 0) {
             console.log(`[auto-trade] ${firm.name}: no instruments listed — skipping firm`);
+            tally(reasons, 'its firm lists no instruments', firm.name);
             continue;
         }
         if (explicit && !listed.includes(explicit)) {
             console.log(`[auto-trade] ${firm.name}: ${explicit} isn't on its instrument list — skipping firm`);
+            tally(reasons, `${explicit} isn't on its firm's list`, firm.name);
             continue;
         }
         // One firm's trouble (a malformed snapshot) skips that firm, never
@@ -875,7 +922,11 @@ async function runTradeLocked(
         try {
             for (const acc of client.accountList) {
                 const ev = evaluateAccountForTrade(client, acc, tradeDate);
-                if (!ev || !ev.eligible || !ev.plan) continue;
+                if (!ev) continue;
+                if (!ev.eligible || !ev.plan) {
+                    tally(reasons, ev.reason || 'no day plan', acc.name);
+                    continue;
+                }
                 allEligible.push({
                     firmName: firm.name, firm, client, acc,
                     cash: ev.cash, dailyPnL: ev.dailyPnL, daysTraded: ev.daysTraded,
@@ -886,12 +937,13 @@ async function runTradeLocked(
             }
         } catch (err) {
             console.error(`[auto-trade] ${firm.name}: skipped — ${errorMessage(err)}`);
+            tally(reasons, `firm skipped — ${errorMessage(err)}`, firm.name);
         }
     }
 
     if (allEligible.length === 0) {
         console.log(`[auto-trade] ${laneName(lane)}: no eligible accounts found`);
-        return { outcome: 'no-eligible', results: [] };
+        return { outcome: 'no-eligible', results: [], detail: 'no eligible accounts', reasons: reasonList(reasons) };
     }
 
     // Take only the first batch — all fired simultaneously, no rolling pool.
@@ -932,7 +984,10 @@ async function runTradeLocked(
             const tried: string[] = [];
             for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 3 && batch.length === 0; attempt++) {
                 const root = explicit ?? await drawFuturesInstrument(allowed.filter((r) => !tried.includes(r)), shape);
-                if (!root) break;
+                if (!root) {
+                    notes.add(`nothing on ${prefix || 'its'} list fits right now (spread or ${MAX_HOLD_HOURS}h hold cap)`);
+                    break;
+                }
                 tried.push(root);
                 // Paying more than the master's limit to cross the book:
                 // not this tick (the draw left it out already; an explicit
@@ -940,6 +995,7 @@ async function runTradeLocked(
                 const wide = spreadBlock(root);
                 if (wide) {
                     console.log(`[auto-trade] ${wide} — not trading it this tick`);
+                    notes.add(wide);
                     if (explicit) break;
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -950,11 +1006,13 @@ async function runTradeLocked(
                         const pv = contract?.pointValue ?? POINT_VALUES[root];
                         if (!contract || !pv) {
                             console.log(`[auto-trade] ${firm.name}: no ${root} contract — leaving its accounts out`);
+                            notes.add(`${firm.name}: no ${root} contract`);
                             continue;
                         }
                         resolved.push(...pool.filter((it) => it.firm.id === firm.id).map((it) => ({ ...it, contract, pv })));
                     } catch (err) {
                         console.error(`[auto-trade] ${firm.name}: ${root} contract lookup failed — ${errorMessage(err)}`);
+                        notes.add(`${firm.name}: ${root} contract lookup failed`);
                     }
                 }
                 if (resolved.length > 0) {
@@ -974,9 +1032,11 @@ async function runTradeLocked(
                     resolvedSymbol = String(contract.id);
                 } else {
                     console.log(`[auto-trade] ${firm.name}: nothing on its list can trade right now`);
+                    notes.add(`${firm.name}: nothing on its list can trade right now`);
                 }
             } catch (err) {
                 console.error(`[auto-trade] ${firm.name}: instrument pick failed — ${errorMessage(err)}`);
+                notes.add(`${firm.name}: instrument pick failed — ${errorMessage(err)}`);
             }
         }
         if (batch.length > 0) {
@@ -987,7 +1047,11 @@ async function runTradeLocked(
 
     if (batch.length === 0) {
         console.log(`[auto-trade] ${laneName(lane)}: nothing tradable for any eligible group`);
-        return { outcome: 'no-eligible', results: [] };
+        return {
+            outcome: 'no-eligible', results: [],
+            detail: `${allEligible.length} eligible, nothing tradable${notes.size ? ` — ${[...notes].join('; ')}` : ''}`,
+            reasons: reasonList(reasons),
+        };
     }
 
