TraderTypes · TT4 · Provisional type
INFPThe Values-Led Allocator
Research themes you believe in, but let facts—not identity—decide the position.
Keep the company story and the trade decision in separate columns.
Interest in a product, mission, or long-term theme can fuel good research. It cannot decide position size or replace a tactical invalidation level.
What to practice first
- Research-led swing hypotheses
- Theme watchlists
- Fundamental ideas constrained by price rules
What to avoid for now
Pure headline chasing, rapid-fire styles that leave no time to reflect, and increasing risk because you identify strongly with the company or theme.
How losses usually begin
You become attached to the ticker, collect fresh reasons after the trade weakens, and argue that a good company makes the original entry still valid.
A simple execution template
- Entry
- Write the strongest opposing evidence and require price confirmation
- Risk
- Keep belief strength separate from position size
- Exit
- Follow the trade invalidation, not your affection for the business
- Review
- Grade company quality and trade quality independently
If you are getting started
Before paper entry, finish the sentence: ‘This trade is wrong if…’ Then write the exact action you will take.
Once you have experience
Maintain separate records for long-horizon research and tactical trades so one thesis cannot silently extend every losing position’s deadline.
How you tend to make decisions
Clarity measures net lean; consistency measures how often answers agreed in direction. Neither represents confidence, ability, or personality strength.
- What comes naturallyFilters noise and builds an independent read
- Where it can go wrongCan keep researching after the decision is already actionable
- Your non-negotiable ruleSet a decision time and allow only three outcomes: act, watch, or pass.
- What comes naturallyConnects themes, scenarios, and second-order effects
- Where it can go wrongA clean story can feel finished before the evidence arrives
- Your non-negotiable ruleBefore entry, name one visible confirmation and one fact that would break the story.
- What comes naturallyReads incentives, narratives, and participant behavior
- Where it can go wrongCan become loyal to a founder, community, or meaningful story
- Your non-negotiable ruleSeparate respect from evidence and keep a private exit checklist.
- What comes naturallyAdapts quickly when new information matters
- Where it can go wrongCan move exits, switch setups, or reopen a settled call
- Your non-negotiable ruleFreeze the core rule for 30 observations and predefine the only allowed adjustments.
Practice paths to test first
The order answers what to paper-test first. It reflects schedule, review habit, answer pattern, and execution risk—not expected profit.
Long-term core allocation
A low-maintenance approach built around diversification, scheduled contributions, and occasional review.
This is a practice idea, not a recommendation. Take the full assessment first—your schedule, experience, and review habits can change the answer.
- Time horizon to testMonths to years
- Where to startStudy a broad, unleveraged index fund or ETF through a regulated provider; use a simulator when possible.
- Main watch-outDo not turn a long-term core into a short-term reaction to headlines.
Another profile may fit in a different setting
One or more preference pairs landed near the middle. Read these nearby profiles as alternate contexts, not competing verdicts.
It does not know your finances, goals, tax situation, risk capacity, market knowledge, costs, or actual trading skill. Those factors must be assessed separately before any real-money decision.
Start with personality. Finish with a process you can actually test.
The same four letters can lead to a different practice window, starting market, derivatives boundary, and stop rule when schedule or experience changes.