PRE-MARKET READINESS · 8-FACTOR STATE MODEL · RULE ADHERENCE OVER P&L
Professional athletes don't perform at maximum intensity every day. Neither should you. Rate yourself honestly before the open. The check returns your trading State and a size prescription — calibrated risk for the brain you actually brought today. Then the protocol holds you to it, trade by trade.
Your baseline ONE-TIME SETUP
your numbers, set once when calm — the daily prescription scales from these. Not advice: you choose them for your own account and risk tolerance.
Morning readiness BEFORE THE OPEN
8 factors, rated honestly. Critical factors are GATE-marked — one at the danger extreme caps your day regardless of the total.
Pre-trade gate
10 seconds before every entry — any red rule means do not take it
Honesty mode: log what you actually did. A flagged trade still counts against today's adherence — that's the data that fixes the habit.
Today's trades
0 logged · close each one to feed the breaker & cooldown
Adherence history
the real scorecard — daily % across days, target 90%
The protocol
each rule targets a specific behavioral leak
01
Readiness sets the size — not the urge
The state you walked in with prescribes today's risk. Sleep-deprived judgment mimics mild intoxication.
02
Bracket order, no manual exits
Stop & target are mechanical — the win/loss asymmetry can't be negotiated mid-trade.
03
Circuit breaker + cooldown
Daily max-loss / max-trades ends the cascade; 10 minutes of no-entry after every loss outlasts the adrenaline spike.
04
A-grade setups only, capped per day
Reconnects you to quality-over-quantity — stimulation trades have nowhere to hide.
◆ Educational self-check — not medical or financial advice
This is a self-reflection tool for trading risk calibration. It does not assess, diagnose, or treat any medical or psychiatric condition, and your responses are not clinical data — they stay in your browser. If low mood, sleep, stress, or impulse-control concerns persist beyond trading, please speak with a qualified professional.
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