diff --git a/infra/k8s/services/multistrat-rebalancer.yaml b/infra/k8s/services/multistrat-rebalancer.yaml
index bce79d7bb..9ab5e72a4 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/services/multistrat-rebalancer.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/services/multistrat-rebalancer.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ spec:
                 - {name: MULTISTRAT_REBALANCE_DAYS, value: "7"}
                 - {name: MULTISTRAT_DD_HALT, value: "0.20"}
                 - {name: MULTISTRAT_MAX_ORDER, value: "0.30"}
-                - {name: MULTISTRAT_EXECUTE, value: "false"}   # <-- flip to "true" after validating dry-run logs
+                - {name: MULTISTRAT_EXECUTE, value: "true"}    # ARMED: places paper orders (account DU* paper-guarded; live needs MULTISTRAT_ALLOW_LIVE_CONFIRMED)
                 - {name: MULTISTRAT_STATE, value: "/data/state.json"}
                 - {name: MULTISTRAT_LOG, value: "/data/bot.log"}
                 - {name: PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK, value: "1"}