Unit 1 · Level 2 · Rules & checklists
Review: the rulebook
Four ideas, one theme. Willpower is unreliable exactly when markets get interesting, so decide in advance. The checklist catches what stress makes you skip. If-then plans weld triggers to responses before emotions vote. And friction design rigs the environment so the lazy path is the safe path. Let's stress-test it.
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What you get asked
Match the tool to its one-line job
Notice none of the four asks you to feel braver or calmer. They all move the decision out of the hot moment.
Where did the checklist, as a technology, come from?
The Model 299 crash birthed the pilot's checklist, surgery adopted it, and traders borrowed it for the same reason: experts under load skip steps.
The market only needs your discipline to fail ___. Your rules must hold every time.
One unguarded evening can undo fifty disciplined days. That asymmetry is the entire argument for systems over willpower.
Which trader is best protected for a stressful week?
Experience helps, but 'in the head' is where rules go to be renegotiated. Structure beats memory, and nobody can rule feelings away.
The deep lesson of this unit: your best trader-self shows up…
Calm-you is a genuinely good trader. The whole unit is one trick: let that version sign the orders before the demons clock in. 🐜
The rest of this unit
Willpower fails on schedule. Build rules that decide before the demons wake.