diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-trade-r001-canary.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-trade-r001-canary.yaml
index 01f3f54..4dbd84c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-trade-r001-canary.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-trade-r001-canary.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           KUBECONFIG: /tmp/kubeconfig
         run: |
-          kubectl -n trade-r001-canary get secret trade-postgres trade-hasura trade-api trade-frontend-tokens trade-basic-auth gitea-registry
+          kubectl -n trade-r001-canary get secret trade-postgres trade-hasura trade-api trade-frontend-tokens trade-basic-auth trade-ingestor-tokens gitea-registry
 
       - name: Recreate bootstrap jobs
         env:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           KUBECONFIG: /tmp/kubeconfig
         run: |
-          kubectl -n trade-r001-canary rollout restart deploy/hasura deploy/trade-api deploy/trade-frontend
+          kubectl -n trade-r001-canary rollout restart deploy/hasura deploy/trade-api deploy/trade-frontend deploy/trade-ingestor
 
       - name: Wait for database and metadata bootstrap
         env:
@@ -70,8 +70,19 @@ jobs:
           kubectl -n trade-r001-canary rollout status deploy/hasura --timeout=300s
           kubectl -n trade-r001-canary rollout status deploy/trade-api --timeout=300s
           kubectl -n trade-r001-canary rollout status deploy/trade-frontend --timeout=300s
+          kubectl -n trade-r001-canary rollout status deploy/trade-ingestor --timeout=300s
           kubectl -n trade-r001-canary get deploy,pods -o wide
 
+      - name: Verify trade-ingestor runtime
+        env:
+          KUBECONFIG: /tmp/kubeconfig
+        run: |
+          sleep 10
+          pod_name="$(kubectl -n trade-r001-canary get pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=trade-ingestor -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')"
+          restart_count="$(kubectl -n trade-r001-canary get pod "$pod_name" -o jsonpath='{.status.containerStatuses[0].restartCount}')"
+          test "${restart_count}" = "0"
+          kubectl -n trade-r001-canary logs "$pod_name" --tail=20
+
       - name: Verify canary namespace connectivity
         env:
           KUBECONFIG: /tmp/kubeconfig
diff --git a/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/README.md b/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/README.md
index 60f72de..20acdbc 100644
--- a/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/README.md
+++ b/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Minimal canary namespace for migration baseline `R001` on `sol`.
 - Reserve a dedicated namespace for the first reconstructed trade deployment.
 - Put hard upper bounds on namespace-level CPU, memory, object count, and PVC growth before application manifests land.
 - Verify that workloads in the namespace can resolve and reach the shared `trade-infra` services for `Postgres` and `Redis`.
-- Recreate the `R001` application surface in a controlled way: `Hasura`, `trade-api`, and `trade-frontend`.
+- Recreate the `R001` application surface in a controlled way: `Hasura`, `trade-api`, `trade-frontend`, and the first canary `trade-ingestor` path.
 
 ## Current Guardrails
 
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ Minimal canary namespace for migration baseline `R001` on `sol`.
 - The canary workflow re-runs:
   - `postgres-migrate`
   - `hasura-bootstrap`
-  before it waits for `Hasura`, `trade-api`, and `trade-frontend` to become healthy.
+  before it waits for `Hasura`, `trade-api`, `trade-frontend`, and `trade-ingestor` to become healthy.
+- The current canary `trade-ingestor` is intentionally pinned to the schema already reconstructed on `sol` and reads from `dlob_stats_latest`.
+- The exact live `R001` ingestor path that reads `dlob_*_derived_latest` remains a follow-up substep after the DLOB writer chain is reconstructed.
 
