diff --git a/web/src/views/SimpleView.tsx b/web/src/views/SimpleView.tsx
index 6dc0da6..d8a9e0a 100644
--- a/web/src/views/SimpleView.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/SimpleView.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ type SimpleRuntimeSnapshot = {
   orderId?: string;
 };
 
+type MarketPriceSource = 'live' | 'latest_close' | 'reference_price' | null;
+
 const SIMPLE_AUTO_PROFILE_NAME = 'Simple Auto Profile';
 const SIMPLE_AUTO_PROFILE_KEY = SIMPLE_AUTO_PROFILE_NAME.toLowerCase();
 const SIMPLE_SYMBOL_DATALIST_ID = 'simple-supported-symbols';
@@ -313,6 +315,10 @@ function buildDraftFromEntry(entry: ManualEntryPayload): SimpleSetupDraft {
   };
 }
 
+function inferMarketPriceSourceFromEntry(entry: ManualEntryPayload): MarketPriceSource {
+  return entry.reference_price ? 'reference_price' : null;
+}
+
 function formatSetupStatus(status?: string | null): string {
   const normalized = String(status || '').trim().toLowerCase();
   switch (normalized) {
@@ -442,6 +448,7 @@ export function SimpleView() {
   const [draft, setDraft] = useState<SimpleSetupDraft>(DEFAULT_DRAFT);
   const [submitting, setSubmitting] = useState(false);
   const [loadingPrice, setLoadingPrice] = useState(false);
+  const [marketPriceSource, setMarketPriceSource] = useState<MarketPriceSource>(null);
   const [message, setMessage] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const marketPriceRequestSymbolRef = useRef<string>('');
@@ -526,6 +533,7 @@ export function SimpleView() {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!livePrice) return;
+    setMarketPriceSource('live');
     setDraft((prev) => (
       prev.currentMarketPrice === livePrice.toFixed(4)
         ? prev
@@ -547,7 +555,7 @@ export function SimpleView() {
     }
 
     const timer = window.setTimeout(() => {
-      void handleLoadMarketPrice();
+      void handleLoadMarketPrice({ silent: true });
     }, 250);
 
     return () => {
@@ -573,18 +581,25 @@ export function SimpleView() {
     setSavedSetups(normalizeSimpleEntries(entryRows));
   }
 
-  async function handleLoadMarketPrice() {
+  function setMarketPriceValue(value: string, source: MarketPriceSource) {
+    setMarketPriceSource(source);
+    updateDraft('currentMarketPrice', value);
+  }
+
+  async function handleLoadMarketPrice(options?: { silent?: boolean }) {
     if (!normalizedSymbol) return;
     const requestSymbol = normalizedSymbol;
     marketPriceRequestSymbolRef.current = requestSymbol;
     setLoadingPrice(true);
-    setError(null);
-    setMessage(null);
+    if (!options?.silent) {
+      setError(null);
+      setMessage(null);
+    }
 
     try {
       if (livePrice > 0) {
         if (marketPriceRequestSymbolRef.current === requestSymbol) {
-          updateDraft('currentMarketPrice', livePrice.toFixed(4));
+          setMarketPriceValue(livePrice.toFixed(4), 'live');
         }
         return;
       }
@@ -593,19 +608,19 @@ export function SimpleView() {
       const lastClose = Number(bars?.[bars.length - 1]?.close || 0);
       if (Number.isFinite(lastClose) && lastClose > 0) {
         if (marketPriceRequestSymbolRef.current === requestSymbol) {
-          updateDraft('currentMarketPrice', lastClose.toFixed(4));
+          setMarketPriceValue(lastClose.toFixed(4), 'latest_close');
         }
       } else {
         const researchProfile = await fetchResearchProfile(requestSymbol).catch(() => null);
         const fallbackReferencePrice = extractReferencePriceFromResearchProfile(researchProfile);
         if (fallbackReferencePrice && marketPriceRequestSymbolRef.current === requestSymbol) {
-          updateDraft('currentMarketPrice', fallbackReferencePrice.toFixed(4));
+          setMarketPriceValue(fallbackReferencePrice.toFixed(4), 'reference_price');
           return;
         }
         throw new Error('No live price or latest close is available for this symbol right now.');
       }
     } catch (err: any) {
-      if (marketPriceRequestSymbolRef.current === requestSymbol) {
+      if (!options?.silent && marketPriceRequestSymbolRef.current === requestSymbol) {
         setError(err?.message ?? 'Failed to load market data');
       }
     } finally {
@@ -641,6 +656,7 @@ export function SimpleView() {
 
