diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6de3080..cff5699 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@
 - Added dashboard page plus HTMX metrics fragment and SSE metrics stream.
 - Added dashboard live overview panel for status, balances, open trades, realized P&L, and opportunity feed with HTMX refresh and SSE updates.
 - Added dashboard controls for start/stop, config edits, and manual kill-switch triggering via HTMX POST forms.
+- Added Alpine.js interactivity and a Chart.js opportunity trend panel to the dashboard.
+- Added optional HTTP Basic authentication for dashboard routes, fragments, streams, and control endpoints.
diff --git a/src/arbitrade/api/app.py b/src/arbitrade/api/app.py
index a36d01e..5b5fba8 100644
--- a/src/arbitrade/api/app.py
+++ b/src/arbitrade/api/app.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 
 from arbitrade.api.control_state import DashboardControlState
-from arbitrade.api.routes import router
+from arbitrade.api.routes import public_router, router
 from arbitrade.config.settings import Settings
 from arbitrade.logging_setup import configure_logging
 from arbitrade.metrics import MetricsCalculator
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ from arbitrade.storage.db import DuckDBStore
 def create_app(settings: Settings) -> FastAPI:
     configure_logging(settings.log_level, settings.log_json)
 
+    if bool(settings.dashboard_auth_username) ^ bool(settings.dashboard_auth_password):
+        raise ValueError("dashboard auth requires both username and password")
+
     db = DuckDBStore(settings)
     db.migrate()
 
@@ -23,5 +26,6 @@ def create_app(settings: Settings) -> FastAPI:
     app.state.dashboard_controls = DashboardControlState(
         is_running=not settings.kill_switch_active,
     )
+    app.include_router(public_router)
     app.include_router(router)
     return app
diff --git a/src/arbitrade/api/auth.py b/src/arbitrade/api/auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..450036a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/arbitrade/api/auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from secrets import compare_digest
+from typing import Annotated
+
+from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, Request, status
+from fastapi.security import HTTPBasic, HTTPBasicCredentials
+
+dashboard_basic_auth = HTTPBasic(auto_error=False)
+
+
+def require_dashboard_auth(
+    request: Request,
+    credentials: Annotated[HTTPBasicCredentials | None, Depends(dashboard_basic_auth)],
+) -> None:
+    settings = request.app.state.settings
+    username = settings.dashboard_auth_username
+    password = settings.dashboard_auth_password
+
+    if username is None and password is None:
+        return
+
+    if username is None or password is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            detail="Dashboard auth misconfigured",
+        )
+
+    if (
+        credentials is None
+        or not compare_digest(credentials.username, username)
+        or not compare_digest(credentials.password, password)
+    ):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Not authenticated",
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": 'Basic realm="Arbitrade Dashboard"'},
+        )
diff --git a/src/arbitrade/api/routes.py b/src/arbitrade/api/routes.py
index 708199f..1303218 100644
--- a/src/arbitrade/api/routes.py
+++ b/src/arbitrade/api/routes.py
@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import cast
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs
 
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Request
+import duckdb
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, JSONResponse, StreamingResponse
 from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
 
+from arbitrade.api.auth import require_dashboard_auth
 from arbitrade.api.control_state import DashboardControlState
 
-router = APIRouter()
+router = APIRouter(dependencies=[Depends(require_dashboard_auth)])
+public_router = APIRouter()
 templates = Jinja2Templates(
     directory=str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3] / "web" / "templates")
 )
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ def _dashboard_metrics(request: Request) -> dict[str, str]:
     }
 
 
-def _table_columns(conn, table_name: str) -> set[str]:
+def _table_columns(conn: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection, table_name: str) -> set[str]:
     rows = conn.execute(f"PRAGMA table_info('{table_name}')").fetchall()
     return {str(row[1]) for row in rows}
 
@@ -74,15 +77,13 @@ def _dashboard_overview(request: Request) -> dict[str, object]:
             ORDER BY snapshot_at DESC
             LIMIT 1
             """).fetchone()
-        open_trades = conn.execute(
-            f"""
+        open_trades = conn.execute(f"""
             SELECT {trade_ref_expr}, status, started_at, {cycle_expr}
             FROM trades
             WHERE {open_trade_filter}
             ORDER BY started_at DESC
             LIMIT 5
-            """
-        ).fetchall()
+            """).fetchall()
         pnl_total_row = conn.execute("""
             SELECT COALESCE(SUM(COALESCE(realized_pnl, 0)), 0)
             FROM trades
@@ -133,6 +134,38 @@ def _dashboard_overview(request: Request) -> dict[str, object]:
     }
 
