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  "review_id": "2026-07-23-edge-exclusion",
  "single_changed_factor": "Remove EDGE/USDT:USDT from the 12-pair whitelist.",
  "execution_note": "Run sequentially on the production host at explicit user direction, with each research container limited to 0.75 CPU and 900 MB; live trade containers were not changed or restarted.",
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        "DOGE/USDT:USDT",
        "ADA/USDT:USDT",
        "ZEC/USDT:USDT",
        "EDGE/USDT:USDT",
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        "VANRY/USDT:USDT",
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        "DOGE/USDT:USDT",
        "ADA/USDT:USDT",
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        "POWER/USDT:USDT",
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        "ADA/USDT:USDT",
        "ZEC/USDT:USDT",
        "EDGE/USDT:USDT",
        "POWER/USDT:USDT",
        "VANRY/USDT:USDT",
        "UNI/USDT:USDT"
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  },
  "decision": "REJECT_OFFLINE_EDGE_EXCLUSION",
  "chart": "edge_exclusion_comparison.png",
  "visual_review": "Opened the full-resolution chart and verified all four panels against the manifest. The training equity curves separate materially after late March, with the minus-EDGE variant finishing lower and suffering the larger drawdown; the validation variant finishes modestly higher. The attribution panel confirms that both directions are dominated by slot reordering: -113.18 USDT in training versus +56.25 USDT in validation. Labels, legends, windows, and signs are readable and consistent; no rendering contradiction found.",
  "repeated_pair_cohort_gate": {
    "edge_negative_in_both_windows": false,
    "passed": false
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}