Six moves for the long game
01 · Understand the game
Write down the rules, incentives, costs, and uncertainties. Separate what you know from what you assume. Read original sources when they are available.
02 · Practice before committing capital
Use the Trading Sim to learn order behavior, sizing, and journaling. Simulated performance is a learning record, not evidence of future real-money returns.
03 · Forecast before seeing the price
Use Edge to record your own probability range and the resolution criteria. Then compare the forecast with executable prices, costs, and uncertainty. Passing is a valid outcome.
04 · Review the result honestly
Keep losing decisions and passes in the record. Ask whether the process was sound, not simply whether a single outcome went your way.
05 · Build useful work into a business
Serve a narrow audience well. Verify revenue and expenses before allocating profit. Agents, automation, and the Hydra Protocol remain research directions until performance and controls are demonstrated.
06 · Connect the work to the mission
Work toward Lola’s HOME through documented milestones. A place built on care deserves the same rigor as the tools intended to help fund it.