 
+def _dashboard_charts(request: Request) -> dict[str, object]:
+    store = request.app.state.store
+    with store.connect() as conn:
+        opportunity_rows = conn.execute("""
+            SELECT detected_at, cycle, net_pct, est_profit
+            FROM opportunities
+            ORDER BY detected_at DESC
+            LIMIT 10
+            """).fetchall()
+
+    chart_rows = list(reversed(opportunity_rows))
+    labels = [
+        row[0].isoformat() if isinstance(
+            row[0], datetime) else f"opportunity-{index + 1}"
+        for index, row in enumerate(chart_rows)
+    ]
+    net_pct_values = [float(row[2]) if row[2]
+                      is not None else 0.0 for row in chart_rows]
+    est_profit_values = [float(row[3]) if row[3]
+                         is not None else 0.0 for row in chart_rows]
+    cycles = [str(row[1]) for row in chart_rows]
+
+    return {
+        "labels": labels,
+        "net_pct_values": net_pct_values,
+        "est_profit_values": est_profit_values,
+        "cycles": cycles,
+        "has_chart_data": bool(chart_rows),
+        "generated_at": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(),
+    }
+
+
 def _dashboard_controls_state(request: Request) -> DashboardControlState:
     return cast(DashboardControlState, request.app.state.dashboard_controls)
 
@@ -170,6 +203,7 @@ def _dashboard_controls(request: Request) -> dict[str, object]:
         "stop_endpoint": "/dashboard/control/stop",
         "kill_switch_endpoint": "/dashboard/control/kill-switch",
         "config_endpoint": "/dashboard/control/config",
+        "chart_endpoint": "/dashboard/fragment/charts",
     }
 
 
@@ -195,6 +229,7 @@ async def home(request: Request) -> HTMLResponse:
             "metrics_endpoint": "/dashboard/fragment/metrics",
             "overview_endpoint": "/dashboard/fragment/overview",
             "controls_endpoint": "/dashboard/fragment/controls",
+            "charts_endpoint": "/dashboard/fragment/charts",
             "stream_endpoint": "/dashboard/stream/metrics",
             "overview_stream_endpoint": "/dashboard/stream/overview",
         },
@@ -212,6 +247,7 @@ async def dashboard(request: Request) -> HTMLResponse:
             "metrics_endpoint": "/dashboard/fragment/metrics",
             "overview_endpoint": "/dashboard/fragment/overview",
             "controls_endpoint": "/dashboard/fragment/controls",
+            "charts_endpoint": "/dashboard/fragment/charts",
             "stream_endpoint": "/dashboard/stream/metrics",
             "overview_stream_endpoint": "/dashboard/stream/overview",
         },
@@ -245,6 +281,15 @@ async def dashboard_controls(request: Request) -> HTMLResponse:
     )
 
 
+@router.get("/dashboard/fragment/charts", response_class=HTMLResponse)
+async def dashboard_charts(request: Request) -> HTMLResponse:
+    return templates.TemplateResponse(
+        request=request,
+        name="partials/charts.html",
+        context={"request": request, **_dashboard_charts(request)},
+    )
+
+
 @router.post("/dashboard/control/start", response_class=HTMLResponse)
 async def dashboard_control_start(request: Request) -> HTMLResponse:
     controls = _dashboard_controls_state(request)
@@ -347,6 +392,6 @@ async def dashboard_overview_stream(request: Request) -> StreamingResponse:
     return StreamingResponse(_event_stream(), media_type="text/event-stream")
 
 
-@router.get("/health", response_class=JSONResponse)
+@public_router.get("/health", response_class=JSONResponse)
 async def health() -> JSONResponse:
     return JSONResponse({"status": "ok", "service": "arbitrade"})
diff --git a/src/arbitrade/config/settings.py b/src/arbitrade/config/settings.py
index 5bd2801..0bd450d 100644
--- a/src/arbitrade/config/settings.py
+++ b/src/arbitrade/config/settings.py
@@ -22,38 +22,64 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     log_level: str = Field(default="INFO", alias="LOG_LEVEL")
     log_json: bool = Field(default=True, alias="LOG_JSON")
 
