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+{
+  "session_info": {
+    "date": "2025-07-18",
+    "topic": "Enhanced Emotional Damage Strategy Configuration System",
+    "duration": "Multiple hours",
+    "status": "Completed Successfully"
+  },
+  "summary": {
+    "objective": "Fix Enhanced strategy bugs and create configurable system",
+    "achievements": [
+      "Fixed critical share count fractional bug (all shares now integers)",
+      "Fixed stop-loss logic (15% threshold now triggers correctly)",
+      "Fixed cash management (immediate QQQ purchase after stop-loss)",
+      "Enhanced trade recording (added F&G index, cash position, portfolio state)",
+      "Created comprehensive configurable system with config.json",
+      "Generated complete PDF and CSV reports with all trade details",
+      "Created user-friendly configuration documentation"
+    ]
+  },
+  "key_issues_resolved": [
+    {
+      "issue": "Share count was fractional",
+      "solution": "Added int() casting to all share calculations",
+      "impact": "Realistic trading with whole shares only"
+    },
+    {
+      "issue": "Stop-loss not triggering",
+      "solution": "Fixed action matching from 'BUY_VOLATILE' to 'BUY_GRADUAL'",
+      "impact": "21 stop-losses triggered correctly, protecting capital"
+    },
+    {
+      "issue": "Missing trade details",
+      "solution": "Added F&G index, cash balance, portfolio state to each trade",
+      "impact": "Complete trading audit trail"
+    },
+    {
+      "issue": "Manual parameter changes required coding",
+      "solution": "Created config.json system with automatic report generation",
+      "impact": "Zero-token parameter testing and optimization"
+    }
+  ],
+  "final_results": {
+    "total_trades": 203,
+    "stop_losses_triggered": 21,
+    "trading_period": "2008-2025",
+    "files_created": [
+      "config.json - Configuration parameters",
+      "run_strategy_with_config.py - Main configurable strategy runner",
+      "README_CONFIG.md - Usage instructions",
+      "Multiple PDF/CSV reports with complete trade details"
+    ]
+  },
+  "user_feedback": {
+    "key_observations": [
+      "DXCM example: 11,274 shares at $2.22, dropped to $1.00 (55% loss)",
+      "Stop-loss should have triggered at 15% but didn't initially",
+      "Cash management: sell → immediate QQQ purchase was missing",
+      "Need F&G index and cash position in trade records"
+    ],
+    "satisfaction": "High - all issues resolved, configurable system created"
+  },
+  "technical_details": {
+    "strategy_enhancements": [
+      "Gradual transitions (4-step process over 4 weeks)",
+      "Technical indicator filtering (MACD, RSI, SMA with 2/3 requirement)",
+      "15% stop-loss protection with automatic QQQ replacement",
+      "Volatility calculation over past 30 days (not just fear period)",
+      "Integer share counts for realistic trading"
+    ],
+    "configuration_options": {
+      "strategy_params": "initial_capital, fear/greed thresholds, stop_loss, transition_steps",
+      "technical_indicators": "RSI, MACD, SMA settings and requirements",
+      "output_settings": "PDF, CSV, detailed trades, console output control",
+      "data_settings": "Date ranges, minimum ticker records"
+    }
+  },
+  "code_quality": {
+    "bug_fixes": "All critical bugs resolved",
+    "documentation": "Comprehensive README with usage examples",
+    "maintainability": "Configurable system reduces need for code changes",
+    "testing": "Verified with full backtest showing expected behavior"
+  },
+  "next_steps_for_user": [
+    "Modify config.json parameters as needed",
+    "Run 'python3 run_strategy_with_config.py' to test new configurations",
+    "Review generated reports in /reports/ directory",
+    "Use different config files for parameter comparison testing"
+  ]
+}