diff --git a/crates/ml/examples/train_baseline_rl.rs b/crates/ml/examples/train_baseline_rl.rs
index f95614d28..bca8098df 100644
--- a/crates/ml/examples/train_baseline_rl.rs
+++ b/crates/ml/examples/train_baseline_rl.rs
@@ -808,27 +808,98 @@ fn run_training(args: &Args) -> Result<Vec<RlTrainingResult>> {
         info!("  Ensemble top-K: {} (training multiple models per fold)", args.ensemble_top_k);
     }
 
-    // 1. Load all OHLCV bars from DBN files
-    info!("Step 1/5: Loading OHLCV bars from DBN files...");
+    // 1. Try fxcache first, fall back to DBN loading + feature extraction
+    info!("Step 1/5: Loading data...");
     let data_load_start = std::time::Instant::now();
-    let bars = load_all_bars(&args.data_dir, &args.symbol)?;
-    if bars.is_empty() {
-        anyhow::bail!("No bars loaded from {}", args.data_dir.display());
-    }
-    info!("  Loaded {} bars ({} to {})",
-        bars.len(),
-        bars.first().map(|b| b.timestamp.to_string()).unwrap_or_default(),
-        bars.last().map(|b| b.timestamp.to_string()).unwrap_or_default(),
-    );
 
-    // 2. Extract features
-    info!("Step 2/5: Extracting {}-dimensional features...", args.feature_dim);
-    let all_features = extract_ml_features(&bars)
-        .context("Feature extraction failed")?;
-    info!("  Extracted {} feature vectors (warmup period consumed {} bars)",
-        all_features.len(),
-        bars.len().saturating_sub(all_features.len()),
-    );
+    // Auto-discover fxcache: env var > sibling feature-cache/ dir
+    let fxcache_dir = std::env::var("FOXHUNT_FEATURE_CACHE_DIR").ok().map(PathBuf::from)
+        .or_else(|| {
+            let symbol_dir = args.data_dir.join(&args.symbol);
+            let mut dir = symbol_dir.as_path();
+            loop {
+                if let Some(parent) = dir.parent() {
+                    let candidate = parent.join("feature-cache");
+                    if candidate.exists() { return Some(candidate); }
+                    if parent == dir { break; }
+                    dir = parent;
+                } else { break; }
+            }
+            None
+        });
+
+    // Try loading from fxcache
+    let fxcache_data = fxcache_dir.and_then(|cache_dir| {
+        let symbol_dir = args.data_dir.join(&args.symbol);
+        let default_mbp10 = PathBuf::from("test_data/futures-baseline-mbp10");
+        let default_trades = PathBuf::from("test_data/futures-baseline-trades");
+        let mbp10 = args.mbp10_data_dir.as_deref().unwrap_or(&default_mbp10);
+        let trades = args.trades_data_dir.as_deref().unwrap_or(&default_trades);
+        let mbp10: Option<&Path> = if mbp10.exists() { Some(mbp10) } else { None };
+        let trades: Option<&Path> = if trades.exists() { Some(trades) } else { None };
+
+        let key_hex = ml::feature_cache::calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(
+            &symbol_dir, mbp10, trades,
+        ).ok()?;
+        let key: [u8; 32] = hex::decode(&key_hex).ok()?.try_into().ok()?;
+        let path = ml::fxcache::find_fxcache(&cache_dir, &key)?;
+        match ml::fxcache::load_fxcache(&path) {
+            Ok(data) => {
+                info!("fxcache hit: {} bars from {:?}", data.bar_count, path);
+                Some(data)
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                warn!("fxcache load failed: {e}");
+                None
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    let (bars, all_features) = if let Some(cached) = fxcache_data {
+        // Reconstruct bars from cached targets (raw_close at index 2)
+        let n = cached.bar_count;
+        let mut bars = Vec::with_capacity(n);
+        for i in 0..n {
+            let close = cached.targets[i][2]; // raw_close
+            let next_close = cached.targets[i][3]; // raw_next_close
+            bars.push(ml::features::extraction::OHLCVBar {
+                timestamp: chrono::Utc::now(), // placeholder — walk-forward uses index not timestamp
+                open: close,
+                high: close,
+                low: close,
+                close,
+                volume: 0.0,
+            });
+        }
+        info!("  Loaded {} bars + features from fxcache in {:.1}s",
+            n, data_load_start.elapsed().as_secs_f64());
+        (bars, cached.features)
+    } else {
+        // Fall back to DBN loading
+        info!("  Loading OHLCV bars from DBN files...");
+        let bars = load_all_bars(&args.data_dir, &args.symbol)?;
+        if bars.is_empty() {
+            anyhow::bail!("No bars loaded from {}", args.data_dir.display());
+        }
+        info!("  Loaded {} bars ({} to {})",
+            bars.len(),
+            bars.first().map(|b| b.timestamp.to_string()).unwrap_or_default(),
+            bars.last().map(|b| b.timestamp.to_string()).unwrap_or_default(),
+        );
+
+        // 2. Extract features
+        info!("  Extracting {}-dimensional features...", args.feature_dim);
+        let all_features = extract_ml_features(&bars)
+            .context("Feature extraction failed")?;
+        info!("  Extracted {} feature vectors (warmup period consumed {} bars)",
+            all_features.len(),
+            bars.len().saturating_sub(all_features.len()),
+        );
+        // Trim bars to align with features (skip warmup)
+        let warmup_offset = bars.len().saturating_sub(all_features.len());
+        let bars = bars[warmup_offset..].to_vec();
+        (bars, all_features)
+    };
 
     // Since features skip the warmup period, we need bars aligned to features.
     // Features start at bar index warmup_offset (typically 50).