diff --git a/src/operator-dashboard/static/pages/StrategyPage.jsx b/src/operator-dashboard/static/pages/StrategyPage.jsx
index 72ca318..395b0fc 100644
--- a/src/operator-dashboard/static/pages/StrategyPage.jsx
+++ b/src/operator-dashboard/static/pages/StrategyPage.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Fragment, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { Fragment, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
 import EmptyState from '../components/EmptyState.jsx';
 import MetricCard from '../components/MetricCard.jsx';
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import { formatAgeFromTimestamp, formatBoolean, formatEur, formatTimestamp, trun
 
 const RESPONDED_STATES = new Set(['submitted', 'awaiting_outcome', 'not_filled', 'completed']);
 const TRADING_PAIR_MODES = new Set(['maker', 'taker', 'both']);
+const COMPETITIVENESS_REFRESH_MS = 5_000;
+const COMPETITIVENESS_GROUP_ROW_COUNT = 12;
+const COMPETITIVENESS_DETAIL_ROW_COUNT = 8;
+const COMPETITIVENESS_LATENCY_ROW_COUNT = 6;
 
 async function copyIdentifier(value) {
   if (!value || !navigator?.clipboard?.writeText) return;
@@ -270,12 +274,52 @@ function pairDisplayLabel(pairId, pairConfig) {
   return `${pair.asset_in_symbol || pair.asset_in || pair.assetIn} -> ${pair.asset_out_symbol || pair.asset_out || pair.assetOut}`;
 }
 
+function fixedRows(items, count) {
+  const rows = (items || []).slice(0, count);
+  while (rows.length < count) rows.push(null);
+  return rows;
+}
+
 function MakerCompetitivenessSection({ summary, pairConfig }) {
-  const total = summary?.total || {};
-  const groups = summary?.groups || [];
-  const ageBuckets = summary?.age_buckets || [];
-  const latestErrors = summary?.latest_errors || [];
-  const policySkips = summary?.policy_skips || [];
+  const latestSummaryRef = useRef(summary || {});
+  const [displaySummary, setDisplaySummary] = useState(() => summary || {});
+  const [displayUpdatedAt, setDisplayUpdatedAt] = useState(() => new Date().toISOString());
+  const [updatesPaused, setUpdatesPaused] = useState(false);
+  const total = displaySummary?.total || {};
+  const groups = displaySummary?.groups || [];
+  const ageBuckets = displaySummary?.age_buckets || [];
+  const latestErrors = displaySummary?.latest_errors || [];
+  const policySkips = displaySummary?.policy_skips || [];
+  const latencyStages = displaySummary?.latency_stages || [];
+  const groupRows = fixedRows(groups, COMPETITIVENESS_GROUP_ROW_COUNT);
+  const ageBucketRows = fixedRows(ageBuckets, COMPETITIVENESS_GROUP_ROW_COUNT);
+  const latestErrorRows = fixedRows(latestErrors, COMPETITIVENESS_DETAIL_ROW_COUNT);
+  const policySkipRows = fixedRows(policySkips, COMPETITIVENESS_DETAIL_ROW_COUNT);
+  const latencyStageRows = fixedRows(latencyStages, COMPETITIVENESS_LATENCY_ROW_COUNT);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    latestSummaryRef.current = summary || {};
+  }, [summary]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (updatesPaused) return undefined;
+    const timer = window.setInterval(() => {
+      setDisplaySummary(latestSummaryRef.current || {});
+      setDisplayUpdatedAt(new Date().toISOString());
+    }, COMPETITIVENESS_REFRESH_MS);
+    return () => window.clearInterval(timer);
+  }, [updatesPaused]);
+
+  function toggleUpdatesPaused() {
+    setUpdatesPaused((current) => {
+      const nextPaused = !current;
+      if (current) {
+        setDisplaySummary(latestSummaryRef.current || {});
+        setDisplayUpdatedAt(new Date().toISOString());
+      }
+      return nextPaused;
+    });
+  }
 
