diff --git a/lib/master-protocol.ts b/lib/master-protocol.ts
index 516961d..53d3457 100644
--- a/lib/master-protocol.ts
+++ b/lib/master-protocol.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ export interface AccountTypeStats {
     partial?: number;
     loss?: number;
     /** Live accounts by trading days completed toward the current target:
-     *  {daysTraded: accountCount}. Feeds the master's payout calendar.
-     *  Optional so an older master simply ignores it. */
+     *  {daysTraded: accountCount}. Feeds the master's payout calendar, so
+     *  accounts that are dead, DLL-locked, or in the red are left out — the
+     *  calendar only projects accounts still on the winning path. Optional so
+     *  an older master simply ignores it. */
     daysHist?: Record<number, number>;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/reporter.ts b/lib/reporter.ts
index 6dc23f6..4140415 100644
--- a/lib/reporter.ts
+++ b/lib/reporter.ts
@@ -83,11 +83,14 @@ function collectFirmStats() {
             // Same combined-day view as the trade path: for a combining firm,
             // "today" spans the holiday stretch. Computed for every live
             // account — including ones mid-trade — so the days-traded
-            // histogram below covers the whole slice.
+            // histogram below covers the whole slice. Accounts in the red or
+            // DLL-locked stay OUT of the histogram: the payout calendar
+            // projects from "on the winning path", which they are not.
+            // (Dead accounts never reach here — the auto-liq check above.)
             const combined = cfg ? combineCmeSessions(
                 cfg.combineCmeHolidays, client.dailyPnL[acc.id] ?? [], currentTradeDateCT(), cash.realizedPnL,
             ) : null;
-            if (combined) {
+            if (cfg && combined && acc.active && cash.amount - cfg.accountSize >= 0) {
                 const hist = (slice.daysHist ??= {});
                 hist[combined.daysTraded] = (hist[combined.daysTraded] ?? 0) + 1;
             }