     // Choosing took so long that another batch presumed this one wedged and
@@ -995,7 +1059,7 @@ async function runTradeLocked(
     // firing now could trade an account twice.
     if (!holdsTradeMutex(lease, lane)) {
         console.warn('[auto-trade] superseded while collecting accounts — abandoning this batch');
-        return { outcome: 'skipped-in-flight', results: [] };
+        return { outcome: 'skipped-in-flight', results: [], detail: 'superseded by another batch while choosing' };
     }
 
     console.log(`[auto-trade] ${laneName(lane)}: ${allEligible.length} eligible account(s) across ${groups.size} prefix group(s) — firing batch of ${batch.length} ${batchPrefix || '(no prefix)'} on ${resolvedSymbol}`);
@@ -1057,9 +1121,19 @@ async function runTradeLocked(
         );
     }
 
+    const all = [...firmResultsMap.values()].flat();
+    const filledCount = all.filter((r) => r.status === 'filled').length;
+    const failed = all.filter((r) => r.status === 'error');
+    // Accounts left for a later batch aren't benched: the next tick fires them.
+    for (const item of allEligible) {
+        if (!batch.some((b) => b.acc.id === item.acc.id)) tally(reasons, 'eligible — waits for a later batch', item.acc.name);
+    }
     return {
         outcome: 'fired',
         results: Array.from(firmResultsMap.entries()).map(([firm, results]) => ({ firm, results })),
+        detail: `fired ${batch.length} × ${batchPrefix || '(no prefix)'} on ${resolvedSymbol}: ${filledCount} filled`
+            + (failed.length ? `, ${failed.length} failed (${String(failed[0].reason ?? '').slice(0, 120)})` : ''),
+        reasons: reasonList(reasons),
     };
 }
 
@@ -1770,13 +1844,25 @@ export function startScheduler(action: 'Buy' | 'Sell' | 'Auto', symbol: string,
             }
 
             const outcomes = new Map<string, TickOutcome>();
+            const ticks = new Map<string, LaneTick>();
+            const record = (lane: string, outcome: TickOutcome, detail: string, reasons?: TickReason[]) => {
+                outcomes.set(lane, outcome);
+                ticks.set(lane, {
+                    lane: laneName(lane),
+                    at: new Date(now).toISOString(),
+                    outcome,
+                    detail: detail.slice(0, 300),
+                    ...(reasons && reasons.length > 0 ? { reasons } : {}),
+                });
+            };
             let filled = 0;
             for (const lane of tradableLanes()) {
                 try {
                     const laneHolding = holding.filter((f) => laneOf(f) === lane);
                     if (laneHolding.length > 0) {
-                        outcomes.set(lane, 'holding-for-sync');
-                        console.log(`[scheduler] ${laneName(lane)}: waiting for sync: ${laneHolding.map((f) => f.name).join(', ')}`);
+                        const names = laneHolding.map((f) => f.name).join(', ');
+                        record(lane, 'holding-for-sync', `waiting for sync: ${names}`);
+                        console.log(`[scheduler] ${laneName(lane)}: waiting for sync: ${names}`);
                         continue;
                     }
                     // Skip this lane if any of its accounts still has an open
@@ -1784,19 +1870,20 @@ export function startScheduler(action: 'Buy' | 'Sell' | 'Auto', symbol: string,
                     // when every (ready) account in the lane is flat.
                     const openPositions = countOpenPositions(inLane(ready, lane));
                     if (openPositions > 0) {
-                        outcomes.set(lane, 'positions-open');
+                        record(lane, 'positions-open', `${openPositions} position(s) still open`);
                         console.log(`[scheduler] ${laneName(lane)}: ${openPositions} position(s) still open — skipping tick`);
                         continue;
                     }
-                    const { outcome, results } = await runTradeBatch(state.action, state.symbol, lane);
-                    outcomes.set(lane, outcome);
+                    const { outcome, results, detail, reasons } = await runTradeBatch(state.action, state.symbol, lane);
+                    record(lane, outcome, detail ?? outcome, reasons);
                     filled += results.flatMap((r) => r.results).filter((r) => r.status === 'filled').length;
                 } catch (err) {
-                    outcomes.set(lane, `error: ${errorMessage(err)}`);
+                    record(lane, `error: ${errorMessage(err)}`, errorMessage(err));
                     console.error(`[scheduler] ${laneName(lane)}: tick error: ${errorMessage(err)}`);
                 }
             }
             rt.laneOutcomes = outcomes;
+            rt.laneTicks = ticks;
             rt.lastTickOutcome = overallOutcome([...outcomes.values()]);
             if (filled > 0) console.log(`[scheduler] tick: ${filled} account(s) filled`);
 
