diff --git a/FuelBoard/FavouritesView.swift b/FuelBoard/FavouritesView.swift
index eef6576..b814cdc 100644
--- a/FuelBoard/FavouritesView.swift
+++ b/FuelBoard/FavouritesView.swift
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ struct FavouritesView: View {
                     priceDisplayStyle: priceDisplayStyle
                 )
             }
+            .onAppear {
+                // QA hook: launch with `-showTrends` to open the sheet
+                // without a tap (same pattern as -showKeySheet).
+                if ProcessInfo.processInfo.arguments.contains("-showTrends") {
+                    showTrends = true
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/FuelBoard/TrendsView.swift b/FuelBoard/TrendsView.swift
index bdc2a24..6d00adb 100644
--- a/FuelBoard/TrendsView.swift
+++ b/FuelBoard/TrendsView.swift
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ struct TrendsView: View {
                 VStack(spacing: 12) {
                     chart
                     legend
+                    legendFooter
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -256,10 +257,41 @@ struct TrendsView: View {
                     Text(history.name)
                         .font(.caption)
                         .lineLimit(1)
+                    if let avg = FuelHistoryStore.averagePence(history.points) {
+                        Text(legendFigure(avg))
+                            .font(.caption)
+                            .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                            .monospacedDigit()
+                    }
                     Spacer()
                 }
             }
         }
         .padding(.horizontal, 4)
     }
+
+    /// The bracket figure in the chart key: absolute pence in Price mode,
+    /// signed pence above the day's cheapest in vs-cheapest mode — always
+    /// pence, matching the list rows (the y-axis follows the display toggle).
+    private func legendFigure(_ pence: Double) -> String {
+        switch mode {
+        case .price:
+            return String(format: "%.1fp", pence)
+        case .vsCheapest:
+            return pence > 0 ? String(format: "+%.1fp", pence) : String(format: "%.1fp", pence)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// One-line descriptor under the key so the brackets are self-explanatory.
+    private var legendFooter: some View {
+        Group {
+            if mode == .price {
+                Text("Average price over the days shown")
+            } else {
+                Text("Average pence above the day's cheapest favourite")
+            }
+        }
+        .font(.caption2)
+        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/FuelBoard/en.lproj/Localizable.strings b/FuelBoard/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
index 5ebe00d..08b4c3d 100644
--- a/FuelBoard/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
+++ b/FuelBoard/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
@@ -156,3 +156,5 @@
 "No price history yet" = "No price history yet";
 "First snapshot %@ — a few days are needed to draw a trend." = "First snapshot %@ — a few days are needed to draw a trend.";
 "Prices are recorded each day FuelBoard's relay runs — check back in a few days." = "Prices are recorded each day FuelBoard's relay runs — check back in a few days.";
+"Average price over the days shown" = "Average price over the days shown";
+"Average pence above the day's cheapest favourite" = "Average pence above the day's cheapest favourite";
diff --git a/FuelBoardTests/Tests/FuelBoardSharedTests/FuelHistoryTests.swift b/FuelBoardTests/Tests/FuelBoardSharedTests/FuelHistoryTests.swift
index 3780d29..876fb7e 100644
--- a/FuelBoardTests/Tests/FuelBoardSharedTests/FuelHistoryTests.swift
+++ b/FuelBoardTests/Tests/FuelBoardSharedTests/FuelHistoryTests.swift
@@ -164,6 +164,29 @@ final class FuelHistoryTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(pruned.count, days.count)
     }
 
+    // MARK: Chart-key average
+
+    func testAveragePenceEmptyIsNil() {
+        XCTAssertNil(FuelHistoryStore.averagePence([]))
+    }
+
+    func testAveragePenceSinglePoint() {
+        let d = FuelHistoryStore.date(fromDay: "2026-08-15")!
+        XCTAssertEqual(FuelHistoryStore.averagePence([PricePoint(date: d, pence: 156.7)]), 156.7)
+    }
+
+    func testAveragePenceMultiplePoints() {
+        let d1 = FuelHistoryStore.date(fromDay: "2026-08-15")!
+        let d2 = FuelHistoryStore.date(fromDay: "2026-08-16")!
+        // (153.9 + 156.7) / 2 = 155.3 — exact in binary? 153.9+156.7=310.6, /2=155.3
+        let avg = FuelHistoryStore.averagePence([
+            PricePoint(date: d1, pence: 153.9),
+            PricePoint(date: d2, pence: 156.7),
+        ])
+        XCTAssertNotNil(avg)
+        XCTAssertEqual(avg!, 155.3, accuracy: 0.0001)
+    }
+
     // MARK: Mirror URLs
 
     func testHistoryFileURLKeepsBaseLastSegment() {
diff --git a/Shared/FuelHistory.swift b/Shared/FuelHistory.swift
index d8cd5b8..77114b6 100644
--- a/Shared/FuelHistory.swift
+++ b/Shared/FuelHistory.swift
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ enum FuelHistoryStore {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Average pence over a series' points; nil when there are no points
+    /// (a station with no data shows no bracket figure in the chart key).
+    static func averagePence(_ points: [PricePoint]) -> Double? {
+        guard !points.isEmpty else { return nil }
+        return points.reduce(0) { $0 + $1.pence } / Double(points.count)
+    }
+
     /// Rebase every station's series so each day's CHEAPEST favourite sits at
     /// 0 and the others show signed pence above it (mirrors the list's
     /// baseline delta pattern). Days where a station has no point are gaps.