diff --git a/tests/test_memory_persistence.py b/tests/test_memory_persistence.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be1893b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_memory_persistence.py
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+"""Tests for FinancialSituationMemory persistence (issue #563)."""
+
+import json
+import pytest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from tradingagents.agents.utils.memory import FinancialSituationMemory
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def persist_dir(tmp_path):
+    return str(tmp_path / "memory")
+
+
+def make_config(persist_dir):
+    return {"memory_persist_dir": persist_dir}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Persistence: data survives a fresh instance
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_data_survives_restart(persist_dir):
+    """Documents and recommendations loaded by a new instance after save."""
+    m1 = FinancialSituationMemory("test", make_config(persist_dir))
+    m1.add_situations([("situation A", "recommendation A")])
+
+    m2 = FinancialSituationMemory("test", make_config(persist_dir))
+    assert m2.documents == ["situation A"]
+    assert m2.recommendations == ["recommendation A"]
+
+
+def test_multiple_entries_survive_restart(persist_dir):
+    """All entries are preserved across instances."""
+    m1 = FinancialSituationMemory("test", make_config(persist_dir))
+    m1.add_situations([
+        ("situation A", "rec A"),
+        ("situation B", "rec B"),
+    ])
+
+    m2 = FinancialSituationMemory("test", make_config(persist_dir))
+    assert len(m2.documents) == 2
+    assert len(m2.recommendations) == 2
+
+
+def test_bm25_index_rebuilt_on_load(persist_dir):
+    """BM25 index is functional after loading from disk."""
+    m1 = FinancialSituationMemory("test", make_config(persist_dir))
+    m1.add_situations([("rising interest rates inflation", "reduce duration")])
+
+    m2 = FinancialSituationMemory("test", make_config(persist_dir))
+    results = m2.get_memories("inflation rate rising", n_matches=1)
+    assert len(results) == 1
+    assert results[0]["recommendation"] == "reduce duration"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# RAM-only mode: no persist_dir → no file written
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_no_persist_dir_no_file(tmp_path):
+    """When memory_persist_dir is absent, no persist path is set and data stays in RAM."""
+    m = FinancialSituationMemory("test", config={})
+    m.add_situations([("situation", "rec")])
+    assert m._persist_path is None
+    # Data is still accessible in RAM
+    assert m.documents == ["situation"]
+    assert m.recommendations == ["rec"]
+    # Nothing was written to disk
+    assert list(tmp_path.iterdir()) == []
+
+
+def test_none_config_no_file(tmp_path):
+    """When config is None (default), no persist path is set and data stays in RAM."""
+    m = FinancialSituationMemory("test")
+    m.add_situations([("situation", "rec")])
+    assert m._persist_path is None
+    # Data is still accessible in RAM
+    assert m.documents == ["situation"]
+    assert m.recommendations == ["rec"]
+    # Nothing was written to disk
+    assert list(tmp_path.iterdir()) == []
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Instance isolation: separate names → separate files
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_separate_names_separate_files(persist_dir):
+    """Two instances with different names do not share state."""
+    bull = FinancialSituationMemory("bull_memory", make_config(persist_dir))
+    bear = FinancialSituationMemory("bear_memory", make_config(persist_dir))
+
+    bull.add_situations([("bull situation", "buy")])
+    bear.add_situations([("bear situation", "sell")])
+
+    bull2 = FinancialSituationMemory("bull_memory", make_config(persist_dir))
+    bear2 = FinancialSituationMemory("bear_memory", make_config(persist_dir))
+
+    assert bull2.documents == ["bull situation"]
+    assert bear2.documents == ["bear situation"]
+
+    files = {f.name for f in Path(persist_dir).iterdir()}
+    assert "bull_memory.json" in files
+    assert "bear_memory.json" in files
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# clear() persists the empty state
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_clear_persists(persist_dir):
+    """After clear(), a new instance starts empty rather than reloading old data."""
+    m1 = FinancialSituationMemory("test", make_config(persist_dir))
+    m1.add_situations([("situation", "rec")])
+    m1.clear()
+
+    m2 = FinancialSituationMemory("test", make_config(persist_dir))
+    assert m2.documents == []
+    assert m2.bm25 is None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Resilience: corrupt or mismatched files fall back to empty memory
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_corrupt_json_falls_back_to_empty(persist_dir):
+    """A corrupt JSON file is ignored and memory starts empty (no crash)."""
+    Path(persist_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    (Path(persist_dir) / "test.json").write_text("not valid json", encoding="utf-8")
+
+    m = FinancialSituationMemory("test", make_config(persist_dir))
+    assert m.documents == []
+    assert m.bm25 is None
+
+
+def test_mismatched_lengths_falls_back_to_empty(persist_dir):
+    """A file with mismatched documents/recommendations lengths is ignored."""
+    Path(persist_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    (Path(persist_dir) / "test.json").write_text(
+        json.dumps({"documents": ["a", "b"], "recommendations": ["r1"]}),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    m = FinancialSituationMemory("test", make_config(persist_dir))
+    assert m.documents == []
+    assert m.bm25 is None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# File format: JSON is human-readable and well-formed
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_file_is_valid_json(persist_dir):
+    """The persisted file is valid JSON with expected top-level keys."""
+    m = FinancialSituationMemory("test", make_config(persist_dir))
+    m.add_situations([("situation", "rec")])
+
+    file_path = Path(persist_dir) / "test.json"
+    assert file_path.exists()
+    with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        data = json.load(f)
+    assert "documents" in data
+    assert "recommendations" in data
+    assert isinstance(data["documents"], list)
+    assert isinstance(data["recommendations"], list)
diff --git a/tradingagents/agents/utils/memory.py b/tradingagents/agents/utils/memory.py
index 2aefa7a3..4ee6fab6 100644
--- a/tradingagents/agents/utils/memory.py
+++ b/tradingagents/agents/utils/memory.py
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Uses BM25 (Best Matching 25) algorithm for retrieval - no API calls,
 no token limits, works offline with any LLM provider.
 """
 
