diff --git a/.jules/bolt.md b/.jules/bolt.md
index 9312d3f..15bc6eb 100644
--- a/.jules/bolt.md
+++ b/.jules/bolt.md
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@
 ## 2024-05-18 - Avoid unnecessary array allocations in frequent I/O paths
 **Learning:** `upsertSession` in `src/runtime/sessionStore.ts` is called very frequently (every time a session record is appended, which happens constantly during agent streaming). The original implementation used `.filter()` to remove the existing session and then pushed the updated one, resulting in significant garbage collection overhead and an O(N) array allocation on every single token/event stream chunk. Since this function is the bottleneck for chat interactivity, replacing `.filter()` with `.findIndex()` and in-place assignment yielded a > 2x speedup on session updates.
 **Action:** When updating arrays that back frequent disk I/O operations (like the session store), always prefer in-place mutation and sorting over immutable array recreation (`.filter()`, `.map()`) to minimize garbage collection pauses.
+
+## 2026-08-26 - Avoid O(N) array allocations in candidate discovery
+**Learning:** In `src/tools/discover.ts`, the `buildCandidate` function was chaining `.map()`, `.slice()`, and `.reduce()` on large OHLCV bars arrays for every ticker in the universe (hundreds of stocks). This caused unnecessary O(N) memory allocations and garbage collection overhead in a hot path that runs at the start of every session.
+**Action:** Replaced the chained array methods with indexed `for` loops that read directly from the source `bars` array. Updated the `rsi14` function to accept the source array and calculate its window iteratively to avoid `.slice(-15)` allocations.
diff --git a/src/tools/discover.ts b/src/tools/discover.ts
index 413e476..f44bb31 100644
--- a/src/tools/discover.ts
+++ b/src/tools/discover.ts
@@ -54,13 +54,15 @@ function pct(now: number, prev: number | undefined): number | null {
   return ((now - prev) / prev) * 100;
 }
 
-function rsi14(closes: number[]): number | null {
-  if (closes.length < 15) return null;
-  const window = closes.slice(-15);
+// ⚡ Bolt: Calculate RSI in-place directly from the bars array to avoid O(N) .slice() allocations.
+function rsi14(bars: readonly { close: number }[]): number | null {
+  const len = bars.length;
+  if (len < 15) return null;
   let gains = 0;
   let losses = 0;
-  for (let i = 1; i < window.length; i++) {
-    const d = window[i]! - window[i - 1]!;
+  const startIdx = Math.max(0, len - 15);
+  for (let i = startIdx + 1; i < len; i++) {
+    const d = bars[i]!.close - bars[i - 1]!.close;
     if (d > 0) gains += d;
     else losses -= d;
   }
@@ -91,16 +93,30 @@ async function buildCandidate(ticker: string): Promise<Candidate> {
       vol_ratio: null,
     };
   }
-  const closes = bars.map((b) => b.close);
-  const vols = bars.map((b) => b.volume);
-  const last = closes[closes.length - 1]!;
-  const prev1w = closes[closes.length - 6];
-  const prev1m = closes[closes.length - 22];
-  const recentVol = vols.slice(-5).reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / 5;
-  const priorVol =
-    vols.length >= 25
-      ? vols.slice(-25, -5).reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / 20
-      : null;
+  // ⚡ Bolt: Removed .map() and .slice().reduce() chains to avoid O(N) array allocations per candidate.
+  const len = bars.length;
+  const last = bars[len - 1]!.close;
+  const prev1w = bars[len - 6]?.close;
+  const prev1m = bars[len - 22]?.close;
+
+  let recentVolSum = 0;
+  const recentStart = Math.max(0, len - 5);
+  for (let i = recentStart; i < len; i++) {
+    recentVolSum += bars[i]!.volume;
+  }
+  const recentVol = recentVolSum / 5;
+
+  let priorVol: number | null = null;
+  if (len >= 25) {
+    let priorVolSum = 0;
+    const priorStart = Math.max(0, len - 25);
+    const priorEnd = len - 5;
+    for (let i = priorStart; i < priorEnd; i++) {
+      priorVolSum += bars[i]!.volume;
+    }
+    priorVol = priorVolSum / 20;
+  }
+
   const volRatio = priorVol != null && priorVol > 0 ? recentVol / priorVol : null;
   return {
     ticker,
@@ -108,7 +124,7 @@ async function buildCandidate(ticker: string): Promise<Candidate> {
     latest_close: last,
     ret_1w: pct(last, prev1w),
     ret_1m: pct(last, prev1m),
-    rsi14: rsi14(closes),
+    rsi14: rsi14(bars),
     vol_ratio: volRatio,
   };
 }