@@ -1880,6 +1967,8 @@ export function getSchedulerStatus() {
         intervalSeconds: parseInt(getSetting('tick_interval_seconds') ?? '60', 10),
         stopAfterAll: state.stopAfterAll,
         sessionOpenDelayMin: todaysSessionOpenDelay(),
+        // A stopped scheduler keeps its last ticks, each with its time.
+        lastTicks: [...(runtime().laneTicks?.values() ?? [])],
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/master-link.ts b/lib/master-link.ts
index 3044c04..db6f997 100644
--- a/lib/master-link.ts
+++ b/lib/master-link.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { futuresRootsHere } from './instruments';
 import { queueRun } from './queue-run';
 import { pushBackup } from './backup-sync';
 import { getBuildVersion } from './version';
+import { updaterStatus } from './updater-status';
 import type {
     Command,
     InstanceCapabilities,
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ export function pushReport(firms: unknown[], scheduler: unknown): boolean {
         scheduler: scheduler as never,
         capabilities: collectCapabilities(),
         version: getBuildVersion() ?? undefined,
+        updater: updaterStatus(),
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/master-protocol.ts b/lib/master-protocol.ts
index 5453137..998f2ae 100644
--- a/lib/master-protocol.ts
+++ b/lib/master-protocol.ts
@@ -191,9 +191,54 @@ export interface SchedulerState {
     lastRun: string | null;
     intervalSeconds: number;
     stopAfterAll?: boolean;
-    /** Today's random session-open delay in minutes (1–20), drawn once per
-     *  Central-time day. Optional so an older master simply ignores it. */
+    /** Today's random session-open delay in minutes (0–180, after 5:45 PM
+     *  CT), drawn once per Central-time day. Optional so an older master
+     *  simply ignores it. */
     sessionOpenDelayMin?: number;
+    /** What the last tick did in each lane, and why accounts sat it out.
+     *  Optional so an older master simply ignores it. */
+    lastTicks?: LaneTick[];
+}
+
+/** Accounts that sat a tick out for one reason (dollar amounts folded, so
+ *  like reasons group), with a few of their names. */
+export interface TickReason {
+    reason: string;
+    count: number;
+    accounts: string[];
+}
+
+/** What the scheduler's last tick did in one lane. */
+export interface LaneTick {
+    /** "futures", or the every-day firm's name. */
+    lane: string;
+    /** ISO time of the tick. */
+    at: string;
+    /** fired, no-eligible, positions-open, closed, holding-for-sync,
+     *  skipped-in-flight, or "error: …". */
+    outcome: string;
+    /** One line on what happened: what fired, or what stopped it. */
+    detail: string;
+    /** Why the lane's accounts weren't in the batch, most common first. */
+    reasons?: TickReason[];
+}
+
+/** The auto-updater on this machine (scripts/update-check.mjs), read from
+ *  the files it keeps and from git. */
+export interface UpdaterStatus {
+    /** Its last check (it runs every minute under PM2); null = never ran here. */
+    lastCheckAt: string | null;
+    /** What that check found, e.g. "up to date at 1a2b3c4d" or "ERROR: …". */
+    lastCheck: string | null;
+    /** An update that failed and waits to retry: at which step, how often. */
+    failed: { target: string; step: string; at: string; attempts: number } | null;
+    /** The commit the running build was made from. */
+    builtCommit: string | null;
+    /** Commits on origin this checkout doesn't have, as of the updater's
+     *  last fetch; null when git can't say. */
+    behind: number | null;
+    /** Tracked files edited on this machine — they can block the pull. */
+    localChanges: string[];
 }
 
