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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #093: Google Recommender CAV Not Useful for Trading

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #093: Google Recommender CAV Not Useful for Trading

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #094: North Star $100/day Reality Check

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #094: North Star $100/day Reality Check

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #105: Post-Trade RAG Sync Was Missing

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #105: Post-Trade RAG Sync Was Missing

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AI Trading: LL-095: Pre-Trade Pattern Validation Wired In

AI Trading: LL-095: Pre-Trade Pattern Validation Wired In

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #093: North Star Reality Check - $100/Day Requires $50K+ Capital

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #093: North Star Reality Check - $100/Day Requires $50K+ Capital

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned: Phil Town Rule 1 Violation - Unprotected Positions Lost $93.69 (Jan 7, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned: Phil Town Rule 1 Violation - Unprotected Positions Lost $93.69 (Jan 7, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #093: Automation Metadata Stale - No Trades Executed Jan 7

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #093: Automation Metadata Stale - No Trades Executed Jan 7

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #094: Daily Trading Workflow Not Triggering (Jan 7, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #094: Daily Trading Workflow Not Triggering (Jan 7, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #093: CI Triggering Blocked Without GitHub PAT (Jan 7, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #093: CI Triggering Blocked Without GitHub PAT (Jan 7, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #107: Honest Report - System NOT Following Phil Town (Jan 7, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #107: Honest Report - System NOT Following Phil Town (Jan 7, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #095: Daily Trading Workflow Failure (Jan 7, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #095: Daily Trading Workflow Failure (Jan 7, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #095: Trading Workflow Regression - Jan 7, 2026

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #095: Trading Workflow Regression - Jan 7, 2026

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #108: Strategy Verification Session (Jan 7, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #108: Strategy Verification Session (Jan 7, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #110: Trailing Stops Script Existed But Never Executed

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #110: Trailing Stops Script Existed But Never Executed

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #111: Paper Trading Capital Must Be Realistic

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #111: Paper Trading Capital Must Be Realistic

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #112: Pre-Market Position Protection Gap

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #112: Pre-Market Position Protection Gap

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #112: Phase 1 Cleanup - ChromaDB Removed

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #112: Phase 1 Cleanup - ChromaDB Removed

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #115: PAL MCP for Adversarial Trade Validation

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #115: PAL MCP for Adversarial Trade Validation

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #116: Observability Lasagna - Connecting Logs to Traces

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #116: Observability Lasagna - Connecting Logs to Traces

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #112: Self-Healing Data Integrity System Required

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #112: Self-Healing Data Integrity System Required

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #117: Trust Audit - Full System Review (Jan 8, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #117: Trust Audit - Full System Review (Jan 8, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #117: ChromaDB Removal Caused 2-Day Trading Gap

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #117: ChromaDB Removal Caused 2-Day Trading Gap

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #119: Paper Trading API Key Mismatch After Account Reset

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #119: Paper Trading API Key Mismatch After Account Reset

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #120: Paper Trading System Broken for 4 Days (Jan 5-9, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #120: Paper Trading System Broken for 4 Days (Jan 5-9, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #121: Investment Strategy Audit - Honest Assessment (Jan 9, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #121: Investment Strategy Audit - Honest Assessment (Jan 9, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned: False PR Merge Claims - Took Credit for Auto-Merged Work

AI Trading: Lesson Learned: False PR Merge Claims - Took Credit for Auto-Merged Work

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #120: Paper Trading Broken - Trust Crisis (Jan 9, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #120: Paper Trading Broken - Trust Crisis (Jan 9, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #122: CEO Trust Audit - Comprehensive Strategy Review (Jan 9, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #122: CEO Trust Audit - Comprehensive Strategy Review (Jan 9, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #123: Trust Rebuild Audit - Comprehensive Evidence-Based Review

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #123: Trust Rebuild Audit - Comprehensive Evidence-Based Review

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #124: GitHub Secrets ARE Configured - Stop Hallucinating

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #124: GitHub Secrets ARE Configured - Stop Hallucinating

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #120: Capital-Aware Watchlist Required for Paper Trading

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #120: Capital-Aware Watchlist Required for Paper Trading

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AI Trading: LL-120: API Access Verification Required Before Trading

AI Trading: LL-120: API Access Verification Required Before Trading

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #125: Comprehensive Trust Audit (Jan 9, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #125: Comprehensive Trust Audit (Jan 9, 2026)

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AI Trading: LL-126: Alpaca API Credentials Invalid - 401 Unauthorized

AI Trading: LL-126: Alpaca API Credentials Invalid - 401 Unauthorized

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AI Trading: LL-124: Phil Town CSP Strategy Not Executing Trades

AI Trading: LL-124: Phil Town CSP Strategy Not Executing Trades

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #124: Secret Exposure Incident - Jan 9, 2026

