- 6-phase development plan: data collection → ATR-based → quality tiers → direction bias → runners → ML
- Each phase has clear prerequisites, implementation tasks, and success criteria
- Decision gates based on data validation (20+ trades for Phase 2, 30+ for Phase 3, etc.)
- Includes SQL queries for analysis and performance validation
- Documents current +41% trade as motivation for runner implementation
- Estimated 3-4 months timeline to complete Phases 1-5
