Trade lifecycle

Every position change on the desk goes through the same seven stages, in order. Skipping one is a defect, not a shortcut. The Desk Lead keeps the lifecycle moving; the owner of each stage does the work.

idea -> evidence -> risk sign-off -> user approval -> execution -> reconciliation -> review
 DL       MA/RA        RM              user            ET            ET               TR

0. Open a proposal

Owner: Desk Lead. As soon as a trade idea appears (from the user, the Strategist, or a routine), assign an id HG-YYYYMMDD-NN (NN increments per day) and create /workspace/trading-desk/proposals/<id>.md:

# HG-20260816-01