there's levels to this: the illusion of control

Typical trading psychology:

• “I saw buyers → I bought → I was right”

Authorship

• “Conditions aligned → I acted → resolution followed”

There’s no narrative ego loop.

People are trained to think in:

• direction

• bias

• macro narratives

That shift alone filters out most participants.

Because:

it’s easier to have an opinion than to shape and execute

When something works without visible cause, people default to:

• “that was random”

• “that was lucky”

• “there’s no way to repeat that”

So they never investigate deeper.

This is actually a protective layer around the edge.