diff --git a/crates/ml/examples/precompute_features.rs b/crates/ml/examples/precompute_features.rs
index c61961e2a..1a6f70291 100644
--- a/crates/ml/examples/precompute_features.rs
+++ b/crates/ml/examples/precompute_features.rs
@@ -671,8 +671,17 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             // f64 volume for size-weighted features.
             alpha_snapshots = all_snapshots;
             if let Some(t) = all_trades {
+                // CONSUME the original DbnTrade Vec while building the
+                // Mbp10Trade Vec. Using `.iter()` here previously kept
+                // the original ~10GB Vec alive for the duration of the
+                // transformation, so peak memory transiently doubled
+                // to ~25GB (DbnTrade + Mbp10Trade Vecs simultaneously)
+                // and OOM-killed the 9-quarter precompute at 56Gi
+                // (2026-05-16). `.into_iter()` drops the source
+                // allocation element-by-element as the destination
+                // builds, capping peak at the larger of the two.
                 alpha_trades = t
-                    .iter()
+                    .into_iter()
                     .map(|dbn| ml::features::Mbp10Trade {
                         price: dbn.price,
                         volume: dbn.volume as f64,