For example, pre-writing a ceiling or floor before the session keeps traders from chasing. Placing a “one position per thesis” rule forces higher standards before increasing size. Requiring the entire trade idea to be expressible in one sentence prevents weak narrative justification. These may look like “rebel hacks”, yet they work because they introduce friction against impulse.

However, true compounding still comes from the long road — risk sizing, trade review, emotional control, filtering noise, and building a system that survives both euphoria and drawdown.

Shortcuts rarely compress learning. They merely compress self-harm. The rare “rebel” tactics that help are simply behavioural guardrails — never magic keys.