+import json
+import logging
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 from rank_bm25 import BM25Okapi
 from typing import List, Tuple
 import re
@@ -17,12 +23,75 @@ class FinancialSituationMemory:
 
         Args:
             name: Name identifier for this memory instance
-            config: Configuration dict (kept for API compatibility, not used for BM25)
+            config: Configuration dict. If config contains a non-empty
+                    ``memory_persist_dir`` key, documents and recommendations
+                    are loaded from (and saved to) that directory.
         """
         self.name = name
         self.documents: List[str] = []
         self.recommendations: List[str] = []
         self.bm25 = None
+        self._persist_path = None
+
+        if config:
+            persist_dir = config.get("memory_persist_dir")
+            if persist_dir:
+                self._persist_path = Path(persist_dir) / f"{name}.json"
+                self._load()
+
+    def _load(self):
+        """Load documents and recommendations from disk if the persist file exists."""
+        if not (self._persist_path and self._persist_path.exists()):
+            return
+        try:
+            with open(self._persist_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                data = json.load(f)
+            docs = data.get("documents", [])
+            recs = data.get("recommendations", [])
+            if len(docs) != len(recs):
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Memory file %s is corrupt (documents/recommendations length mismatch). "
+                    "Starting with empty memory.",
+                    self._persist_path,
+                )
+                return
+            self.documents = docs
+            self.recommendations = recs
+            if self.documents:
+                self._rebuild_index()
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError) as exc:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Could not load memory from %s (%s). Starting with empty memory.",
+                self._persist_path,
+                exc,
+            )
+
+    def _save(self):
+        """Persist documents and recommendations to disk atomically."""
+        if not self._persist_path:
+            return
+        self._persist_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        try:
+            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+                mode="w",
+                encoding="utf-8",
+                dir=self._persist_path.parent,
+                delete=False,
+                suffix=".tmp",
+            ) as tmp:
+                json.dump(
+                    {
+                        "documents": self.documents,
+                        "recommendations": self.recommendations,
+                    },
+                    tmp,
+                    indent=2,
+                    ensure_ascii=False,
+                )
+                tmp_path = Path(tmp.name)
+            tmp_path.replace(self._persist_path)
+        except OSError as exc:
+            logger.warning("Could not save memory to %s (%s).", self._persist_path, exc)
 
     def _tokenize(self, text: str) -> List[str]:
         """Tokenize text for BM25 indexing.
@@ -53,6 +122,7 @@ class FinancialSituationMemory:
 
         # Rebuild BM25 index with new documents
         self._rebuild_index()
+        self._save()
 
     def get_memories(self, current_situation: str, n_matches: int = 1) -> List[dict]:
         """Find matching recommendations using BM25 similarity.
@@ -96,6 +166,7 @@ class FinancialSituationMemory:
         self.documents = []
         self.recommendations = []
         self.bm25 = None
+        self._save()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tradingagents/default_config.py b/tradingagents/default_config.py
index a9b75e4b..98057324 100644
--- a/tradingagents/default_config.py
+++ b/tradingagents/default_config.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     "project_dir": os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".")),
     "results_dir": os.getenv("TRADINGAGENTS_RESULTS_DIR", os.path.join(_TRADINGAGENTS_HOME, "logs")),
     "data_cache_dir": os.getenv("TRADINGAGENTS_CACHE_DIR", os.path.join(_TRADINGAGENTS_HOME, "cache")),
+    "memory_persist_dir": os.path.join(_TRADINGAGENTS_HOME, "memory"),
     # LLM settings
     "llm_provider": "openai",
     "deep_think_llm": "gpt-5.4",