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #124: Secret Exposure Incident - Jan 9, 2026

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #125: Stale Position Data Inconsistency (Jan 9, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #125: Stale Position Data Inconsistency (Jan 9, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #126: Critical Position Review - Expired Options and Missing Stop-Losses

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #126: Critical Position Review - Expired Options and Missing Stop-Losses

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #127: LangSmith Removal - Dead Code Cleanup

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #127: LangSmith Removal - Dead Code Cleanup

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #127: Comprehensive Trust Audit - CEO Questions Answered (Jan 9, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #127: Comprehensive Trust Audit - CEO Questions Answered (Jan 9, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #128: Comprehensive Trust Audit (Jan 10, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #128: Comprehensive Trust Audit (Jan 10, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #129: Small Account Options Strategies for 2026

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #129: Small Account Options Strategies for 2026

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #129: CEO Trust Audit - Comprehensive Answers (Jan 10, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #129: CEO Trust Audit - Comprehensive Answers (Jan 10, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #129: Backtest Evaluation Bugs Discovered via Deep Research

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #129: Backtest Evaluation Bugs Discovered via Deep Research

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #129: Execute Trades, Don't Just Analyze

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #129: Execute Trades, Don't Just Analyze

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #129: Wheel Strategy Criticism - Deep Research

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #129: Wheel Strategy Criticism - Deep Research

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #130: Comprehensive Investment Strategy Review (Jan 11, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #130: Comprehensive Investment Strategy Review (Jan 11, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #131: Self-Healing Gap - Blog Lesson Sync

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #131: Self-Healing Gap - Blog Lesson Sync

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #130: Account Balance RAG Recording Failure (Jan 11, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #130: Account Balance RAG Recording Failure (Jan 11, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #132: RAG Stuck on December 2025 Content (CRISIS)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #132: RAG Stuck on December 2025 Content (CRISIS)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #133: LYING - Claimed Fix Without Verification

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #133: LYING - Claimed Fix Without Verification

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #134: RAG Architecture Misunderstanding - Wrong Fix Applied

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #134: RAG Architecture Misunderstanding - Wrong Fix Applied

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned #079: Tomorrow Hallucination Incident (Jan 5, 2026)

AI Trading: Lesson Learned #079: Tomorrow Hallucination Incident (Jan 5, 2026)

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AI Trading: Lesson Learned: NEVER Tell CEO to Run CI - Do It Yourself

AI Trading: Lesson Learned: NEVER Tell CEO to Run CI - Do It Yourself

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AI Trading: Weekend Learning Report | Day 79 - January 18, 2026

AI Trading: Weekend Learning Report | Day 79 - January 18, 2026

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AI Trading: Day 84 - 6 Lessons Learned (January 20, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 84 - 6 Lessons Learned (January 20, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 85 - 6 Lessons Learned (January 21, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 85 - 6 Lessons Learned (January 21, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 85 - 18 Lessons Learned (January 21, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 85 - 18 Lessons Learned (January 21, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 86 - 20 Lessons Learned (January 22, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 86 - 20 Lessons Learned (January 22, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 87 - 16 Lessons Learned (January 23, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 87 - 16 Lessons Learned (January 23, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 87 - 18 Lessons Learned (January 23, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 87 - 18 Lessons Learned (January 23, 2026)

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Ralph Weekly Digest: AI Trading System Update (2026-01-25)

Ralph Weekly Digest: AI Trading System Update (2026-01-25)

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AI Trading: Day 87 - 6 Lessons Learned (January 23, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 87 - 6 Lessons Learned (January 23, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 88 - 4 Lessons Learned (January 24, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 88 - 4 Lessons Learned (January 24, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 87 - 6 Lessons Learned (January 23, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 87 - 6 Lessons Learned (January 23, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 88 - 4 Lessons Learned (January 24, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 88 - 4 Lessons Learned (January 24, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 77 - 25 Lessons Learned (January 13, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 77 - 25 Lessons Learned (January 13, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 89 - 4 Lessons Learned (January 25, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 89 - 4 Lessons Learned (January 25, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 77 - 25 Lessons Learned (January 13, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 77 - 25 Lessons Learned (January 13, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 85 - 10 Lessons Learned (January 21, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 85 - 10 Lessons Learned (January 21, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 77 - 25 Lessons Learned (January 13, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 77 - 25 Lessons Learned (January 13, 2026)

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AI Trading: Day 85 - 10 Lessons Learned (January 21, 2026)

AI Trading: Day 85 - 10 Lessons Learned (January 21, 2026)

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Day 91: The Trade That Changed Everything (+$24959)
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Day 91: The Trade That Changed Everything (+$24959)

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Ralph Weekly Digest: AI Trading System Update (2026-02-01)

Ralph Weekly Digest: AI Trading System Update (2026-02-01)

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