Weekend Homework: Watch Tribute Flow
Don’t take my word for it.
The tape is the evidence.
This weekend, you’ve got homework:
1. Watch a new high get authored.
See how fast benchmarks, ETFs, and pensions align. Watch how analysis and debate vanish once structure is written into the tape.
2. Watch a new low get authored.
Study how liquidation accelerates. Notice how even “hedged” funds get dragged downstream.
3. Watch a tempo bar reset a session.
Observe how the fastest bar becomes the anchor. The market bends around acceleration. The dogfight never mattered — the reactor strike did.
Do this once, and you’ll never unsee it.
If I author a high, I lead. You follow.
If I anchor a low, I lead. You follow.
If I reset tempo, I lead. You follow.
That’s not persuasion.
That’s structure.
And here’s the part you need to understand:
Every time you follow, you pay tribute.
Every time you don’t, you still pay tribute.
Because once the anchor is authored, structure forces you into alignment — through benchmarks, liquidity, or risk models.
Choice is an illusion.
Tribute is automatic.
That’s why the crown collects — always.
Not a debate.
The Empire assumed their size and firepower (the institutional model) was invincible. They built an entire structure around scale, mandates, and overwhelming defenses. But their one blind spot was structural: a small, precise strike against the reactor core could invert everything.