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Cognitive science applied to trading. Every management decision depletes willpower.
Key Points
- Research on decision fatigue (reference Baumeister, Kahneman)
- How many decisions a manual trader makes per position
- The compounding effect across 5+ positions
- How automation of Job #2 preserves cognitive capacity for Job #1
Outline
- **The science of decision fatigue** — Baumeister, Kahneman, limited willpower budget
- **Count the decisions** — entry, stop, target, scale, close, re-enter, adjust
- **The afternoon cliff** — why traders make worse decisions after lunch
- **The multi-position multiplier** — 5 positions = 5x the fatigue
- **The solution:** automate Job #2, reserve capacity for Job #1
- **Trader testimonial format:** "I didn't realize how tired I was until I stopped managing manually"
Repurpose Plan
- **LinkedIn:** "How many decisions did you make today before noon?"
- **Newsletter:** Science-heavy version with citations