-    duckdb_path: Path = Field(default=Path("./data/arbitrade.duckdb"), alias="DUCKDB_PATH")
+    dashboard_auth_username: str | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        alias="DASHBOARD_AUTH_USERNAME",
+    )
+    dashboard_auth_password: str | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        alias="DASHBOARD_AUTH_PASSWORD",
+    )
 
-    kraken_rest_url: str = Field(default="https://api.kraken.com", alias="KRAKEN_REST_URL")
-    kraken_ws_url: str = Field(default="wss://ws.kraken.com/v2", alias="KRAKEN_WS_URL")
+    duckdb_path: Path = Field(default=Path(
+        "./data/arbitrade.duckdb"), alias="DUCKDB_PATH")
+
+    kraken_rest_url: str = Field(
+        default="https://api.kraken.com", alias="KRAKEN_REST_URL")
+    kraken_ws_url: str = Field(
+        default="wss://ws.kraken.com/v2", alias="KRAKEN_WS_URL")
     kraken_private_rate_limit_seconds: float = Field(
         default=1.0, alias="KRAKEN_PRIVATE_RATE_LIMIT_SECONDS"
     )
-    kraken_http_timeout_seconds: float = Field(default=10.0, alias="KRAKEN_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS")
-    kraken_retry_attempts: int = Field(default=3, alias="KRAKEN_RETRY_ATTEMPTS")
+    kraken_http_timeout_seconds: float = Field(
+        default=10.0, alias="KRAKEN_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS")
+    kraken_retry_attempts: int = Field(
+        default=3, alias="KRAKEN_RETRY_ATTEMPTS")
     kraken_retry_base_delay_seconds: float = Field(
         default=0.25, alias="KRAKEN_RETRY_BASE_DELAY_SECONDS"
     )
     kraken_api_key: str | None = Field(default=None, alias="KRAKEN_API_KEY")
-    kraken_api_secret: str | None = Field(default=None, alias="KRAKEN_API_SECRET")
-    ws_heartbeat_timeout_seconds: float = Field(default=20.0, alias="WS_HEARTBEAT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS")
-    ws_max_staleness_seconds: float = Field(default=5.0, alias="WS_MAX_STALENESS_SECONDS")
+    kraken_api_secret: str | None = Field(
+        default=None, alias="KRAKEN_API_SECRET")
+    ws_heartbeat_timeout_seconds: float = Field(
+        default=20.0, alias="WS_HEARTBEAT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS")
+    ws_max_staleness_seconds: float = Field(
+        default=5.0, alias="WS_MAX_STALENESS_SECONDS")
     paper_trading_mode: bool = Field(default=True, alias="PAPER_TRADING_MODE")
     trade_capital_usd: float = Field(default=100.0, alias="TRADE_CAPITAL_USD")
-    max_trade_capital_usd: float = Field(default=100.0, alias="MAX_TRADE_CAPITAL_USD")
-    max_concurrent_trades: int | None = Field(default=None, alias="MAX_CONCURRENT_TRADES")
+    max_trade_capital_usd: float = Field(
+        default=100.0, alias="MAX_TRADE_CAPITAL_USD")
+    max_concurrent_trades: int | None = Field(
+        default=None, alias="MAX_CONCURRENT_TRADES")
     max_exposure_per_asset_usd: float | None = Field(
         default=None,
         alias="MAX_EXPOSURE_PER_ASSET_USD",
     )
-    quote_balance_asset: str = Field(default="USD", alias="QUOTE_BALANCE_ASSET")
-    min_order_size_usd: float | None = Field(default=None, alias="MIN_ORDER_SIZE_USD")
+    quote_balance_asset: str = Field(
+        default="USD", alias="QUOTE_BALANCE_ASSET")
+    min_order_size_usd: float | None = Field(
+        default=None, alias="MIN_ORDER_SIZE_USD")
     kill_switch_active: bool = Field(default=False, alias="KILL_SWITCH_ACTIVE")
-    daily_loss_limit_usd: float | None = Field(default=None, alias="DAILY_LOSS_LIMIT_USD")
-    cumulative_loss_limit_usd: float | None = Field(default=None, alias="CUMULATIVE_LOSS_LIMIT_USD")
-    max_source_latency_ms: float | None = Field(default=None, alias="MAX_SOURCE_LATENCY_MS")
-    max_apply_latency_ms: float | None = Field(default=None, alias="MAX_APPLY_LATENCY_MS")
-    max_consecutive_failures: int | None = Field(default=None, alias="MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES")
+    daily_loss_limit_usd: float | None = Field(
+        default=None, alias="DAILY_LOSS_LIMIT_USD")
+    cumulative_loss_limit_usd: float | None = Field(
+        default=None, alias="CUMULATIVE_LOSS_LIMIT_USD")
+    max_source_latency_ms: float | None = Field(
+        default=None, alias="MAX_SOURCE_LATENCY_MS")
+    max_apply_latency_ms: float | None = Field(
+        default=None, alias="MAX_APPLY_LATENCY_MS")
+    max_consecutive_failures: int | None = Field(
+        default=None, alias="MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES")
 