 ## Operator Flow
 
diff --git a/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/assets/ingestor/dlob-ingestor.mjs b/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/assets/ingestor/dlob-ingestor.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d49a9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/assets/ingestor/dlob-ingestor.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+import process from 'node:process';
+import { setTimeout as sleep } from 'node:timers/promises';
+
+function getIsoNow() {
+  return new Date().toISOString();
+}
+
+function envString(name, fallback) {
+  const v = process.env[name];
+  if (v == null) return fallback;
+  const s = String(v).trim();
+  return s ? s : fallback;
+}
+
+function envInt(name, fallback, { min, max } = {}) {
+  const v = process.env[name];
+  if (v == null) return fallback;
+  const n = Number.parseInt(String(v), 10);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(n)) return fallback;
+  const low = typeof min === 'number' ? min : n;
+  const high = typeof max === 'number' ? max : n;
+  return Math.max(low, Math.min(high, n));
+}
+
+function envList(name, fallbackCsv) {
+  const raw = process.env[name] ?? fallbackCsv;
+  return String(raw)
+    .split(',')
+    .map((s) => s.trim())
+    .filter(Boolean);
+}
+
+function toIntOrNull(v) {
+  if (v == null) return null;
+  if (typeof v === 'number') return Number.isFinite(v) ? Math.trunc(v) : null;
+  if (typeof v === 'string') {
+    const s = v.trim();
+    if (!s) return null;
+    const n = Number.parseInt(s, 10);
+    return Number.isFinite(n) ? n : null;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function numStr(v) {
+  if (v == null) return null;
+  if (typeof v === 'number') return Number.isFinite(v) ? String(v) : null;
+  if (typeof v === 'string') {
+    const s = v.trim();
+    return s ? s : null;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function isoFromEpochMs(v) {
+  const n = typeof v === 'number' ? v : typeof v === 'string' ? Number(v.trim()) : NaN;
+  if (!Number.isFinite(n) || n <= 0) return null;
+  const d = new Date(n);
+  const ms = d.getTime();
+  if (!Number.isFinite(ms)) return null;
+  return d.toISOString();
+}
+
+function resolveConfig() {
+  const hasuraUrl = envString('HASURA_GRAPHQL_URL', 'http://hasura:8080/v1/graphql');
+  const hasuraAdminSecret = envString('HASURA_ADMIN_SECRET', '');
+  if (!hasuraAdminSecret) throw new Error('Missing HASURA_ADMIN_SECRET');
+
+  const markets = envList('DLOB_MARKETS', 'SOL-PERP,PUMP-PERP');
+  const pollMs = envInt('TICKS_POLL_MS', 1000, { min: 250, max: 60_000 });
+  const source = envString('TICKS_SOURCE', 'dlob_stats');
+
+  return { hasuraUrl, hasuraAdminSecret, markets, pollMs, source };
+}
+
+async function graphqlRequest(cfg, query, variables) {
+  const res = await fetch(cfg.hasuraUrl, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'content-type': 'application/json',
+      'x-hasura-admin-secret': cfg.hasuraAdminSecret,
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ query, variables }),
+    signal: AbortSignal.timeout(10_000),
+  });
+
+  const text = await res.text();
+  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Hasura HTTP ${res.status}: ${text}`);
+
+  let json;
+  try {
+    json = JSON.parse(text);
+  } catch {
+    throw new Error(`Hasura: invalid json: ${text}`);
+  }
+
+  if (json.errors?.length) throw new Error(json.errors.map((e) => e.message).join(' | '));
+  return json.data;
+}
+
+async function fetchStats(cfg) {
+  const query = `
+    query DlobStatsLatest($markets: [String!]!) {
+      dlob_stats_latest(where: { market_name: { _in: $markets } }) {
+        market_name
+        market_index
+        ts
+        slot
+        oracle_price
+        mark_price
+        mid_price
+        best_bid_price
+        best_ask_price
+        updated_at
+      }
+    }
+  `;
+
+  const data = await graphqlRequest(cfg, query, { markets: cfg.markets });
+  return Array.isArray(data?.dlob_stats_latest) ? data.dlob_stats_latest : [];
+}
+
+async function insertTicks(cfg, objects) {
+  if (!objects.length) return 0;
+
+  const mutation = `
+    mutation InsertTicks($objects: [drift_ticks_insert_input!]!) {
+      insert_drift_ticks(objects: $objects) { affected_rows }
+    }
+  `;
+
+  const data = await graphqlRequest(cfg, mutation, { objects });
+  return Number(data?.insert_drift_ticks?.affected_rows || 0);
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  const cfg = resolveConfig();
+  const lastUpdatedAtByMarket = new Map();
+
+  console.log(
+    JSON.stringify(
+      {
+        service: 'trade-ingestor',
+        mode: 'dlob_stats_ticks',
+        startedAt: getIsoNow(),
+        hasuraUrl: cfg.hasuraUrl,
+        markets: cfg.markets,
+        pollMs: cfg.pollMs,
+        source: cfg.source,
+      },
+      null,
+      2
+    )
+  );
+
+  while (true) {
+    try {
+      const rows = await fetchStats(cfg);
+      const nowIso = getIsoNow();
+
+      const objects = [];
+      for (const r of rows) {
+        const marketName = String(r?.market_name || '').trim();
+        if (!marketName) continue;
+
+        const updatedAt = r?.updated_at ? String(r.updated_at) : '';
+        if (updatedAt && lastUpdatedAtByMarket.get(marketName) === updatedAt) continue;
+        if (updatedAt) lastUpdatedAtByMarket.set(marketName, updatedAt);
+
+        const marketIndex = toIntOrNull(r?.market_index) ?? 0;
+        const dlobIso = isoFromEpochMs(r?.ts);
+        const tsIso = dlobIso || nowIso;
+
+        const oraclePrice = numStr(r?.oracle_price) || numStr(r?.mark_price) || numStr(r?.mid_price);
+        const markPrice = numStr(r?.mark_price) || numStr(r?.mid_price) || oraclePrice;
+        if (!oraclePrice) continue;
+
+        objects.push({
+          ts: tsIso,
+          market_index: marketIndex,
+          symbol: marketName,
+          oracle_price: oraclePrice,
+          mark_price: markPrice,
+          oracle_slot: r?.slot == null ? null : String(r.slot),
+          source: cfg.source,
+          raw: {
+            from: 'dlob_stats_latest',
+            market_name: marketName,
+            market_index: marketIndex,
+            dlob: {
+              ts: r?.ts ?? null,
+              slot: r?.slot ?? null,
+              best_bid_price: r?.best_bid_price ?? null,
+              best_ask_price: r?.best_ask_price ?? null,
+              mid_price: r?.mid_price ?? null,
+              updated_at: updatedAt || null,
+            },
+          },
+        });
+      }
+
+      const inserted = await insertTicks(cfg, objects);
+      if (inserted) {
+        console.log(`[dlob-ticks] inserted=${inserted} ts=${nowIso}`);
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error(`[dlob-ticks] error: ${String(err?.message || err)}`);
+      await sleep(2_000);
+    }
+
+    await sleep(cfg.pollMs);
+  }
+}
+
+main().catch((err) => {
+  console.error(String(err?.stack || err));
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+});
diff --git a/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/kustomization.yaml b/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/kustomization.yaml
index 61d2e02..ca36f42 100644
--- a/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/kustomization.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ resources:
   - trade-api-deployment.yaml
   - trade-frontend-service.yaml
   - trade-frontend-deployment.yaml
+  - trade-ingestor-deployment.yaml
 
