# Bug #77 Recurrence - Position Manager Condition Checks Never Execute (Dec 15, 2025)

## Status: 🔴 CRITICAL - UNDER INVESTIGATION

**Impact:** $1,000+ losses from 96% data loss ($32.98 actual profit vs $1.23 recorded in database)

## The Problem

Position Manager monitoring loop IS running:
- ✅ Price checks every 2 seconds: `"🔍 Price check: SOL-PERP @ $124.47 (1 trades)"`
- ✅ handlePriceUpdate() executes successfully (line 653-670)
- ✅ Loop calls checkTradeConditions() for each trade (line 664-668)

BUT condition evaluation logic NEVER executes:
- ❌ NO TP1 detection logs
- ❌ NO TP2 detection logs
- ❌ NO Stop Loss detection logs
- ❌ NO executeExit() calls
- ❌ NO P&L status logs (every 10 checks)

**Result:** All trades rely ONLY on on-chain LIMIT orders auto-filling. Position Manager is 100% non-functional despite monitoring showing active.

## Evidence Trail

### What We Know Works

**handlePriceUpdate() (lines 653-670):**
```
🔍 Price check: SOL-PERP @ $123.69 (1 trades)
🔍 Price check: SOL-PERP @ $123.70 (1 trades)
🔍 Price check: SOL-PERP @ $123.71 (1 trades)
... repeating every 2 seconds
```

This proves:
- Pyth price monitor is calling handlePriceUpdate()
- tradesForSymbol.filter() finds 1 trade
- Loop at line 664 executes

### What We Know Doesn't Work

**checkTradeConditions() body (lines 677-1510):**
- Trade ID "cmj7d25yu0002pe0754v8pd21" appears ZERO times in logs
- No "⏭️ Skipping" logs (line 681 check passes)
- No "⏳ Trade" logs (line 709 - trade age check)
- No "⚠️ Position APPEARS closed" logs (line 718 - external closure detection)
- No "📊" logs (line 1482 - status every 10 checks)
- No condition evaluation logs (lines 1497+ - shouldEmergencyStop, shouldStopLoss, shouldTakeProfit1)

## Hypothesis: Early Return at Line 711

**Code:**
```typescript
// Line 702-711
const tradeAgeSeconds = (Date.now() - trade.entryTime) / 1000

if (position === null || position.size === 0) {
  if (tradeAgeSeconds < 30) {
    logger.log(`⏳ Trade ${trade.symbol} is new (${tradeAgeSeconds.toFixed(1)}s old) - skipping external closure check`)
    return // Skip this check cycle, position might still be propagating
  }
```

**Scenario:**
1. Trade created at 16:21:13 (>6 hours ago) - age check SHOULD pass
2. Drift position is CLOSED (sync-positions API returns empty) - `position.size === 0` is TRUE
3. But trade age > 30 seconds, so should continue to double-check logic at line 714
4. UNLESS: `getPosition()` is throwing an exception caught by outer try-catch

**Alternative Explanation:**
- The outer try-catch at line 666 catches ALL exceptions from checkTradeConditions()
- If ANY unhandled exception occurs, catch logs `"❌ Error checking trade ${trade.id}"`
- But NO such logs exist in container output
- So either:
  * Exception is being caught and silenced elsewhere
  * OR function is returning early without exception

## Debug Logging Added (Dec 15, 2025)

**New logs inserted at line 691:**
```typescript
console.log(`🔍 STARTCHK: ${trade.symbol} @ $${currentPrice.toFixed(2)} | Entry: $${trade.entryPrice.toFixed(2)} | Checks: ${trade.priceCheckCount}`)
```

**New logs inserted at line 703:**
```typescript
console.log(`🔍 DRIFT: Position ${trade.symbol} | size=${position?.size || 'null'} | exists=${position !== null}`)
```

**New logs inserted at line 708:**
```typescript
console.log(`🔍 AGE: ${trade.symbol} age=${tradeAgeSeconds.toFixed(1)}s | threshold=30s`)
```

## What Debug Logs Will Reveal

**Case 1: STARTCHK appears but DRIFT doesn't**
- Means: getPosition() is throwing exception
- Location: Drift SDK call at line 700
- Fix: Catch exception, log error, continue to condition checks