 /** The build this instance is running — its checkout's HEAD commit. The
@@ -381,5 +426,5 @@ export type MasterMessage =
 
 export type InstanceMessage =
     | { type: 'hello'; instance: string; id?: string; capabilities: InstanceCapabilities; version?: BuildVersion }
-    | { type: 'report'; firms: FirmStats[]; scheduler: SchedulerState; capabilities?: InstanceCapabilities; version?: BuildVersion }
+    | { type: 'report'; firms: FirmStats[]; scheduler: SchedulerState; capabilities?: InstanceCapabilities; version?: BuildVersion; updater?: UpdaterStatus }
     | { type: 'ack'; id: string; ok: boolean; result?: unknown; error?: string };
diff --git a/lib/reporter.ts b/lib/reporter.ts
index 1215d0f..e03e0fc 100644
--- a/lib/reporter.ts
+++ b/lib/reporter.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import { getSetting, loadEndedCycleStart } from './db';
 import { pushReport } from './master-link';
 import { getBuildVersion } from './version';
+import { updaterStatus } from './updater-status';
 import { getClients } from './clients';
 import { getTradableFirms } from './firm-catalog';
 import { getAccountConfig } from './account-type-resolver';
@@ -505,6 +506,7 @@ export async function sendReport(): Promise<void> {
                 firms,
                 scheduler,
                 version: getBuildVersion() ?? undefined,
+                updater: updaterStatus(),
             }),
         });
     } catch {
diff --git a/lib/trading-logic.ts b/lib/trading-logic.ts
index 4aadabe..373e58d 100644
--- a/lib/trading-logic.ts
+++ b/lib/trading-logic.ts
@@ -1563,6 +1563,13 @@ function centralClock(now: Date): { day: string; minutes: number; resetMinutes:
  * waiting for them to go flat, and skips the open's widest spreads.
  */
 export const CME_EVENING_OPEN_MIN = 17 * 60 + 45;
+/** An account's reason for sitting a tick out, with its dollar amounts and
+ *  "=number" values folded, so like reasons count together on the master:
+ *  "day done ($12 left of $300)" and "day done ($40 left of $500)" are one. */
+export function foldReason(reason: string): string {
+    return reason.replace(/\$-?[\d,]+(?:\.\d+)?/g, '$…').replace(/=-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?/g, '=…');
+}
+
 /** Every-day firms' roll guard ends here (plus the day's delay): they have
  *  no Tradovate roll to wait for. */
 const EVERY_DAY_OPEN_MIN = 17 * 60 + 5;
diff --git a/lib/updater-status.ts b/lib/updater-status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6abd8e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/updater-status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/**
+ * The auto-updater's state on this machine (scripts/update-check.mjs), for
+ * the master: its last check, an update that failed and waits to retry, how
+ * far the checkout is behind origin, and tracked files edited by hand — which
+ * stop the fast-forward pull. Read from the files the updater keeps and from
+ * git, and cached: the reporter asks every 30 seconds.
+ */
+
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import type { UpdaterStatus } from './master-protocol';
+
+const CACHE_MS = 2 * 60_000;
+const BRANCH = process.env.AUTOFIRMER_BRANCH ?? 'master';
+
+// Per process: instrumentation.ts and the route handlers each load this module.
+const g = globalThis as typeof globalThis & { __updaterStatus?: { at: number; status: UpdaterStatus } };
+
+function readScript(file: string): string | null {
+    try {
+        return readFileSync(path.join(process.cwd(), 'scripts', file), 'utf8');
+    } catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+function git(args: string[]): string | null {
+    try {
