TIPS
One line each, and the reason it holds.
- CRAFT Skipping the signals that look wrong means you never ran the strategy you tested.
- RIGOR Treat your own confidence as near-zero evidence.
- RIGOR A strategy with no stated regime is untested, not universal.
- MIND Do not show intraday equity during the session.
- RIGOR Treat every extreme result as partly luck, and expect the next period to be more average.
- CRAFT If you cannot let the system take the loss without intervening, the size is wrong.
- MIND No system changes while on tilt.
- MIND A trade was good if it was the right bet on what you knew — even if it lost.
- CRAFT Your system’s rules are a contract you sign while calm.
- RIGOR A backtest shows only the regimes you fed it, which is why the equity curve looks complete.
- MIND Cutting a loss cannot be left to in-the-moment judgment.
Educational content, not financial advice.