**Case 2: DRIFT appears, shows size=0, but AGE doesn't**
- Means: Trade age check is failing somehow
- Location: Line 702 calculation or line 706 condition
- Fix: Investigate entryTime timestamp format

**Case 3: AGE appears, shows >30s, but condition checks still don't execute**
- Means: Early return is happening between line 708 and line 1497
- Location: Likely in double-check logic (lines 714-800)
- Fix: Add more debug logs to find exact return location

**Case 4: None of the debug logs appear**
- Means: Line 681 `activeTrades.has(trade.id)` is failing
- Location: Map key mismatch between loop and Map
- Fix: Investigate how trades are added to Map vs how they're checked

## Next Steps

1. **Wait for next manual trade** (Telegram or TradingView)
2. **Monitor docker logs** for new debug messages
3. **Identify WHERE** checkTradeConditions() is returning early
4. **Fix root cause** based on debug log evidence
5. **Deploy fix** with verification
6. **Remove debug logging** once fixed

## Historical Context

**Bug #77 Original (Dec 13, 2025):**
- Drift service lazy initialization caused early return at line 692-696
- Fixed by removing Drift init check, allowing graceful failure later
- Commit: 01bd730 "critical: FIX Bug #77 - Position Manager monitoring stopped by Drift init check"

**Bug #77 Recurrence (Dec 15, 2025):**
- DIFFERENT early return location
- Monitoring loop works, but condition checks never reach
- Same symptom (no TP1/TP2/SL detection) but different root cause
- This investigation: Finding NEW early return location

## Related Bugs

- **Bug #76:** placeExitOrders() returns SUCCESS with missing SL order
- **Bug #78:** Orphan detection removes active position orders
- **Bug #73:** Service initialization never ran for 16 days
- **Bug #82:** Drift State Verifier kills active position SL orders

All these bugs share common theme: **Silent failures** - system appears to work (logs say "monitoring" or "orders placed") but critical operations don't execute.

## Verification Commands

```bash
# Check if debug logs appearing
docker logs -f trading-bot-v4 2>&1 | grep -E "(🔍 STARTCHK|🔍 DRIFT|🔍 AGE)"

# Check current monitoring state
curl -s http://localhost:3001/api/trading/sync-positions | jq '.'

# Check active trades in database
docker exec trading-bot-postgres psql -U postgres -d trading_bot_v4 -c \
  "SELECT id, symbol, direction, entryPrice, createdAt FROM \"Trade\" WHERE exitReason IS NULL;"
```

## Files Changed

- `lib/trading/position-manager.ts` (lines 691, 703, 708)
  * Added 3 console.log statements for debugging
  * NO LOGIC CHANGES - only observability
  
## Git Commits

- 0909846 "debug: Add comprehensive logging to Position Manager checkTradeConditions (Bug #77 recurrence)" (Dec 15, 2025)

## Current Container State (Dec 15, 2025 22:38 CET)

- Container: trading-bot-v4
- Started: 2025-12-15 22:27:15 UTC
- Build: Dec 15, 2025 22:24:51 CET (includes debug logging)
- Status: ✅ Running, debug logs active
- Active Trades: 0 (waiting for next trade to test)
- Free Collateral: $159.34 (insufficient for test trade)

## User Impact

**Financial Loss:** $1,000+ from Bug #77 recurrence over past days/weeks
- Position opened, monitored, but never hit TP1/TP2
- All exits happened via on-chain LIMIT orders auto-filling
- Position Manager 100% non-functional despite "monitoring active" logs

**User Quote:** "so the whole time all the development we did was not working and therefore we have lost 1000$...... i hope with the new test system this is an issue of the past"

## Resolution Plan

1. ✅ Debug logging added and deployed (Dec 15, 22:38 CET)
2. ⏳ Waiting for next manual trade to trigger monitoring
3. 🎯 Identify exact early return location from debug logs
4. 🔧 Fix root cause (likely line 711 or exception handling)
5. ✅ Deploy fix with verification
6. 🧹 Remove debug logging once confirmed working
7. 📝 Update Common Pitfalls section with full analysis

**Priority:** CRITICAL - System is trading but without proper monitoring
**Timeline:** Fix ASAP (within next trade cycle)
**Verification:** Must see STARTCHK, DRIFT, AGE logs + condition evaluation logs on next trade