Concepts
Protected markets
A protected market keeps its current price out of a proposed change. Protection is useful when local knowledge, policy, or data quality matters more than the general pricing rule.
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Why a market may need protection
A market can have a contractual price, a deliberate promotional position, unusual taxes, a strategic customer base, or a billing setup that makes the general recommendation inappropriate. Protection records that exception instead of relying on someone to remember it during every review.
It is also appropriate where economic data behaves unusually or cannot support a dependable target.
Recognizing an artifact
A target that repeatedly lands at an outer limit, changes sharply without a plausible market explanation, or depends on sparse inputs deserves inspection. Precision does not rescue a weak premise.
In those cases, holding the current price is a valid outcome. A pricing system is more trustworthy when it can say 'leave this alone.'
Protection is not permanent truth
Protected markets should be reviewed when the reason for protection changes or better evidence becomes available. The protection preserves intent; it should not make the market invisible.
The signed-in guide covers how protections interact with recommendations and deployments.