   return (
     <section className="panel">
@@ -290,17 +334,29 @@ function MakerCompetitivenessSection({ summary, pairConfig }) {
         <div className="pills">
           <Pill label={`${total.count || 0} rows`} stateLabel="info" />
           <Pill label={`${total.quote_not_found_or_finished_count || 0} stale/finished`} stateLabel={(total.quote_not_found_or_finished_count || 0) > 0 ? 'warning' : 'unknown'} />
+          <Pill label={updatesPaused ? 'Updates paused' : 'Timed snapshot'} stateLabel={updatesPaused ? 'warning' : 'healthy'} />
+          <button
+            aria-pressed={updatesPaused}
+            className="button secondary trace-copy-button"
+            onClick={toggleUpdatesPaused}
+            type="button"
+          >
+            {updatesPaused ? 'Resume updates' : 'Pause updates'}
+          </button>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div className="metric-grid">
+      <div className="status-subtle competitiveness-snapshot-note">
+        Display snapshot {formatTimestamp(displayUpdatedAt)}. Live updates are applied every {COMPETITIVENESS_REFRESH_MS / 1000}s to keep table height stable.
+      </div>
+      <div className="metric-stack">
         <MetricCard label="Accepted" meta={formatRate(total.accepted_rate)} value={String(total.accepted_count || 0)} />
         <MetricCard label="Relay failed" meta="Executor reached result" value={String(total.relay_failed_count || 0)} />
         <MetricCard label="Already finished" meta={formatRate(total.stale_or_finished_rate)} value={String(total.quote_not_found_or_finished_count || 0)} />
         <MetricCard label="Policy skips" meta="No relay submission" value={String(total.policy_skip_count || 0)} />
       </div>
 
-      <TableFrame>
-        <table>
+      <TableFrame className="competitiveness-frame">
+        <table className="competitiveness-table competitiveness-groups-table">
           <thead>
             <tr>
               <th>Pair</th>
@@ -315,10 +371,17 @@ function MakerCompetitivenessSection({ summary, pairConfig }) {
             </tr>
           </thead>
           <tbody>
-            {groups.length ? groups.slice(0, 12).map((group, index) => {
+            {groupRows.map((group, index) => {
+              if (!group) {
+                return (
+                  <tr className="competitiveness-placeholder-row" key={`group-placeholder:${index}`}>
+                    <td colSpan={9}>{index === 0 && !groups.length ? 'No competitiveness rows are available yet.' : ''}</td>
+                  </tr>
+                );
+              }
               const quoteToRelay = group.latency_stages?.find((stage) => stage.stage === 'quote_to_relay_result_ms');
               return (
-                <tr key={`${group.pair}:${group.direction}:${group.request_kind}:${group.edge_bps ?? 'edge'}:${group.result_code}:${group.quote_age_bucket}:${index}`}>
+                <tr key={`${group.pair}:${group.direction}:${group.request_kind}:${group.edge_bps ?? 'edge'}:${group.result_code}:${group.quote_age_bucket}:${group.notional_bucket}:${group.outcome_status}`}>
                   <td>
                     <div>{pairDisplayLabel(group.pair, pairConfig)}</div>
                     <div className="status-subtle mono">{truncateMiddle(group.pair || '', 42)}</div>
@@ -345,16 +408,14 @@ function MakerCompetitivenessSection({ summary, pairConfig }) {
                   </td>
                 </tr>
               );
-            }) : (
-              <tr><td colSpan={9}>No competitiveness rows are available yet.</td></tr>
-            )}
+            })}
           </tbody>
         </table>
       </TableFrame>
 