     fernet_key: str | None = Field(default=None, alias="FERNET_KEY")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_dashboard.py b/tests/test_dashboard.py
index 090bcc5..337e7ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_dashboard.py
+++ b/tests/test_dashboard.py
@@ -134,11 +134,15 @@ async def test_dashboard_page_and_fragment_and_sse(tmp_path) -> None:
         overview = await client.get("/dashboard/fragment/overview")
         overview_stream = await client.get("/dashboard/stream/overview")
         controls = await client.get("/dashboard/fragment/controls")
+        charts = await client.get("/dashboard/fragment/charts")
 
     assert page.status_code == 200
     assert "EventSource" in page.text
+    assert "alpinejs" in page.text.lower()
+    assert "Chart.js" in page.text or "chart.umd.min.js" in page.text
     assert 'hx-get="/dashboard/fragment/metrics"' in page.text
     assert 'hx-get="/dashboard/fragment/controls"' in page.text
+    assert 'hx-get="/dashboard/fragment/charts"' in page.text
 
     assert fragment.status_code == 200
     assert "Realized P&L" in fragment.text
@@ -170,6 +174,11 @@ async def test_dashboard_page_and_fragment_and_sse(tmp_path) -> None:
     assert "Paper trading mode" in controls.text
     assert "Trade capital USD" in controls.text
 
+    assert charts.status_code == 200
+    assert "Opportunity Trend" in charts.text
+    assert "opportunity-chart" in charts.text
+    assert "Hide chart" in charts.text or "Show chart" in charts.text
+
 
 async def test_dashboard_controls_update_runtime_state_and_config(tmp_path) -> None:
     app = create_app(Settings(DUCKDB_PATH=tmp_path / "controls.duckdb"))
@@ -210,3 +219,27 @@ async def test_dashboard_controls_update_runtime_state_and_config(tmp_path) -> N
     assert app.state.settings.max_trade_capital_usd == 300.0
     assert app.state.settings.max_concurrent_trades == 4
     assert app.state.settings.paper_trading_mode is True
+
+
+async def test_dashboard_requires_basic_auth_when_configured(tmp_path) -> None:
+    app = create_app(
+        Settings(
+            DUCKDB_PATH=tmp_path / "auth.duckdb",
+            DASHBOARD_AUTH_USERNAME="admin",
+            DASHBOARD_AUTH_PASSWORD="secret",
+        )
+    )
+
+    transport = httpx.ASGITransport(app=app)
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=transport, base_url="http://test") as client:
+        unauthenticated = await client.get("/dashboard/fragment/overview")
+        authenticated = await client.get(
+            "/dashboard/fragment/overview",
+            auth=("admin", "secret"),
+        )
+        health = await client.get("/health")
+
+    assert unauthenticated.status_code == 401
+    assert unauthenticated.headers["www-authenticate"] == 'Basic realm="Arbitrade Dashboard"'
+    assert authenticated.status_code == 200
+    assert health.status_code == 200
diff --git a/web/templates/dashboard.html b/web/templates/dashboard.html
index 6b68429..d35a9ea 100644
--- a/web/templates/dashboard.html
+++ b/web/templates/dashboard.html
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
     <title>{{ title }}</title>
     <script src="https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@1.9.12"></script>
+    <script defer src="https://unpkg.com/alpinejs@3.x.x/dist/cdn.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chart.js@4.4.3/dist/chart.umd.min.js"></script>
     <style>
       body {
         margin: 0;
@@ -124,6 +126,17 @@
         gap: 12px;
         flex-wrap: wrap;
       }
+      .chart-head {
+        display: flex;
+        justify-content: space-between;
+        align-items: center;
+        gap: 12px;
+        flex-wrap: wrap;
+      }
+      .chart-canvas {
+        width: 100%;
+        min-height: 260px;
+      }
     </style>
   </head>
   <body>
@@ -176,7 +189,106 @@
         {% include "partials/controls.html" %}
       </section>
 
