Signed-off-by: Matt Bruce <mbrucedogs@gmail.com>

web/src/ONBOARDING.md

@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ In-app help popup:
 - Uses a multi-screen, child-friendly guide implemented in `web/src/web_core/ui/help_content.py`
 - Includes dedicated screens for core setup, filters, training mode, backtest controls, and advanced panels
 
+Beginner interpretation panel:
+- Main page always shows `What This Tool Means (Beginner Training)`
+- Includes plain-English definitions of top metrics and a historical snapshot table for `1M`, `3M`, `6M`, `1Y`
+- Each row includes a simple interpretation so non-traders can quickly understand whether a window was directional or noisy
+
 ## 2) Quick Start (Recommended)
 From project root:
 
@@ -93,11 +98,15 @@ Tip: sign and notarize before sharing broadly, so macOS trust prompts are reduce
    - Real Bullish Bars
    - Real Bearish Bars
    - Fake Bars
-13. Read `Trend Events` for starts and reversals.
-14. Use `Live Decision Guide` to translate trend state into a practical bias/action/invalidation workflow.
-15. Keep `Show past behavior examples` ON while learning to review historical entry/exit outcomes.
-16. Set `Display Timezone (US)` to your preferred timezone (default is `America/Chicago`, CST/CDT).
-17. Choose `Use 24-hour time` ON for `13:00` style, or OFF for `1:00 PM` style.
+13. Read `What This Tool Means (Beginner Training)`:
+   - Open `Plain-English metric guide` for quick definitions.
+   - Review `1M / 3M / 6M / 1Y` snapshot rows to see how this symbol behaved recently.
+   - Use `What this says` to understand if conditions were trend-friendly or choppy.
+14. Read `Trend Events` for starts and reversals.
+15. Use `Live Decision Guide` to translate trend state into a practical bias/action/invalidation workflow.
+16. Keep `Show past behavior examples` ON while learning to review historical entry/exit outcomes.
+17. Set `Display Timezone (US)` to your preferred timezone (default is `America/Chicago`, CST/CDT).
+18. Choose `Use 24-hour time` ON for `13:00` style, or OFF for `1:00 PM` style.
 
 ## 4.1) Advanced Features (Optional)
 - `Advanced Signals`:

web/src/PRD.md

@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ Gap handling (`hide_market_closed_gaps`):
   - `Help / Quick Start`
 - Help appears in a dialog with multiple navigable screens (screen picker + previous/next).
 - Help copy is intentionally beginner-friendly and explains each major sidebar control group, including detailed backtest controls and why each setting matters.
+- Main page includes a beginner training block:
+  - `What This Tool Means (Beginner Training)`
+  - Plain-English definitions for top metrics (`Current Trend`, real/fake bars, `Signal Quality`, `Regime`, `Recent Fake Ratio`).
+  - Historical learning table with trailing windows (`1M`, `3M`, `6M`, `1Y`) computed from loaded data.
+  - Per-window interpretation text that summarizes whether behavior was trend-dominant, bearish-dominant, or choppy/noisy.
 - The onboarding markdown remains project documentation; in-app help content is rendered from `web/src/web_core/ui/help_content.py`.
 
 ## 9. Outputs
@@ -178,6 +183,8 @@ Gap handling (`hide_market_closed_gaps`):
   - real bullish count
   - real bearish count
   - fake count
+  - beginner training guide (plain-English metric glossary)
+  - historical learning snapshots (`1M`, `3M`, `6M`, `1Y`) including price change, bar-type counts, trend flips, and interpretation
 - Live decision guide (optional):
   - bias (long/short/neutral)
   - signal confirmation status

web/src/app.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from web_core.auth.profile_store import (
 from web_core.ui.sidebar_ui import render_sidebar
 from web_core.strategy import classify_bars, detect_trends
 from web_core.market.symbols import resolve_symbol_identity
-from web_core.ui.training_ui import render_training_panel
+from web_core.ui.training_ui import render_beginner_training_panel, render_training_panel
 from web_core.time_display import format_timestamp
 
 
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ def main() -> None:
     q1.metric("Signal Quality", f"{quality['score']} ({quality['label']})")
     q2.metric("Regime", regime_label)
     q3.metric("Recent Fake Ratio", f"{quality['fake_ratio']}%")
+    render_beginner_training_panel(
+        analyzed=analyzed_view,
+        trend_now=trend_now,
+        signal_quality=quality,
+        regime_label=regime_label,
+    )
 
     run_advanced_panels = bool(sidebar_settings.get("advanced_auto_run", False) or sidebar_settings.get("run_advanced_now", False))
     if (bool(sidebar_settings["enable_multi_tf_confirmation"]) or bool(sidebar_settings["enable_compare_symbols"])) and not run_advanced_panels:

web/src/tests/test_training_ui.py

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pandas as pd
+
+from web_core.constants import TREND_BEAR, TREND_BULL, TREND_NEUTRAL
+from web_core.ui.training_ui import build_learning_window_rows
+
+
+def _make_analyzed(start: str = "2025-01-01", periods: int = 420) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    idx = pd.date_range(start, periods=periods, freq="D", tz="UTC")
+    closes = [100.0 + (i * 0.2) for i in range(periods)]
+    classifications_cycle = ["real_bull", "fake", "real_bear", "fake", "real_bull"]
+    trend_cycle = [TREND_BULL, TREND_BULL, TREND_BEAR, TREND_BEAR, TREND_NEUTRAL]
+    classifications = [classifications_cycle[i % len(classifications_cycle)] for i in range(periods)]
+    trends = [trend_cycle[i % len(trend_cycle)] for i in range(periods)]
+    return pd.DataFrame({"Close": closes, "classification": classifications, "trend_state": trends}, index=idx)
+
+
+def test_build_learning_window_rows_includes_standard_windows() -> None:
+    analyzed = _make_analyzed()
+    rows = build_learning_window_rows(analyzed)
+
+    assert list(rows["Window"]) == ["1M", "3M", "6M", "1Y"]
+    assert set(rows.columns) == {
+        "Window",
+        "Bars",
+        "Price Change %",
+        "Real Bull Bars",
+        "Real Bear Bars",
+        "Fake Bars",
+        "Trend Flips",
+        "What this says",
+    }
+
+
+def test_build_learning_window_rows_fallbacks_with_short_history() -> None:
+    analyzed = _make_analyzed(periods=10)
+    rows = build_learning_window_rows(analyzed)
+
+    assert len(rows) == 1
+    assert rows.iloc[0]["Window"] == "All data"
+    assert int(rows.iloc[0]["Bars"]) == 10

web/src/web_core/ui/training_ui.py

@@ -6,6 +6,126 @@ import streamlit as st
 from web_core.time_display import format_timestamp
 
 
+def build_learning_window_rows(analyzed: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    if analyzed.empty:
+        return pd.DataFrame(
+            columns=[
+                "Window",
+                "Bars",
+                "Price Change %",
+                "Real Bull Bars",
+                "Real Bear Bars",
+                "Fake Bars",
+                "Trend Flips",
+                "What this says",
+            ]
+        )
+
+    indexed = analyzed.sort_index()
+
+    def _all_data_row(message: str) -> pd.DataFrame:
+        first_close = float(indexed.iloc[0]["Close"]) if len(indexed) else 0.0
+        last_close = float(indexed.iloc[-1]["Close"]) if len(indexed) else 0.0
+        change_pct = round(((last_close - first_close) / first_close) * 100.0, 2) if first_close else 0.0
+        return pd.DataFrame(
+            [
+                {
+                    "Window": "All data",
+                    "Bars": int(len(indexed)),
+                    "Price Change %": change_pct,
+                    "Real Bull Bars": int((indexed["classification"] == "real_bull").sum()),
+                    "Real Bear Bars": int((indexed["classification"] == "real_bear").sum()),
+                    "Fake Bars": int((indexed["classification"] == "fake").sum()),
+                    "Trend Flips": int(max(0, (indexed["trend_state"] != indexed["trend_state"].shift(1)).sum() - 1)),
+                    "What this says": message,
+                }
+            ]
+        )
+
+    if len(indexed) < 2:
+        return _all_data_row("Not enough history yet. Load a longer period.")
+
+    latest_ts = indexed.index[-1]
+    earliest_ts = indexed.index[0]
+    if latest_ts - earliest_ts < pd.Timedelta(days=30):
+        return _all_data_row("Short history loaded. Increase Period for 1M/3M/6M/1Y views.")
+
+    windows = [("1M", 30), ("3M", 90), ("6M", 180), ("1Y", 365)]
+    rows: list[dict[str, object]] = []
+    for label, days in windows:
+        start_ts = latest_ts - pd.Timedelta(days=days)
+        window = indexed[indexed.index >= start_ts].copy()
+        if len(window) < 2:
+            continue
+
+        first_close = float(window.iloc[0]["Close"])
+        last_close = float(window.iloc[-1]["Close"])
+        change_pct = round(((last_close - first_close) / first_close) * 100.0, 2) if first_close else 0.0
+        bull_count = int((window["classification"] == "real_bull").sum())
+        bear_count = int((window["classification"] == "real_bear").sum())
+        fake_count = int((window["classification"] == "fake").sum())
+        trend_flips = int((window["trend_state"] != window["trend_state"].shift(1)).sum() - 1)
+        trend_flips = max(0, trend_flips)
+
+        if fake_count > max(bull_count, bear_count):
+            interpretation = "Mostly noisy/choppy. Keep risk small or stand aside."
+        elif bull_count > bear_count and change_pct > 0:
+            interpretation = "Buy-side pressure dominated this window."
+        elif bear_count > bull_count and change_pct < 0:
+            interpretation = "Sell-side pressure dominated this window."
+        else:
+            interpretation = "Mixed behavior. Wait for cleaner confirmation."
+
+        rows.append(
+            {
+                "Window": label,
+                "Bars": int(len(window)),
+                "Price Change %": change_pct,
+                "Real Bull Bars": bull_count,
+                "Real Bear Bars": bear_count,
+                "Fake Bars": fake_count,
+                "Trend Flips": trend_flips,
+                "What this says": interpretation,
+            }
+        )
+
+    if not rows:
+        return _all_data_row("Short history loaded. Increase Period for 1M/3M/6M/1Y views.")
+
+    return pd.DataFrame(rows)
+
+
+def render_beginner_training_panel(
+    analyzed: pd.DataFrame,
+    trend_now: str,
+    signal_quality: dict[str, float | str],
+    regime_label: str,
+) -> None:
+    st.subheader("What This Tool Means (Beginner Training)")
+    st.caption("This app is a chart interpreter. It labels candles, tracks trend state, and shows how similar signals behaved in the past.")
+
+    with st.expander("Plain-English metric guide", expanded=False):
+        st.markdown(
+            f"""
+- `Current Trend`: **{trend_now}**. This is the app's directional state right now.
+- `Real Bullish Bars`: candles that closed above the prior range (upside pressure).
+- `Real Bearish Bars`: candles that closed below the prior range (downside pressure).
+- `Fake Bars`: candles that stayed inside the prior range (noise, indecision).
+- `Signal Quality`: **{signal_quality['score']} ({signal_quality['label']})**. Higher means cleaner recent structure.
+- `Regime`: **{regime_label}**. `Trending` means directional movement; `Choppy` means frequent whipsaws.
+- `Recent Fake Ratio`: **{signal_quality['fake_ratio']}%**. High values usually mean harder trading conditions.
+"""
+        )
+
+    window_rows = build_learning_window_rows(analyzed)
+    st.caption("Historical training snapshots from the loaded data window (1M/3M/6M/1Y).")
+    st.dataframe(window_rows, use_container_width=True)
+    st.info(
+        "How to use this: if most windows show high fake bars and many trend flips, treat signals as low-confidence. "
+        "If windows show consistent real-bar dominance with fewer flips, conditions are usually cleaner."
+    )
+
+
 def render_training_panel(
     show_past_behavior: bool,
     example_trades: pd.DataFrame,