diff --git a/app/api/trades/route.ts b/app/api/trades/route.ts
index c94d250..03ee9d4 100644
--- a/app/api/trades/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/trades/route.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export async function GET(req: Request) {
         const open = t.closedAt === null && t.closeReason === null && t.closedBy === null;
         const closedBy = open ? null
             : t.closedBy === 'bot' ? 'bot'
-                : t.closeReason === 'user_requested' ? (tracked(t.closedAt ?? t.openedAt) ? 'outside' : 'user_requested')
+                : t.closeReason === 'user_requested' ? (t.closedBy === 'outside' || tracked(t.closedAt ?? t.openedAt) ? 'outside' : 'user_requested')
                     : t.closeReason ?? 'unknown';
         const net = open || t.pnl === null ? null
             : Math.round((t.pnl - Math.abs(t.fee ?? 0) + (t.funding ?? 0)) * 100) / 100;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export async function GET(req: Request) {
             net,
             openedAt: t.openedAt,
             closedAt: t.closedAt,
-            openedBy: t.openedBy === 'bot' ? 'bot' : tracked(t.openedAt) ? 'outside' : null,
+            openedBy: t.openedBy === 'bot' ? 'bot' : t.openedBy === 'outside' || tracked(t.openedAt) ? 'outside' : null,
             closedBy,
         };
     });
diff --git a/lib/db.ts b/lib/db.ts
index fd0edfb..63976f7 100644
--- a/lib/db.ts
+++ b/lib/db.ts
@@ -582,7 +582,9 @@ export function wipeAccountData(accountId: number): void {
 // Every position a platform's history shows — the bot's and anyone else's
 // (Vest: GET /v3/positions). The platform can't tell an API order from a
 // click, so opened_by / closed_by record what this instance did itself:
-// 'bot' when its own order opened or closed the position, NULL otherwise.
+// 'bot' when its own order opened or closed the position, NULL otherwise —
+// or 'outside', set by hand for a trade from before marking began whose
+// origin the bot's own log settles.
 // A wipe leaves these alone: they're refetched, but the marks aren't.
 
 db.exec(`