diff --git a/archive/copytrade.py b/archive/copytrade.py
index 2a7df67d..e3af0680 100644
--- a/archive/copytrade.py
+++ b/archive/copytrade.py
@@ -365,8 +365,13 @@ class CopyTrader:
     def _price_guard_ok(self, current, their_price):
         if their_price <= 0:
             return True
-        drift = abs(current - their_price) / their_price
-        return drift <= self.cfg["price_guard_pct"]
+        # ASYMMETRIC by rule: a better price than the sharp paid is never blocked
+        # (paying less for the same outcome is strictly better odds — the guard
+        # once skipped a 0.70→0.51 improvement that went on to win). Only adverse
+        # drift — chasing the price UP — is gated by price_guard_pct.
+        if current <= their_price:
+            return True
+        return (current - their_price) / their_price <= self.cfg["price_guard_pct"]
 
     def _handle_their_buy(self, wallet, token, their_size, their_price,
                           label, title, outcome, event=None, cond=None):
diff --git a/live/copybot.paper.json b/live/copybot.paper.json
index fce0ea2c..ddea0e62 100644
--- a/live/copybot.paper.json
+++ b/live/copybot.paper.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       "0x41558102a796ba971c7567cad41c307e59f8fa41": 231.0
     },
     "min_entry": 0.0,
-    "max_entry": 1.0
+    "max_entry": 0.95
   },
   "risk": {
     "max_trade_usd": 1000000.0,
diff --git a/live/portfolio.json b/live/portfolio.json
index d8bd6e8e..3d3bbc43 100644
--- a/live/portfolio.json
+++ b/live/portfolio.json
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diff --git a/live/portfolio.py b/live/portfolio.py
index 066291f5..0797801c 100644
--- a/live/portfolio.py
+++ b/live/portfolio.py
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ PCT = 0.04
 STAKE_MIN, STAKE_CAP = 5.0, float("inf")   # uncapped — 4% of equity rides fully
 EVENT_CAP = 0
 DD_THRESHOLD, DD_FACTOR = 0.80, 0.5
+# skip entries above this price. High-price favorites win pennies and lose
+# whole stakes: the June sweep (caps 0.75-1.0) peaked at 0.95 — >95¢ bets added
+# ~23 wins yet LOWERED final equity (slip+fee eat the ~1-3% payouts, and the
+# locked capital compounds better elsewhere). Deep caps (<=0.85) cut real
+# winners. Mirrored by the bot's follow.max_entry; env-overridable for sweeps.
+MAX_ENTRY = float(os.environ.get("MAX_ENTRY", 0.95))
+OUT = os.environ.get("PORTFOLIO_OUT", "portfolio.json")
 
 # ---- realism model (matches the live copybot) -------------------------------
 # Taker fee (Polymarket V2, since 2026-03-30): fee = shares·rate·p·(1−p); for a
@@ -131,6 +138,8 @@ def conviction_bets():
         for b in bets:
             if b["size"] < thr:
                 continue
+            if b["p"] > MAX_ENTRY:
+                continue
             if (b["res_t"] or 0) > now:
                 # unresolved market (early-sold position): won is a curPrice mark,
                 # not an outcome — and a future res_t would never free its stake
@@ -162,6 +171,8 @@ def open_bets():
                 continue
             if (p.get("initialValue") or 0) < thr:
                 continue
+            if (p.get("avgPrice", 0) or 0) > MAX_ENTRY:
+                continue
             out.append({"wallet": w["wallet"], "name": w["name"], "cond": p.get("conditionId"),
                         "entry_t": ent.get(p.get("conditionId"), 0),
                         "p": max(0.001, min(0.999, p.get("avgPrice", 0) or 0)),
@@ -288,6 +299,7 @@ def main():
         "bank": BANK, "stake": round(cur_stake(), 2),   # the NEXT bet's size
         "stake_pct": PCT, "event_cap": EVENT_CAP, "hwm": round(hwm, 2),
         "dd_threshold": DD_THRESHOLD, "capped_count": capped,
+        "max_entry": MAX_ENTRY,
         "fee_rate": FEE_RATE, "slip": SLIP, "lag_est_s": LAG_EST_S,
         "fees_paid": round(fees_paid, 2),
         "equity": round(equity, 2), "liquid": round(cash, 2), "invested": round(invested, 2),
@@ -311,7 +323,8 @@ def main():
                    for m in missed[:60]],
         "missed_pnl": round(sum(hypo_pnl(m) for m in missed), 2),
     }
-    json.dump(out, open(os.path.join(HERE, "portfolio.json"), "w"), separators=(",", ":"))
+    json.dump(out, open(os.path.join(HERE, OUT) if not os.path.isabs(OUT) else OUT, "w"),
+              separators=(",", ":"))
     save_slug_cache()
     print(f"portfolio: equity ${equity:,.0f} ({(equity-BANK)/BANK*100:+.0f}%) | realized ${realized:+,.0f} "
           f"| fees ${fees_paid:,.0f} | next stake ${cur_stake():,.0f} | {len(resolved)} resolved "