diff --git a/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/config.rs b/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/config.rs
index d938b9503..b9e5ae9e5 100644
--- a/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/config.rs
+++ b/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/config.rs
@@ -931,6 +931,13 @@ pub struct DQNHyperparameters {
     /// Prevents memorization of fixed simulation parameters.
     pub enable_domain_randomization: bool,
 
+    /// Periodic shrink-and-perturb interval (0=disabled, 20=every 20 epochs)
+    pub shrink_perturb_interval: usize,
+    /// Shrink-and-perturb alpha (0.85 = keep 85%, reinit 15%)
+    pub shrink_perturb_alpha: f64,
+    /// Shrink-and-perturb noise scale (Xavier)
+    pub shrink_perturb_sigma: f64,
+
     // Wave 16 Portfolio Features
     /// Enable action masking (filters invalid actions based on position limits)
     pub enable_action_masking: bool,
@@ -1413,6 +1420,10 @@ impl DQNHyperparameters {
 
             // Generalization: domain randomization (per-epoch jitter on sim params)
             enable_domain_randomization: true,   // Default: enabled (prevents memorization of fixed sim params)
+            // Generalization: periodic shrink-and-perturb (kills memorized weights)
+            shrink_perturb_interval: 20,         // Every 20 epochs (0=disabled)
+            shrink_perturb_alpha: 0.85,          // Keep 85% of weights, reinit 15%
+            shrink_perturb_sigma: 0.01,          // Xavier noise scale
 
             // Wave 16 Portfolio Features (default: ALL ENABLED)
             enable_action_masking: true,         // Default: action masking enabled
diff --git a/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/trainer/training_loop.rs b/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/trainer/training_loop.rs
index 99846daec..5b9c72403 100644
--- a/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/trainer/training_loop.rs
+++ b/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/trainer/training_loop.rs
@@ -262,6 +262,19 @@ impl DQNTrainer {
                 ));
             }
 
+            // ── Periodic shrink-and-perturb: kill memorized weights ──
+            let sp_interval = self.hyperparams.shrink_perturb_interval;
+            if sp_interval > 0 && epoch > 0 && epoch % sp_interval == 0 {
+                if let Some(ref mut fused) = self.fused_ctx {
+                    let alpha = self.hyperparams.shrink_perturb_alpha as f32;
+                    let sigma = self.hyperparams.shrink_perturb_sigma as f32;
+                    match fused.shrink_and_perturb(alpha, sigma) {
+                        Ok(()) => info!(epoch, alpha, sigma, "Periodic shrink-and-perturb applied"),
+                        Err(e) => warn!(epoch, "Shrink-and-perturb failed (non-fatal): {e}"),
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             // ── Phase 3: Batched training from replay buffer ──
             let phase3_start = std::time::Instant::now();
             let train_step_count = self.run_training_steps(training_data).await?;