+        return execFileSync('git', args, {
+            cwd: process.cwd(),
+            encoding: 'utf8',
+            stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'],
+            timeout: 5_000,
+        }).trimEnd();
+    } catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+function readFailure(): UpdaterStatus['failed'] {
+    try {
+        const f = JSON.parse(readScript('.update-failed') ?? 'null') as Record<string, unknown> | null;
+        if (!f || typeof f.target !== 'string') return null;
+        const at = Number(f.at);
+        return {
+            target: f.target.slice(0, 12),
+            step: String(f.step ?? '').slice(0, 40),
+            at: Number.isFinite(at) ? new Date(at).toISOString() : '',
+            attempts: Number(f.count) || 1,
+        };
+    } catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+export function updaterStatus(now = Date.now()): UpdaterStatus {
+    const cached = g.__updaterStatus;
+    if (cached && now - cached.at < CACHE_MS) return cached.status;
+
+    // "<ISO time>  <status>", rewritten on every check.
+    const last = /^(\S+)\s+(.*)$/.exec(readScript('.last-check')?.trim() ?? '');
+    const behind = git(['rev-list', '--count', `HEAD..origin/${BRANCH}`]);
+    const changed = git(['status', '--porcelain', '--untracked-files=no']);
+    const status: UpdaterStatus = {
+        lastCheckAt: last ? last[1] : null,
+        lastCheck: last ? last[2].slice(0, 200) : null,
+        failed: readFailure(),
+        builtCommit: readScript('.built-commit')?.trim().slice(0, 12) || null,
+        behind: behind !== null && /^\d+$/.test(behind) ? Number(behind) : null,
+        // "XY path" per line; the status column can start with a space.
+        localChanges: changed
+            ? changed.split('\n').map((line) => line.slice(3).trim()).filter(Boolean).slice(0, 10)
+            : [],
+    };
+    g.__updaterStatus = { at: now, status };
+    return status;
+}
diff --git a/scripts/check-trading-logic.mjs b/scripts/check-trading-logic.mjs
index 97e8baf..787cccc 100644
--- a/scripts/check-trading-logic.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-trading-logic.mjs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
     botStopsActive, sizeNotional, isNoTradeTime, isPastSessionClose, nextTradingDate, effectiveCombine, DEFAULT_TARGET_HOLD_HOURS,
     projectPerfectPath, cycleCompletion, DLL_RESERVE_FRACTION, DLL_MIN_STOP, notionalCap, expectedSwapToWin, MARGIN_HEADROOM,
     dllReserve, DLL_SLIPPAGE_FRACTION, maxLossRoom, lastStand, breachDistance, LAST_STAND_FRACTION, planLegSize, rankForTarget,
-    currentTradeDateCT,
+    currentTradeDateCT, foldReason,
 } from '../lib/trading-logic.ts';
 
 // Deterministic PRNG so a failure reproduces.
@@ -729,3 +729,12 @@ test('l2Book best bid/ask', () => {
     assert.equal(empty.bid, undefined);
     assert.equal(empty.ask, undefined);
 });
+
+test('tick reasons fold their amounts, so like reasons count together', () => {
+    assert.equal(foldReason('day done ($12.5 left of $300)'), 'day done ($… left of $…)');
+    assert.equal(foldReason('day done ($40 left of $1,500)'), 'day done ($… left of $…)');
+    assert.equal(foldReason('already traded today (realizedPnL=-123.45)'), 'already traded today (realizedPnL=…)');
+    assert.equal(foldReason('daily loss limit: $294.7 of $3000 left — day booked'), 'daily loss limit: $… of $… left — day booked');
+    assert.equal(foldReason("waiting for the broker to roll the account's day"), "waiting for the broker to roll the account's day");
+    assert.equal(foldReason('leg cap reached (5 today)'), 'leg cap reached (5 today)');
+});