diff --git a/web/src/backtest/components/HistoricalPresetPicker.tsx b/web/src/backtest/components/HistoricalPresetPicker.tsx
index 15ed0f9..c168ea1 100644
--- a/web/src/backtest/components/HistoricalPresetPicker.tsx
+++ b/web/src/backtest/components/HistoricalPresetPicker.tsx
@@ -1,55 +1,84 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
 /**
- * Preset historical event windows for the backtest configurator.
+ * Preset windows for the backtest configurator.
  *
- * These are pre-validated against typical Kraken/Alpaca data depth (5-7
- * years), so customers don't waste a backtest on a window that will return
- * "no data" for newer symbols. See docs/backtest/ENGINE_READINESS.md §3.4.
+ * Two categories:
+ *   - "Recent" — rolling windows relative to today. Most useful for
+ *     "how would this plan have played my last 90 days?" (Stage E of
+ *     docs/backtest/ENGINE_READINESS.md §4).
+ *   - "Historical events" — fixed-date windows around significant market
+ *     regimes. Pre-validated against typical Kraken/Alpaca data depth
+ *     (5-7 years) so customers don't waste a backtest on a window with
+ *     no data for newer symbols.
  */
 export interface HistoricalEventPreset {
   id: string;
   label: string;
   description: string;
-  fromDate: string; // YYYY-MM-DD
-  toDate: string;   // YYYY-MM-DD
+  /** YYYY-MM-DD; resolved at click time so "Last 30 days" stays accurate. */
+  resolveRange: () => { fromDate: string; toDate: string };
 }
 
+const isoDate = (d: Date): string => d.toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+const fixedRange = (from: string, to: string) => () => ({ fromDate: from, toDate: to });
+const trailingDays = (n: number) => () => {
+  const to = new Date();
+  const from = new Date(to.getTime() - n * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+  return { fromDate: isoDate(from), toDate: isoDate(to) };
+};
+
+export const RECENT_PRESETS: HistoricalEventPreset[] = [
+  {
+    id: 'recent-30d',
+    label: 'Last 30 days',
+    description: 'Rolling 30-day window — fast feedback for recently saved plans.',
+    resolveRange: trailingDays(30),
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'recent-90d',
+    label: 'Last 90 days',
+    description: 'Rolling quarter — captures most recent regime shifts.',
+    resolveRange: trailingDays(90),
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'recent-365d',
+    label: 'Last 12 months',
+    description: 'Rolling year — captures multiple regime cycles.',
+    resolveRange: trailingDays(365),
+  },
+];
+
 export const DEFAULT_HISTORICAL_PRESETS: HistoricalEventPreset[] = [
   {
     id: 'covid-crash',
     label: 'COVID crash',
     description: 'Feb-Apr 2020 — ~30% drawdown across most assets in 5 weeks.',
-    fromDate: '2020-02-15',
-    toDate: '2020-04-30',
+    resolveRange: fixedRange('2020-02-15', '2020-04-30'),
   },
   {
     id: 'covid-recovery',
     label: 'COVID recovery',
     description: 'Apr-Dec 2020 — fastest bull market in modern history.',
-    fromDate: '2020-04-01',
-    toDate: '2020-12-31',
+    resolveRange: fixedRange('2020-04-01', '2020-12-31'),
   },
   {
     id: 'russia-ukraine',
     label: 'Russia/Ukraine 2022',
     description: 'Feb-Jun 2022 — energy + commodity shocks, risk-off pivot.',
-    fromDate: '2022-02-01',
-    toDate: '2022-06-30',
+    resolveRange: fixedRange('2022-02-01', '2022-06-30'),
   },
   {
     id: 'bear-2022',
     label: '2022 bear market',
     description: 'Full year — sustained drawdown across crypto + tech equities.',
-    fromDate: '2022-01-01',
-    toDate: '2022-12-31',
+    resolveRange: fixedRange('2022-01-01', '2022-12-31'),
   },
   {
     id: 'svb-banking',
     label: 'SVB banking shock',
     description: 'Mar 2023 — bank failures + emergency Fed response.',
-    fromDate: '2023-03-01',
-    toDate: '2023-04-15',
+    resolveRange: fixedRange('2023-03-01', '2023-04-15'),
   },
 ];
 
@@ -59,35 +88,56 @@ export interface HistoricalPresetPickerProps {
   /** Called with `(fromDate, toDate, presetId)` when a preset is clicked. */
   onSelect: (fromDate: string, toDate: string, presetId: string) => void;
   /** Override the default preset list. */
-  presets?: HistoricalEventPreset[];
+  recentPresets?: HistoricalEventPreset[];
+  historicalPresets?: HistoricalEventPreset[];
   className?: string;
 }
 
+const renderRow = (
+  presets: HistoricalEventPreset[],
+  selectedId: string | null,
+  onSelect: HistoricalPresetPickerProps['onSelect']
+) => (
+  <div className="historical-preset-picker-row">
+    {presets.map((preset) => {
+      const active = selectedId === preset.id;
+      const range = preset.resolveRange();
+      return (
+        <button
+          key={preset.id}
+          type="button"
+          onClick={() => onSelect(range.fromDate, range.toDate, preset.id)}
+          className={`historical-preset-chip ${active ? 'is-active' : ''}`}
+          title={`${preset.description}  (${range.fromDate} → ${range.toDate})`}
+        >
+          {preset.label}
+        </button>
+      );
+    })}
+  </div>
+);
+
 export const HistoricalPresetPicker: React.FC<HistoricalPresetPickerProps> = ({
   selectedId,
   onSelect,
-  presets = DEFAULT_HISTORICAL_PRESETS,
+  recentPresets = RECENT_PRESETS,
+  historicalPresets = DEFAULT_HISTORICAL_PRESETS,
   className,
 }) => {
   return (
     <div className={`historical-preset-picker ${className || ''}`}>
-      <div className="historical-preset-picker-label">Historical events</div>
-      <div className="historical-preset-picker-row">
-        {presets.map((preset) => {
-          const active = selectedId === preset.id;
-          return (
-            <button
-              key={preset.id}
-              type="button"
-              onClick={() => onSelect(preset.fromDate, preset.toDate, preset.id)}
-              className={`historical-preset-chip ${active ? 'is-active' : ''}`}
-              title={`${preset.description}  (${preset.fromDate} → ${preset.toDate})`}
-            >
-              {preset.label}
-            </button>
-          );
-        })}
-      </div>
+      {recentPresets.length > 0 ? (
+        <>
+          <div className="historical-preset-picker-label">Recent</div>
+          {renderRow(recentPresets, selectedId, onSelect)}
+        </>
+      ) : null}
+      {historicalPresets.length > 0 ? (
+        <>
+          <div className="historical-preset-picker-label">Historical events</div>
+          {renderRow(historicalPresets, selectedId, onSelect)}
+        </>
+      ) : null}
     </div>
   );
 };