DISCOVERY (Dec 5, 2025):
- 4 critical services never started since Nov 19 (16 days)
- Services placed AFTER validation with early return
- Silent failure: no errors, just never initialized
AFFECTED SERVICES:
- Stop Hunt Revenge Tracker (Nov 20) - No revenge attempts
- Smart Entry Validation (Nov 30) - Manual trades used stale data
- Blocked Signal Tracker (Nov 19) - No threshold optimization data
- Data Cleanup (Dec 2) - Database bloat
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
- Stop hunt revenge: 00-600 lost (missed reversals)
- Smart validation: 00-400 lost (stale data entries)
- Blocked signals: 00-400 lost (suboptimal thresholds)
- TOTAL: 00-1,400 (user estimate: ,000)
ROOT CAUSE:
Line 43: validateOpenTrades() with early return at line 111
Lines 59-72: Service initialization AFTER validation
Result: When no open trades → services never reached
FIX COMMITS:
- 51b63f4: Move services BEFORE validation
- f6c9a7b: Use console.log for production visibility
- 35c2d7f: Fix stop hunt tracker logs
PREVENTION:
- Test suite (PR #2): 113 tests
- CI/CD pipeline (PR #5): Automated quality gates
- Service startup validation in future CI
- Production logging standard: console.log for critical operations
STATUS: ✅ ALL SERVICES NOW ACTIVE AND VERIFIED
