Acta Abyssi
The Abyssal Letters
The Banishing of Emotion
The Banishing of Emotion: Why Discipline Is a Ritual
Why discipline in trading is not a character trait but a ritual — and how banishing emotion from the decision actually works.
IIThe Trading Journal as a Magical Diary: Documenting Like an Occultist
How to keep a trading journal that does not flatter: the protocol method of the old schools, transferred to modern markets.
IIIGreed at the High, Panic at the Low: The Two Demons of Every Trader
Why traders systematically buy the high and sell the low — the anatomy of greed and panic, and why you cannot defeat them.
IVThe Ritual Before the Trade: Routines That Lock Emotions Out
How a fixed pre-trade routine prevents emotional decisions: structure, components, and the rule of separated hours.
VWhy Loss Days Are Sacred: The Art of Showing Red
Why publishing losses is the most important discipline in trading — against survivorship bias, self-deception and the aesthetics of green screenshots.
The Lexicon of the Abyss
Profit Factor Explained: The One Number That Does Not Lie
What the profit factor is, how to calculate it, which values are realistic — and why it is more honest than returns and win rate.
VIIUnderstanding Drawdown: How Deep May the Abyss Be?
What drawdown and maximum drawdown mean, how to calculate them, why recovery is asymmetric — and what depth reveals about a system.
VIIIWin Rate Is a Vanity Metric (And What Counts Instead)
Why a high hit rate says nothing about profitability: putting win rate in its place, understanding the payoff ratio, thinking in expectancy.
IXWhat Is an Autonomous Trading System? Soberly Explained
Definition, anatomy and limits of autonomous trading systems: what automation really delivers, where AI helps — and which risks remain.
The Machine
Why I Document My Trading Results in Public
Why an anonymous operator publishes every metric of his trading machine — including the red ones. On publicity as a fetter against polishing.
XIFLEX: Why You Will Never See Money Amounts
The FLEX principle of Acta Abyssi explained: why ratios like profit factor and percentages are more honest than account balances — and amounts only seduce.
XIIMan Versus Machine: What an AI in Trading Really Can Do — and What It Cannot
An honest balance sheet: where AI systems in trading are superior to humans, where they fail — and why the question itself is badly posed.
Documentation, not financial advice. No signals. Nobody can invest here.