diff --git a/tradingagents/graph/checkpointer.py b/tradingagents/graph/checkpointer.py
index 8787ffe5..fc02e06b 100644
--- a/tradingagents/graph/checkpointer.py
+++ b/tradingagents/graph/checkpointer.py
@@ -41,14 +41,21 @@ def get_checkpointer(data_dir: str | Path, ticker: str) -> Generator[SqliteSaver
 
 def has_checkpoint(data_dir: str | Path, ticker: str, date: str) -> bool:
     """Check whether a resumable checkpoint exists for ticker+date."""
+    return checkpoint_step(data_dir, ticker, date) is not None
+
+
+def checkpoint_step(data_dir: str | Path, ticker: str, date: str) -> int | None:
+    """Return the step number of the latest checkpoint, or None if none exists."""
     db = _db_path(data_dir, ticker)
     if not db.exists():
-        return False
+        return None
     tid = thread_id(ticker, date)
     with get_checkpointer(data_dir, ticker) as saver:
         config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": tid}}
         cp = saver.get_tuple(config)
-        return cp is not None
+        if cp is None:
+            return None
+        return cp.metadata.get("step")
 
 
 def clear_all_checkpoints(data_dir: str | Path) -> int:
diff --git a/tradingagents/graph/trading_graph.py b/tradingagents/graph/trading_graph.py
index 560ec842..febb5f23 100644
--- a/tradingagents/graph/trading_graph.py
+++ b/tradingagents/graph/trading_graph.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # TradingAgents/graph/trading_graph.py
 
+import logging
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import json
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ from tradingagents.agents.utils.agent_utils import (
     get_global_news
 )
 
-from .checkpointer import clear_checkpoint, get_checkpointer, thread_id
+from .checkpointer import checkpoint_step, clear_checkpoint, get_checkpointer, thread_id
 from .conditional_logic import ConditionalLogic
 from .setup import GraphSetup
 from .propagation import Propagator
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ from .signal_processing import SignalProcessor
 class TradingAgentsGraph:
     """Main class that orchestrates the trading agents framework."""
 
+    logger = logging.getLogger("tradingagents.graph")
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         selected_analysts=["market", "social", "news", "fundamentals"],
@@ -205,6 +208,15 @@ class TradingAgentsGraph:
             saver = self._checkpointer_ctx.__enter__()
             self.graph = self.workflow.compile(checkpointer=saver)
 
+            # Log resume vs fresh start
+            step = checkpoint_step(
+                self.config["data_cache_dir"], company_name, str(trade_date)
+            )
+            if step is not None:
+                self.logger.info("Resuming from step %d for %s on %s", step, company_name, trade_date)
+            else:
+                self.logger.info("Starting fresh for %s on %s", company_name, trade_date)
+
         try:
             return self._run_graph(company_name, trade_date)
         finally: