news: beginner-language summary, 4 h headline window, drop neutral headlines; --news log report

Verdict from the 3-week signal log (backtest/research/news_sentiment_value_2026-09-04.md):
news_sentiment is a trailing-24h echo of price (r +0.67 with the past day, +0.03 with
the next; most bullish 2 h after the 08-25 top, bearish 44 h later; most bearish at the
09-02 low, bullish 16 h later). Per-headline LLM labels are correct; the 12 h pool and
the averaging are what destroy the information. Both gating flags stay False.

- news_engine: _LLM_SUMMARY_SYSTEM rewritten for someone who has never traded (no
  acronyms, two worked examples); summary payload newest-first with the platform's own
  gold direction; reply cap 300 -> 400 chars.
- config: headline_max_age_seconds 43200 -> 14400; RSS items without a parsable
  pubDate are dropped (they used to be stamped "now" and never aged out).
- news_engine.get_fundamental_context drops headlines whose every relevant score is
  inside +-0.1 (_is_neutral_headline) before the per-currency mean; news_sentiment
  from this date is a mean over directional <=4 h headlines (log comparisons split here).
- static: dashboard copy for the 4 h pool; news_summary.php prompt gets the same style rule.
- analyze_signal_log: --news (under --stored-candles) prints sentiment lead/lag with
  split halves, sentiment at the window high/low with flip lags, and outcome buckets by
  direction x news x macro stance; LogRow gains news_sentiment/event_risk; _row_index shared.
- tests: 406 -> 414 (age window, undated drop, neutral filter, summary prompt/payload/cap,
  --news helpers, load_rows round-trip); RSS fixtures now carry a pubDate.
- docs: user/beginner guides, CLAUDE.md, deploy README.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0169BgFtWjp1SEAa5392Q9jH

docs/beginner_guide.html

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 <li><b>Grade (A+, A, B, C):</b> the bot's own mark for how clean the setup is. A+ is best. It never sends anything worse than C.</li>
 <li><b>Confidence and the indicator list:</b> extra detail for curious people. You don't need to understand it to trade the signal.</li>
 <li><b>⚠️ Warning lines:</b> things the bot noticed, like high volatility. They are "be aware," not "don't trade."</li>
+<li><b>📰 News line:</b> a short plain-English note on what is moving the gold price right now and why, written from the last few hours of headlines. It is background information, not a reason to trade.</li>
 <li><b>The trade setup at the bottom is the only part you must act on.</b></li>
 </ul>
 

docs/user_guide.html

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 <tr><td><b>Score / confidence</b></td><td>The regime-weighted composite of all nine indicators. Bigger absolute score = stronger consensus.</td></tr>
 <tr><td><b>MTF aligned</b></td><td>The two confirmation timeframes agree with the trade direction. Signals without alignment are filtered out on M5.</td></tr>
 <tr><td><b>Warnings ⚠️</b></td><td>Context, not veto. Backtesting shows warned trades perform about the same — strong momentum often triggers warnings.</td></tr>
-<tr><td><b>Market context 📰</b></td><td>An AI-written one-liner summarizing today's macro backdrop (headlines + high-impact releases) and its likely pull on gold. Informational only — it never blocks or grades a signal.</td></tr>
+<tr><td><b>Market context 📰</b></td><td>An AI-written note in plain English on what is moving the gold price right now, why it matters, and the next report to watch. It is built only from headlines published in the last 4 hours that lean one way (neutral items are dropped) plus today's high-impact releases. Informational only — it never blocks or grades a signal.</td></tr>
 <tr><td><b>SL / TP1 / RR</b></td><td>Stop loss sits behind the nearest swing level with an ATR buffer. TP1 is the nearest opposing level. <b>1R</b> = the entry-to-SL distance = the amount you risk.</td></tr>
 <tr><td><b>Trail plan 🔄</b></td><td>The real exit. Once price moves +0.6R in your favor, move the stop to trail 0.75R behind the best price and update it at each candle close. <b>TP1 is advisory — let winners run.</b></td></tr>
 </table>
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 <tr><td><code>/scan</code></td><td>Run an immediate analysis of the primary timeframe.</td></tr>
 <tr><td><code>/autoscan</code></td><td>Toggle automatic scanning (M5 / M15 / H1 / H4 at each candle close).</td></tr>
 <tr><td><code>/status</code></td><td>Uptime, auto-scan state, WebSocket price-monitor state.</td></tr>
-<tr><td><code>/news</code></td><td>Net XAU/USD news sentiment score (informational only — never gates signals).</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>/news</code></td><td>Net XAU/USD news score from the last 4 hours of headlines (neutral headlines are removed before averaging; informational only — never gates signals).</td></tr>
 <tr><td><code>/cache</code> · <code>/clearcache</code></td><td>Inspect / reset the market-data cache.</td></tr>
 <tr><td><code>/help</code></td><td>Command reference.</td></tr>
 </table>