+      <section
+        id="charts-shell"
+        hx-get="{{ charts_endpoint }}"
+        hx-target="this"
+        hx-trigger="load, every 30s"
+        hx-swap="outerHTML"
+      >
+        {% include "partials/charts.html" %}
+      </section>
+
       <script>
+        window.arbitradeRenderCharts = (payload) => {
+          const chartHost = document.getElementById("opportunity-chart");
+          if (!chartHost || typeof Chart === "undefined") {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          const existing = Chart.getChart(chartHost);
+          if (existing) {
+            existing.destroy();
+          }
+
+          const data = JSON.parse(payload);
+          if (!data.has_chart_data) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          new Chart(chartHost, {
+            type: "line",
+            data: {
+              labels: data.labels,
+              datasets: [
+                {
+                  label: "Net %",
+                  data: data.net_pct_values,
+                  borderColor: "#2d6cdf",
+                  backgroundColor: "rgba(45, 108, 223, 0.18)",
+                  tension: 0.3,
+                  fill: true,
+                  yAxisID: "y",
+                },
+                {
+                  label: "Est profit USD",
+                  data: data.est_profit_values,
+                  borderColor: "#52c41a",
+                  backgroundColor: "rgba(82, 196, 26, 0.12)",
+                  tension: 0.3,
+                  fill: false,
+                  yAxisID: "y1",
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+            options: {
+              responsive: true,
+              maintainAspectRatio: false,
+              interaction: {
+                mode: "index",
+                intersect: false,
+              },
+              plugins: {
+                legend: {
+                  labels: {
+                    color: "#e5eefb",
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+              scales: {
+                x: {
+                  ticks: {
+                    color: "#9fb2d0",
+                    maxRotation: 0,
+                    autoSkip: true,
+                  },
+                  grid: {
+                    color: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06)",
+                  },
+                },
+                y: {
+                  position: "left",
+                  ticks: {
+                    color: "#9fb2d0",
+                  },
+                  grid: {
+                    color: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06)",
+                  },
+                },
+                y1: {
+                  position: "right",
+                  ticks: {
+                    color: "#9fb2d0",
+                  },
+                  grid: {
+                    drawOnChartArea: false,
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          });
+        };
+
         const stream = new EventSource("{{ stream_endpoint }}");
         stream.addEventListener("metrics", (event) => {
           const panel = document.getElementById("metrics-panel");
diff --git a/web/templates/partials/charts.html b/web/templates/partials/charts.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91c51df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/templates/partials/charts.html
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<div
+  id="charts-panel"
+  class="panel"
+  style="margin-top: 16px"
+  x-data="{ expanded: true }"
+>
+  <div class="chart-head">
+    <div>
+      <div class="label">Opportunity Trend</div>
+      <div class="meta">Recent opportunities from DuckDB. Updated {{ generated_at }}</div>
+    </div>
+    <button type="button" class="button secondary" x-on:click="expanded = !expanded">
+      <span x-text="expanded ? 'Hide chart' : 'Show chart'"></span>
+    </button>
+  </div>
+
+  <div x-show="expanded" x-transition style="margin-top: 16px">
+    <div class="card" style="padding: 12px">
+      {% if has_chart_data %}
+      <canvas id="opportunity-chart" class="chart-canvas"></canvas>
+      <script>
+        window.arbitradeRenderCharts(
+          {{ {
+            "has_chart_data": has_chart_data,
+            "labels": labels,
+            "net_pct_values": net_pct_values,
+            "est_profit_values": est_profit_values,
+            "cycles": cycles,
+          } | tojson }}
+        );
+      </script>
+      {% else %}
+      <div class="meta">No opportunity data yet.</div>
+      {% endif %}
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
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