diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 292294cff..cc205eeb4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1691,6 +1691,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "num-integer",
  "num-traits",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -10350,6 +10351,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "axum 0.7.9",
  "base32",
  "base64 0.22.1",
+ "bigdecimal",
  "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "clap 4.5.48",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 539427700..4271689be 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.38", features = ["serde"] }
 # Financial and numerical types
 rust_decimal = { version = "1.0", features = ["serde", "macros", "maths"] }
 rust_decimal_macros = "1.36"
+bigdecimal = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 num-bigint = "0.4"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 num = "0.4"
diff --git a/services/trading_service/.sqlx/query-ed65aff35d7e51bb05f3daf9deba262c1e09aedf61db2fffef360de9cfc92cbb.json b/services/trading_service/.sqlx/query-3ca32dd6e45c3555cace74aba6341e745761b341b5a186296875ddd88898ce56.json
similarity index 60%
rename from services/trading_service/.sqlx/query-ed65aff35d7e51bb05f3daf9deba262c1e09aedf61db2fffef360de9cfc92cbb.json
rename to services/trading_service/.sqlx/query-3ca32dd6e45c3555cace74aba6341e745761b341b5a186296875ddd88898ce56.json
index d4a6432a6..d7cb3899c 100644
--- a/services/trading_service/.sqlx/query-ed65aff35d7e51bb05f3daf9deba262c1e09aedf61db2fffef360de9cfc92cbb.json
+++ b/services/trading_service/.sqlx/query-3ca32dd6e45c3555cace74aba6341e745761b341b5a186296875ddd88898ce56.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
-  "query": "\n            UPDATE ml_predictions\n            SET actual_action = $1, pnl = $2::numeric, outcome_recorded_at = $3\n            WHERE id = $4\n            ",
+  "query": "\n            UPDATE ml_predictions\n            SET actual_action = $1, pnl = $2, outcome_recorded_at = $3\n            WHERE id = $4\n            ",
   "describe": {
     "columns": [],
     "parameters": {
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
     },
     "nullable": []
   },
-  "hash": "ed65aff35d7e51bb05f3daf9deba262c1e09aedf61db2fffef360de9cfc92cbb"
+  "hash": "3ca32dd6e45c3555cace74aba6341e745761b341b5a186296875ddd88898ce56"
 }
diff --git a/services/trading_service/Cargo.toml b/services/trading_service/Cargo.toml
index e3ca90cff..b8c3a7252 100644
--- a/services/trading_service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/trading_service/Cargo.toml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ md5.workspace = true
 hostname = "0.4"
 num-traits.workspace = true
 rust_decimal.workspace = true
+bigdecimal.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 sysinfo = "0.33"
 log.workspace = true
diff --git a/services/trading_service/src/ml_performance_metrics.rs b/services/trading_service/src/ml_performance_metrics.rs
index 4ace6313d..5498a96b2 100644
--- a/services/trading_service/src/ml_performance_metrics.rs
+++ b/services/trading_service/src/ml_performance_metrics.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ impl MLMetricsStore {
         sqlx::query!(
             r#"
             UPDATE ml_predictions
-            SET actual_action = $1, pnl = $2::numeric, outcome_recorded_at = $3
+            SET actual_action = $1, pnl = $2, outcome_recorded_at = $3
             WHERE id = $4
             "#,
             outcome.actual_action,