diff --git a/crates/aura-engine/src/report.rs b/crates/aura-engine/src/report.rs
index b98800c..eb523e7 100644
--- a/crates/aura-engine/src/report.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-engine/src/report.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub struct RMetrics {
     pub n_open_at_end: u64,  // positions force-closed at window end (counted, not hidden)
     pub sqn: f64,            // √n · mean_R / sample-stdev_R; n<2 or zero-variance -> 0.0
     pub net_expectancy_r: f64, // mean(R - round_trip_cost / latched_dist) — churn-honest
-    pub conviction_terciles_r: [f64; 3], // E[R] by |bias_at_entry| tercile (asc); <3 trades -> [0,0,0]
+    pub conviction_terciles_r: [f64; 3], // E[R] by conviction_at_entry tercile (asc); <3 trades -> [0,0,0]
 }
 
 // Dense `PositionManagement` record column indices — the lockstep contract with
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ mod r_col {
     pub const REALIZED_R: usize = 1;
     pub const ENTRY_PRICE: usize = 6;
     pub const STOP_PRICE: usize = 7;
-    pub const BIAS_AT_ENTRY_ABS: usize = 9;
+    pub const CONVICTION_AT_ENTRY: usize = 9;
     pub const OPEN: usize = 11;
     pub const UNREALIZED_R: usize = 12;
 }
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pub fn summarize_r(record: &[(Timestamp, Vec<Scalar>)], round_trip_cost: f64) ->
         if row[r_col::CLOSED].as_bool() {
             trades.push(Trade {
                 r: row[r_col::REALIZED_R].as_f64(),
-                bias_abs: row[r_col::BIAS_AT_ENTRY_ABS].as_f64(),
+                bias_abs: row[r_col::CONVICTION_AT_ENTRY].as_f64(),
                 latched: (row[r_col::ENTRY_PRICE].as_f64() - row[r_col::STOP_PRICE].as_f64()).abs(),
             });
         }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ pub fn summarize_r(record: &[(Timestamp, Vec<Scalar>)], round_trip_cost: f64) ->
     {
         trades.push(Trade {
             r: last[r_col::UNREALIZED_R].as_f64(),
-            bias_abs: last[r_col::BIAS_AT_ENTRY_ABS].as_f64(),
+            bias_abs: last[r_col::CONVICTION_AT_ENTRY].as_f64(),
             latched: (last[r_col::ENTRY_PRICE].as_f64() - last[r_col::STOP_PRICE].as_f64()).abs(),
         });
         n_open_at_end = 1;
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ pub fn summarize_r(record: &[(Timestamp, Vec<Scalar>)], round_trip_cost: f64) ->
         .map(|t| t.r - if t.latched > 0.0 { round_trip_cost / t.latched } else { 0.0 })
         .sum();
     let net_expectancy_r = net_sum / n as f64;
-    // conviction terciles: sort by |bias_at_entry| ascending, split into three contiguous
+    // conviction terciles: sort by conviction_at_entry ascending, split into three contiguous
     // near-equal-count buckets (floor boundaries i*n/3), E[R] per bucket. < 3 trades -> 0s.
     let conviction_terciles_r = if n < 3 {
         [0.0; 3]
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     // A fuller closed-trade dense row: also sets entry_price (6), stop_price (7) and
-    // bias_at_entry_abs (9) — the geometry summarize_r recovers latched_dist and
+    // conviction_at_entry (9) — the geometry summarize_r recovers latched_dist and
     // conviction from. Width up to UNREALIZED_R+1 (summarize_r never reads col 13).
     fn r_row_full(realized: f64, entry: f64, stop: f64, bias_abs: f64) -> (Timestamp, Vec<Scalar>) {
         let mut v = vec![Scalar::f64(0.0); r_col::UNREALIZED_R + 1];
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ mod tests {
         v[r_col::REALIZED_R] = Scalar::f64(realized);
         v[r_col::ENTRY_PRICE] = Scalar::f64(entry);
         v[r_col::STOP_PRICE] = Scalar::f64(stop);
-        v[r_col::BIAS_AT_ENTRY_ABS] = Scalar::f64(bias_abs);
+        v[r_col::CONVICTION_AT_ENTRY] = Scalar::f64(bias_abs);
         v[r_col::OPEN] = Scalar::bool(false);
         (Timestamp(0), v)
     }
diff --git a/crates/aura-engine/tests/stage1_r_e2e.rs b/crates/aura-engine/tests/stage1_r_e2e.rs
index a4fcbe3..5812702 100644
--- a/crates/aura-engine/tests/stage1_r_e2e.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-engine/tests/stage1_r_e2e.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const OPEN: usize = 11;
 const UNREALIZED_R: usize = 12;
 const ENTRY_PRICE: usize = 6;
 const STOP_PRICE: usize = 7;
-const BIAS_AT_ENTRY_ABS: usize = 9;
+const CONVICTION_AT_ENTRY: usize = 9;
 const SIZE: usize = 10;
 
 /// Property: the real producer->consumer seam composes. Driving `FixedStop` ->
@@ -264,14 +264,14 @@ fn r_col_indices_match_producer_field_layout() {
     assert_eq!(PM_RECORD_KINDS[REALIZED_R], ScalarKind::F64);
     assert_eq!(PM_RECORD_KINDS[UNREALIZED_R], ScalarKind::F64);
 
-    // iter-2 reads: entry_price (6), stop_price (7), bias_at_entry_abs (9) — the geometry
+    // iter-2 reads: entry_price (6), stop_price (7), conviction_at_entry (9) — the geometry
     // summarize_r recovers latched_dist (net-of-cost) and conviction (terciles) from.
     assert_eq!(PM_FIELD_NAMES[ENTRY_PRICE], "entry_price");
     assert_eq!(PM_FIELD_NAMES[STOP_PRICE], "stop_price");
-    assert_eq!(PM_FIELD_NAMES[BIAS_AT_ENTRY_ABS], "bias_at_entry_abs");
+    assert_eq!(PM_FIELD_NAMES[CONVICTION_AT_ENTRY], "conviction_at_entry");
     assert_eq!(PM_RECORD_KINDS[ENTRY_PRICE], ScalarKind::F64);
     assert_eq!(PM_RECORD_KINDS[STOP_PRICE], ScalarKind::F64);
-    assert_eq!(PM_RECORD_KINDS[BIAS_AT_ENTRY_ABS], ScalarKind::F64);
+    assert_eq!(PM_RECORD_KINDS[CONVICTION_AT_ENTRY], ScalarKind::F64);
 
     // iter-2 size column (10): the Sizer's `size` flows here, and the sibling
     // `risk_executor.rs` fixture asserts its R-invariance by reading this index — so the
diff --git a/crates/aura-std/src/position_management.rs b/crates/aura-std/src/position_management.rs
index e155077..ca334c3 100644
--- a/crates/aura-std/src/position_management.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-std/src/position_management.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub const FIELD_NAMES: [&str; WIDTH] = [
     "entry_price",
     "stop_price",
     "exit_price",
-    "bias_at_entry_abs",
+    "conviction_at_entry",
     "size",
     "open",
     "unrealized_r",