diff --git a/ml/src/trainers/dqn.rs b/ml/src/trainers/dqn.rs
index 5d3fb8e1f..dc69afce9 100644
--- a/ml/src/trainers/dqn.rs
+++ b/ml/src/trainers/dqn.rs
@@ -3439,12 +3439,19 @@ impl DQNTrainer {
             normalized_features[3], // close log return (can be negative)
         ];
 
-        // WAVE 16D: Extract technical indicators (121 features, indices 4-124)
-        // NOTE: Indices 125-127 are portfolio placeholders, replaced by PortfolioTracker below
-        let technical_indicators: Vec<f32> = normalized_features[4..125].to_vec();
+        // 54-FEATURE ARCHITECTURE: Extract market features (indices 4-53)
+        // Features 0-3: OHLCV log returns (preserved above as price_features)
+        // Features 4-53: Technical indicators, Proxy OFI, time, statistical features
+        // Portfolio features added separately via PortfolioTracker below
+        let market_features: Vec<f32> = if normalized_features.len() >= 54 {
+            normalized_features[4..54].to_vec()
+        } else {
+            // Fallback for backward compatibility (225-feature vectors)
+            normalized_features[4..std::cmp::min(125, normalized_features.len())].to_vec()
+        };
 
-        // Empty market features (all consolidated into technical_indicators)
-        let market_features = vec![];
+        // Legacy technical_indicators for backward compatibility (empty for 54-feature)
+        let technical_indicators = vec![];
 
         // BUG #36 FIX: Use NORMALIZED portfolio features to prevent Q-value explosion
         //
@@ -3473,17 +3480,16 @@ impl DQNTrainer {
             vec![0.0, 0.0, 0.0] // Fallback if no price provided
         };
 
-        // WAVE 8.3 FIX: Extract regime detection features (97 features, indices 128-224)
-        // Migration 045 added regime features:
-        // - 12 microstructure features (indices 128-139)
-        // - 85 regime detection features (indices 140-224)
-        // Indices 125-127 are portfolio placeholders (populated above by PortfolioTracker)
-        // Total state dimension: 4 (price) + 121 (technical) + 3 (portfolio) + 12 (microstructure) + 85 (regime) = 225
+        // 54-FEATURE ARCHITECTURE: No regime features (removed for feature reduction)
+        // 54 features = 4 (OHLCV) + 50 (market/technical/OFI/statistical)
+        // Portfolio features added separately via PortfolioTracker (3 features)
+        // Regime detection removed as part of 225→54 feature reduction (indices 211, 203 out of bounds)
         let regime_features: Vec<f32> = if normalized_features.len() >= 225 {
+            // Legacy 225-feature support
             normalized_features[128..225].to_vec()
         } else {
-            // Fallback for tests using 128-dim feature vectors (old format)
-            vec![0.0; 97]
+            // 54-feature architecture: no regime features
+            vec![]
         };
 
         // Use from_normalized() to preserve sign information