-      <div className="two-column-grid">
-        <TableFrame>
-          <table>
+      <div className="stack-grid competitiveness-table-stack">
+        <TableFrame className="competitiveness-frame">
+          <table className="competitiveness-table competitiveness-latency-table">
             <thead>
               <tr>
                 <th>Latency stage</th>
@@ -364,22 +425,29 @@ function MakerCompetitivenessSection({ summary, pairConfig }) {
               </tr>
             </thead>
             <tbody>
-              {(summary?.latency_stages || []).length ? summary.latency_stages.map((stage) => (
-                <tr key={stage.stage}>
-                  <td>{stageLabel(stage.stage)}</td>
-                  <td>{formatTimingMs(stage.p50_ms)}</td>
-                  <td>{formatTimingMs(stage.p90_ms)}</td>
-                  <td>{formatTimingMs(stage.p99_ms)}</td>
-                </tr>
-              )) : (
-                <tr><td colSpan={4}>No stage timing percentiles are available yet.</td></tr>
-              )}
+              {latencyStageRows.map((stage, index) => {
+                if (!stage) {
+                  return (
+                    <tr className="competitiveness-placeholder-row" key={`latency-stage-placeholder:${index}`}>
+                      <td colSpan={4}>{index === 0 && !latencyStages.length ? 'No stage timing percentiles are available yet.' : ''}</td>
+                    </tr>
+                  );
+                }
+                return (
+                  <tr key={stage.stage}>
+                    <td>{stageLabel(stage.stage)}</td>
+                    <td>{formatTimingMs(stage.p50_ms)}</td>
+                    <td>{formatTimingMs(stage.p90_ms)}</td>
+                    <td>{formatTimingMs(stage.p99_ms)}</td>
+                  </tr>
+                );
+              })}
             </tbody>
           </table>
         </TableFrame>
 
-        <TableFrame>
-          <table>
+        <TableFrame className="competitiveness-frame">
+          <table className="competitiveness-table competitiveness-age-table">
             <thead>
               <tr>
                 <th>Age bucket</th>
@@ -389,27 +457,34 @@ function MakerCompetitivenessSection({ summary, pairConfig }) {
               </tr>
             </thead>
             <tbody>
-              {ageBuckets.length ? ageBuckets.slice(0, 12).map((bucket, index) => (
-                <tr key={`${bucket.pair}:${bucket.quote_age_bucket}:${bucket.outcome_status}:${index}`}>
-                  <td>
-                    <div>{bucket.quote_age_bucket}</div>
-                    <div className="status-subtle">{pairDisplayLabel(bucket.pair, pairConfig)}</div>
-                  </td>
-                  <td>{plainCodeLabel(bucket.outcome_status)}</td>
-                  <td>{bucket.count}</td>
-                  <td>{bucket.accepted_count || 0}</td>
-                </tr>
-              )) : (
-                <tr><td colSpan={4}>No quote-age buckets are available yet.</td></tr>
-              )}
+              {ageBucketRows.map((bucket, index) => {
+                if (!bucket) {
+                  return (
+                    <tr className="competitiveness-placeholder-row" key={`age-bucket-placeholder:${index}`}>
+                      <td colSpan={4}>{index === 0 && !ageBuckets.length ? 'No quote-age buckets are available yet.' : ''}</td>
+                    </tr>
+                  );
+                }
+                return (
+                  <tr key={`${bucket.pair}:${bucket.quote_age_bucket}:${bucket.outcome_status}:${bucket.notional_bucket || ''}`}>
+                    <td>
+                      <div>{bucket.quote_age_bucket}</div>
+                      <div className="status-subtle">{pairDisplayLabel(bucket.pair, pairConfig)}</div>
+                    </td>
+                    <td>{plainCodeLabel(bucket.outcome_status)}</td>
+                    <td>{bucket.count}</td>
+                    <td>{bucket.accepted_count || 0}</td>
+                  </tr>
+                );
+              })}
             </tbody>
           </table>
         </TableFrame>
       </div>
 