       await refreshSetupList();
       setEditingSetupId(null);
+      setMarketPriceSource(draft.currentMarketPrice ? marketPriceSource : null);
       setDraft({
         ...DEFAULT_DRAFT,
         currentMarketPrice: draft.currentMarketPrice,
@@ -654,6 +670,7 @@ export function SimpleView() {
 
   function handleEdit(entry: ManualEntryPayload) {
     setEditingSetupId(String(entry.stock_instance_id || ''));
+    setMarketPriceSource(inferMarketPriceSourceFromEntry(entry));
     setDraft(buildDraftFromEntry(entry));
     setMessage(null);
     setError(null);
@@ -665,6 +682,7 @@ export function SimpleView() {
       await deleteManualEntry(entryId);
       if (editingSetupId === entryId) {
         setEditingSetupId(null);
+        setMarketPriceSource(null);
         setDraft(DEFAULT_DRAFT);
       }
       await refreshSetupList();
@@ -694,6 +712,7 @@ export function SimpleView() {
               type="button"
               onClick={() => {
                 setEditingSetupId(null);
+                setMarketPriceSource(draft.currentMarketPrice ? marketPriceSource : null);
                 setDraft({
                   ...DEFAULT_DRAFT,
                   currentMarketPrice: draft.currentMarketPrice,
@@ -716,11 +735,14 @@ export function SimpleView() {
                 <span className="text-[11px] font-black uppercase tracking-[0.24em] text-zinc-700">Symbol</span>
                 <Input
                   value={draft.symbol}
-                  onChange={(e) => setDraft((prev) => ({
-                    ...prev,
-                    symbol: e.target.value.toUpperCase(),
-                    currentMarketPrice: '',
-                  }))}
+                  onChange={(e) => {
+                    setMarketPriceSource(null);
+                    setDraft((prev) => ({
+                      ...prev,
+                      symbol: e.target.value.toUpperCase(),
+                      currentMarketPrice: '',
+                    }));
+                  }}
                   list={SIMPLE_SYMBOL_DATALIST_ID}
                   placeholder="AAPL"
                 />
@@ -743,11 +765,14 @@ export function SimpleView() {
                       <button
                         key={symbol}
                         type="button"
-                        onClick={() => setDraft((prev) => ({
-                          ...prev,
-                          symbol,
-                          currentMarketPrice: '',
-                        }))}
+                        onClick={() => {
+                          setMarketPriceSource(null);
+                          setDraft((prev) => ({
+                            ...prev,
+                            symbol,
+                            currentMarketPrice: '',
+                          }));
+                        }}
                         className={`rounded-full border px-3 py-1 text-[11px] font-semibold transition ${
                           symbol === normalizedSymbol
                             ? 'border-[var(--primary)] bg-[var(--accent-soft)] text-[var(--primary)]'
@@ -781,9 +806,23 @@ export function SimpleView() {
                   readOnly
                   className="bg-[var(--muted)] text-[var(--foreground)]"
                 />
-                <span className="block text-[11px] text-[var(--muted-foreground)]">
-                  Uses live market price when available. Outside market hours, it falls back to the latest close.
-                </span>
+                <div className="space-y-1">
+                  <span className="block text-[11px] text-[var(--muted-foreground)]">
+                    Uses live market price when available. Outside market hours, it falls back to the latest close.
+                  </span>
+                  <span className="block text-[11px] text-[var(--muted-foreground)]">
+                    Price source:{' '}
+                    <span className="font-semibold text-[var(--foreground)]">
+                      {marketPriceSource === 'live'
+                        ? 'Live'
+                        : marketPriceSource === 'latest_close'
+                          ? 'Latest close'
+                          : marketPriceSource === 'reference_price'
+                            ? 'Reference price'
+                            : 'Waiting for symbol data'}
+                    </span>
+                  </span>
+                </div>
               </label>
               <Button
                 type="button"
@@ -831,6 +870,9 @@ export function SimpleView() {
                     <span className="block text-[11px] text-[var(--muted-foreground)]">
                       Quantity supports fractional shares/coins. Amount spends an approximate USD budget at trigger time.
                     </span>
+                    <span className="block text-[11px] text-[var(--muted-foreground)]">
+                      Use quantity when you know the units you want. Use amount to budget dollars and let the app derive fractional size at entry.
+                    </span>
                   </label>
                 </>
               ) : (