 configMapGenerator:
   - name: postgres-initdb
@@ -33,3 +34,6 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - name: trade-api-upstream
     files:
       - assets/api/server.mjs
+  - name: trade-dlob-ingestor-script
+    files:
+      - assets/ingestor/dlob-ingestor.mjs
diff --git a/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/scripts/sync-live-secrets.sh b/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/scripts/sync-live-secrets.sh
index 684e113..e272578 100755
--- a/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/scripts/sync-live-secrets.sh
+++ b/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/scripts/sync-live-secrets.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SECRETS=(
   trade-api
   trade-frontend-tokens
   trade-basic-auth
+  trade-ingestor-tokens
 )
 
 ssh_source() {
diff --git a/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/trade-ingestor-deployment.yaml b/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/trade-ingestor-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8db8c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environments/sol/trade-r001-canary/trade-ingestor-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: trade-ingestor
+  namespace: trade-r001-canary
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: trade-ingestor
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: trade-ingestor
+    spec:
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        - name: gitea-registry
+      volumes:
+        - name: dlob-script
+          configMap:
+            name: trade-dlob-ingestor-script
+        - name: tokens
+          secret:
+            secretName: trade-ingestor-tokens
+      containers:
+        - name: ingestor
+          image: node:20-slim
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          command:
+            - node
+            - /opt/dlob/dlob-ingestor.mjs
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: dlob-script
+              mountPath: /opt/dlob/dlob-ingestor.mjs
+              subPath: dlob-ingestor.mjs
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: tokens
+              mountPath: /app/tokens
+              readOnly: true
+          env:
+            - name: HASURA_GRAPHQL_URL
+              value: http://hasura:8080/v1/graphql
+            - name: HASURA_ADMIN_SECRET
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: trade-hasura
+                  key: HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET
+            - name: DLOB_MARKETS
+              value: SOL-PERP,PUMP-PERP
+            - name: TICKS_POLL_MS
+              value: "1000"
+            - name: TICKS_SOURCE
+              value: dlob_stats
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 128Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 500m
+              memory: 512Mi