-      <div className="two-column-grid">
-        <TableFrame>
-          <table>
+      <div className="stack-grid competitiveness-table-stack">
+        <TableFrame className="competitiveness-frame">
+          <table className="competitiveness-table competitiveness-detail-table">
             <thead>
               <tr>
                 <th>Latest relay errors</th>
@@ -418,28 +493,39 @@ function MakerCompetitivenessSection({ summary, pairConfig }) {
               </tr>
             </thead>
             <tbody>
-              {latestErrors.length ? latestErrors.map((error) => (
-                <tr key={`${error.quote_id}:${error.result_at}`}>
-                  <td>
-                    <IdentifierRow label="Quote" value={error.quote_id} />
-                    <div className="status-subtle">{pairDisplayLabel(error.pair, pairConfig)}</div>
-                    <div className="status-subtle">{plainCodeLabel(error.failure_category || error.result_code)}</div>
-                  </td>
-                  <td>
-                    <div>{formatTimingMs(error.quote_age_ms) || 'Unavailable'}</div>
-                    <div className="status-subtle">{error.quote_age_bucket}</div>
-                  </td>
-                  <td>{error.error_message || 'Error text unavailable'}</td>
-                </tr>
-              )) : (
-                <tr><td colSpan={3}>No relay errors are available yet.</td></tr>
-              )}
+              {latestErrorRows.map((error, index) => {
+                if (!error) {
+                  return (
+                    <tr className="competitiveness-placeholder-row" key={`latest-error-placeholder:${index}`}>
+                      <td colSpan={3}>{index === 0 && !latestErrors.length ? 'No relay errors are available yet.' : ''}</td>
+                    </tr>
+                  );
+                }
+                return (
+                  <tr key={`${error.quote_id}:${error.result_at}`}>
+                    <td>
+                      <IdentifierRow label="Quote" value={error.quote_id} />
+                      <div className="status-subtle">{pairDisplayLabel(error.pair, pairConfig)}</div>
+                      <div className="status-subtle">{plainCodeLabel(error.failure_category || error.result_code)}</div>
+                    </td>
+                    <td>
+                      <div>{formatTimingMs(error.quote_age_ms) || 'Unavailable'}</div>
+                      <div className="status-subtle">{error.quote_age_bucket}</div>
+                    </td>
+                    <td>
+                      <div className="competitiveness-error-text" title={error.error_message || ''}>
+                        {error.error_message || 'Error text unavailable'}
+                      </div>
+                    </td>
+                  </tr>
+                );
+              })}
             </tbody>
           </table>
         </TableFrame>
 
-        <TableFrame>
-          <table>
+        <TableFrame className="competitiveness-frame">
+          <table className="competitiveness-table competitiveness-detail-table">
             <thead>
               <tr>
                 <th>Policy skips</th>
@@ -448,24 +534,31 @@ function MakerCompetitivenessSection({ summary, pairConfig }) {
               </tr>
             </thead>
             <tbody>
-              {policySkips.length ? policySkips.map((skip) => (
-                <tr key={`${skip.quote_id}:${skip.decision_at}`}>
-                  <td>
-                    <IdentifierRow label="Quote" value={skip.quote_id} />
-                    <div className="status-subtle">{plainCodeLabel(skip.reason_code)}</div>
-                  </td>
-                  <td>
-                    <div>{formatTimingMs(skip.quote_age_ms) || 'Unavailable'}</div>
-                    <div className="status-subtle">{`max ${formatTimingMs(skip.max_quote_age_ms) || 'Unavailable'}`}</div>
-                  </td>
-                  <td>
-                    <div>{skip.pair_config_version ? `v${skip.pair_config_version}` : 'Version unavailable'}</div>
-                    <div className="status-subtle mono">{truncateMiddle(skip.pair_config_id || '', 36)}</div>
-                  </td>
-                </tr>
-              )) : (
-                <tr><td colSpan={3}>No policy skips are available yet.</td></tr>
-              )}
+              {policySkipRows.map((skip, index) => {
+                if (!skip) {
+                  return (
+                    <tr className="competitiveness-placeholder-row" key={`policy-skip-placeholder:${index}`}>
+                      <td colSpan={3}>{index === 0 && !policySkips.length ? 'No policy skips are available yet.' : ''}</td>
+                    </tr>
+                  );
+                }
+                return (
+                  <tr key={`${skip.quote_id}:${skip.decision_at}`}>
+                    <td>
+                      <IdentifierRow label="Quote" value={skip.quote_id} />
+                      <div className="status-subtle">{plainCodeLabel(skip.reason_code)}</div>
+                    </td>
+                    <td>
+                      <div>{formatTimingMs(skip.quote_age_ms) || 'Unavailable'}</div>
+                      <div className="status-subtle">{`max ${formatTimingMs(skip.max_quote_age_ms) || 'Unavailable'}`}</div>
+                    </td>
+                    <td>
+                      <div>{skip.pair_config_version ? `v${skip.pair_config_version}` : 'Version unavailable'}</div>
+                      <div className="status-subtle mono">{truncateMiddle(skip.pair_config_id || '', 36)}</div>
+                    </td>
+                  </tr>
+                );
+              })}
             </tbody>
           </table>
         </TableFrame>
diff --git a/src/operator-dashboard/static/styles.css b/src/operator-dashboard/static/styles.css
index c05478e..9a977ca 100644
--- a/src/operator-dashboard/static/styles.css
+++ b/src/operator-dashboard/static/styles.css
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ select {
   grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(180px, 1fr));
 }
 
