AI Council — Agent 5 of 8
Setup Surgeon
Setup edge & decay
The Setup Surgeon operates at the setup level — where edge actually lives or dies. It compares recent vs. older performance per Playbook setup, detects parameter drift, and flags dead setups before your overall PnL masks the decay.
What it reads from your tape
The Setup Surgeon receives pre-aggregated metrics from your completed trades — not a generic chat summary. Every input comes from your canonical trade tape.
- →Per-setup win rate, profit factor, and expectancy
- →Recent vs. older performance splits by setup
- →Parameter drift and compliance degradation
- →Regime dependency per setup type
- →Edge stability while aggregate PnL remains positive
What it detects
- Parameter drift (setup edge decay over time)
- Expectancy degradation by individual setup
- Regime dependency — setups that only work in certain conditions
- Edge instability while headline PnL still looks fine
What it delivers
- Per-setup DNA metrics and rankings
- Recent vs. older performance comparison tables
- Drift classification: stable, improving, or declining
- Dead setup list with optimization recommendations
Example finding
“Pullback long: +0.6R in trend, −0.4R in chop — 71% of chop trades non-compliant”
How it fits the Council
The Setup Surgeon runs in parallel with six other specialists on the same audit period. Each agent sees metrics tuned to its domain. When specialists disagree, they debate transparently in The Situation Room before the Chief Coaching Officer synthesizes everything into a dollar-ranked Kill List.
Learn about the full AI Council pipelineMeet the other agents
Performance Analyst
Profitability & statistical edge
Learn more Agent 2Behavioral Psychologist
Discipline & emotional leakage
Learn more Agent 3Execution Tactician
Timing & fill quality
Learn more Agent 4Risk Assassin
Capital preservation
Learn more Agent 6Regime Cartographer
Market environment fit
Learn more Agent 7Entry & Exit Judge
Opportunity capture forensics
Learn more Agent 8Chief Coaching Officer
Synthesis & prioritization
Learn moreFrequently asked questions
What is setup edge decay?
Edge decay occurs when a setup's expectancy declines over time — often because market structure changed, parameters drifted, or you started taking lower-quality instances. The Setup Surgeon catches this before aggregate PnL turns negative.
How does Setup DNA relate to this agent?
Setup DNA is the in-app tab that visualizes per-setup metrics. The Setup Surgeon is the agent that generates the forensic analysis — drift classification, dead setups, and regime splits — that powers that view.
See Setup Surgeon on your trade history
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