Cluster v5 alpha-rl-rjsjq step 371 revealed worst-account session_pnl
growing monotonically across cooldown windows (-$3.7k → -$9.3k from
step 100 → 371). Root cause: when DD triggers, actions_to_market_targets
forces {side=2, size=0} — a no-op that suppresses EVERY action type
including trail-stop-driven closes. If the account was holding a
losing position when DD fired, that position bleeds mark-to-market for
the entire 500-step cooldown with no exit path.
Fix: on first DD/cooldown step, emit a closing market order matched to
the current position (side=1 sell for long, side=0 buy for short, size
= |position_lots|). Once flat, subsequent cooldown steps emit the
existing no-op. Net effect: account closes its position at the moment
of DD trip, then sits flat until its recovery clock expires.
Validation: 13/13 risk_stack_invariants pass, 20/20 trade_management
pass, integrated_trainer_smoke passes. Local b=128 1k smoke:
qpa: +0.95 (best result of session)
mean_active: +$47k
worst: stabilizes at -$11.8k (vs unbounded growth pre-fix); residual
loss is from fat-tail single-step market moves that cross dd_limit
before the controller can react — out of scope for this fix.
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