+.metric-stack {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 14px;
+  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+}
+
 .metric-card {
   min-width: 0;
   padding: 16px;
@@ -272,6 +278,45 @@ select {
   margin-top: 14px;
 }
 
+.competitiveness-snapshot-note {
+  margin-bottom: 14px;
+}
+
+.competitiveness-table-stack {
+  margin-top: 14px;
+}
+
+.competitiveness-table {
+  table-layout: fixed;
+  min-width: 1040px;
+}
+
+.competitiveness-table tbody tr {
+  height: 64px;
+}
+
+.competitiveness-detail-table tbody tr {
+  height: 88px;
+}
+
+.competitiveness-table td {
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.competitiveness-placeholder-row td {
+  height: inherit;
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+
+.competitiveness-error-text {
+  display: -webkit-box;
+  max-height: 60px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
+  -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
+}
+
 .checkbox-row {
   display: inline-flex;
   align-items: center;
diff --git a/test/operator-dashboard-ui-static.test.mjs b/test/operator-dashboard-ui-static.test.mjs
index ae4ab6d..e3322c9 100644
--- a/test/operator-dashboard-ui-static.test.mjs
+++ b/test/operator-dashboard-ui-static.test.mjs
@@ -132,7 +132,18 @@ test('strategy page exposes maker timing waterfall and competitiveness summaries
   assert.match(strategySource, /maker_competitiveness/);
   assert.match(strategySource, /pairDisplayLabel/);
   assert.match(strategySource, /group\.edge_bps/);
-  assert.match(stylesSource, /\.two-column-grid/);
+  assert.match(strategySource, /Pause updates/);
+  assert.match(strategySource, /Resume updates/);
+  assert.match(strategySource, /displaySummary/);
+  assert.match(strategySource, /fixedRows/);
+  assert.match(strategySource, /COMPETITIVENESS_REFRESH_MS/);
+  assert.match(strategySource, /latencyStageRows/);
+  assert.match(stylesSource, /\.metric-stack/);
+  assert.match(stylesSource, /\.competitiveness-table-stack/);
+  assert.match(stylesSource, /\.competitiveness-table tbody tr/);
+  assert.match(stylesSource, /\.competitiveness-detail-table tbody tr/);
+  assert.match(stylesSource, /\.competitiveness-error-text/);
+  assert.match(stylesSource, /\.competitiveness-placeholder-row td/);
   assert.match(stylesSource, /\.timing-waterfall-table/);
 });