Phase 1 — Kill List

Policy: List before delete. Items marked DELETE CANDIDATE are safe to remove after operator approval. Items marked QUARANTINED stay in code but must not trade.

1. Strategies — stop trading (already quarantined in code)

ID	Action	Evidence
`gold_platinum`	DELETE CANDIDATE	Sharpe -1.57, PBO 1.0 (`qgtm_core/constants.py`)
`seasonality_pm`	DELETE CANDIDATE	Sharpe -1.74, PBO 1.0; overlaps `gold_seasonal_demand`
`gold_etf_flow`	DELETE CANDIDATE	Broken Yahoo volume proxy (#82 Tier 0.6)
`gold_silver_ratio`	QUARANTINED → revive or delete	Sharpe -0.46, PBO 0.88 — try higher z before delete
`miners_vs_metal`	QUARANTINED	Marginal neg Sharpe
`overnight_gold`	QUARANTINED	Neg Sharpe; consider long-only variant
`mvg_v1`	QUARANTINED + flag off	`backtest_results/mvg_v1/`: Sharpe -1.34

2. Strategies — unwired dead weight (never in daemon)

DELETE CANDIDATE (after confirming no imports):

cot_positioning (duplicate COT edge vs cot_precious / hedging_pressure)
precious_metals, gold_macro_regime, gold_seasonality, gold_momentum_mr, silver_industrial, miners_leverage — legacy composite file
Options registry in options_strategies.py (6 IDs) — unless options execution is on 2026 roadmap

RESEARCH HOLD (do not delete yet):

regime_classifier_pm — wire or fold into MarketRegimeDetector
ml_ensemble, meta_labeller_pm — needs ML loop revival
comex_warehouse, si_term_structure, fix_dislocation, inventory_surprise

3. Code / modules

Path	Action	Rationale
`scripts/dead_ml_loop/`	ARCHIVE OK	Already moved; not imported by daemon (#81)
`scripts/notion_legacy/`	DELETE CANDIDATE	One-shot scripts (#60)
`qgtm_risk/options_risk.py`	DELETE or wire	Zero production imports (prior audit)
Duplicate deploy workflows	Consolidate	`deploy.yml` vs `deploy-api-self-hosted.yml` overlap
Stale `scripts/backtest_all.py` registry (29 vs 52)	FIX	Misleading operator surface

4. Dependencies

Dep	Action
`shap` in pyproject if unused	Remove or wire to `ml_ensemble`

5. Documentation lies (fix, don't delete repo)

Claim	Reality
"29 PM strategies" in README/daemon header	52 in `PM_STRATEGY_CATEGORIES`
Self-learning / auto-retrain "done"	Modules in `dead_ml_loop/` only
"Full backtest validation on every strategy"	1 checked-in result dir

Pending approval workflow

Operator signs kill list section 1 deletions.
Branch chore/kill-list-2026-05 removes files + registry entries + tests.
Run make test-ci + paper daemon smoke one session.

Do not delete quarantined strategies from constants until registry/docs updated — quarantine is the active control.