diff --git a/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/trainer/mod.rs b/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/trainer/mod.rs
index 90ca3dfe6..e0fc8eef3 100644
--- a/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/trainer/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/trainer/mod.rs
@@ -1538,6 +1538,15 @@ impl DQNTrainer {
                 .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("guard reset: {e}"))?;
         }
 
+        // P5T2 fix: clear regression-detection consecutive-warn/error streaks
+        // at fold boundary. Walk-forward folds are independent training runs;
+        // without this reset a fold-2 epoch in the error band can trip
+        // termination because earlier folds each contributed accumulated
+        // streak counts. Found during P5T5 Phase D smoke (avg_grad_norm 3e7
+        // tripped after 6 cumulative cross-fold epochs even though no single
+        // fold individually crossed the 2N threshold).
+        self.metric_bands.reset_streaks();
+
         // Task 2.5 Bug #5 — reset controller fire counters + total-epochs +
         // prev-controller snapshot at fold boundary. Without this, Track 3
         // C2/C5 fold-boundary artefacts (cosine-annealed tau jumps when
diff --git a/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/trainer/monitoring.rs b/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/trainer/monitoring.rs
index b604c9d1d..19a985ccc 100644
--- a/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/trainer/monitoring.rs
+++ b/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/trainer/monitoring.rs
@@ -152,6 +152,20 @@ impl MetricBandsRegistry {
         Self::new(HashMap::new(), BandSettings::default())
     }
 
+    /// Clear consecutive-warn and consecutive-error streak counters for every
+    /// known metric. Bands and settings are preserved.
+    ///
+    /// Called from `DQNTrainer::reset_for_fold` so different walk-forward
+    /// folds — which are independent training runs over disjoint date ranges
+    /// — never share streaks. Without this, a fold-2 epoch in the error band
+    /// could trigger termination because fold-0 and fold-1 each contributed
+    /// some out-of-band epochs that accumulated into the count, even though
+    /// neither fold individually crossed the 2N threshold.
+    pub(crate) fn reset_streaks(&mut self) {
+        self.consecutive_warn.clear();
+        self.consecutive_error.clear();
+    }
+
     /// Load bands + settings from a toml file. The `[bands]` section may be
     /// empty (returns an empty registry); a missing file is a hard error.
     pub(crate) fn load_from_toml(path: &Path) -> Result<Self> {
@@ -311,6 +325,38 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn reset_streaks_clears_consecutive_counters() {
+        // P5T5 Phase E: walk-forward folds are independent training runs;
+        // reset_streaks must clear cross-fold accumulation so a fold-N
+        // out-of-band epoch can't trip termination off counts inherited
+        // from folds 0..N-1.
+        let mut reg = MetricBandsRegistry::new(
+            bands_one("m", band(-1.0, 1.0, -100.0, 100.0)),
+            BandSettings { consecutive_epochs_for_warn: 3, consecutive_epochs_for_error: 6 },
+        );
+        // Accumulate 5 out-of-error-band epochs (1 short of termination)
+        for _ in 0..5 {
+            assert!(reg.update_and_check("m", 1e9).is_none());
+        }
+        // Fold boundary
+        reg.reset_streaks();
+        // Streak must now be zero — 5 more out-of-band epochs still no
+        // termination (would have terminated at the 1st without the reset)
+        for i in 0..5 {
+            let result = reg.update_and_check("m", 1e9);
+            assert!(
+                result.is_none(),
+                "post-reset epoch {i}: expected None (streak < 6), got {result:?}",
+            );
+        }
+        // 6th post-reset epoch terminates
+        let term = reg
+            .update_and_check("m", 1e9)
+            .expect("expected RegressionError on 6th post-reset out-of-band epoch");
+        assert!(matches!(term, TerminationReason::RegressionError { .. }));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn six_consecutive_error_epochs_terminate() {
         let mut reg = MetricBandsRegistry::new(
diff --git a/docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md b/docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md
index 5317deec1..bb8ab53ca 100644
--- a/docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md
+++ b/docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 **Status:** Populated during Plan 1 Task 6 (A.5 orphan audit). Updated on every commit per Invariant 7.
 
+P5T5 Phase E (2026-04-26): per-fold reset for `MetricBandsRegistry` regression-detection streaks. Bug found during Phase D smoke — P5T2's registry never cleared `consecutive_warn` / `consecutive_error` HashMaps at fold boundaries, so walk-forward folds accumulated streaks across boundaries. F2 epoch in error band tripped termination at "6 consecutive" even though no fold individually crossed 2N=6. Fix: `reset_streaks()` method clears both HashMaps; called from `DQNTrainer::reset_for_fold()`. New unit test `reset_streaks_clears_consecutive_counters` verifies the per-fold isolation. 9/9 monitoring unit tests pass.
+
 **Legend:**
 - `Wired` — consumed by production training + val path.
 - `Partial` — consumed on one side only (training OR val, or forward OR backward).