diff --git a/lib/master-protocol.ts b/lib/master-protocol.ts
index bbdb4b4..1e99470 100644
--- a/lib/master-protocol.ts
+++ b/lib/master-protocol.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ export interface AccountTypeStats {
      *  calendar only projects accounts still on the winning path. Optional so
      *  an older master simply ignores it. */
     daysHist?: Record<number, number>;
-    /** Live accounts by the trading day they are on today (1 = first day of
-     *  the current cycle, counting traded days before today's trade date),
+    /** Live accounts by days traded in the current cycle — the instance
+     *  dashboard's Days Traded number (minDayPnL-qualifying days, today
+     *  included once booked) —
      *  with how many of them hit today's target; completed = how many of those
      *  hits finished the cycle. Lets the master show "Day 1 3/5 · Day 2 1/4".
      *  Optional: older instances omit it. */
diff --git a/lib/reporter.ts b/lib/reporter.ts
index b9e3e6c..ae5ff7e 100644
--- a/lib/reporter.ts
+++ b/lib/reporter.ts
@@ -123,11 +123,14 @@ function collectFirmStats() {
                 cfg.targetSameEquity, cfg.withdrawalStages,
                 client.priorProfit?.[acc.id] ?? 0, fundTxns, cfg.minDayPnL,
             ) : null;
-            // The day this account is on today, for the master's per-day pass
-            // counts. Days before today's trade date only, so it reads the
-            // same before and after today's P&L books.
+            // Days traded, for the master's per-day pass counts — the same
+            // number as the local dashboard's Days Traded column
+            // (app/api/state): only days reaching minDayPnL when it is set,
+            // today included once it books.
             const dayOn = combined
-                ? combined.dailyPnL.filter((d) => d.pnl !== 0 && d.date !== combined.tradeDate).length + 1
+                ? effective && effective.minDayPnL > 0
+                    ? combined.dailyPnL.filter((d) => d.pnl >= effective.minDayPnL).length
+                    : combined.daysTraded
                 : null;
             const dayEntry = dayOn === null ? null : ((slice.dayStats ??= {})[dayOn] ??= { total: 0, targetHit: 0 });
             if (dayEntry) dayEntry.total++;