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Behavioral strategies

41 documented Behavioral strategies from our reference catalogue of 20,000 — names, logic and sources. Catalogued here, tested honestly, and — usually — buried in the graveyard.

Action bias must do
BiasesShort
Action bias must do something
Source: encyclopedia
Akerlof asymmetric info
TheoryLong
Akerlof asymmetric information Nobel 2001
Source: encyclopedia
Anchoring price reference
BiasesShort
Anchoring on price reference points
Source: encyclopedia
Antifragile Taleb 2012
TheoryLong
Antifragile Taleb 2012 stress→strength
Source: encyclopedia
Availability heuristic
BiasesShort
Availability heuristic vivid memory
Source: encyclopedia
Checklist Atul Gawande
StrategyLong
Checklist trading discipline Gawande
Source: encyclopedia
Confirmation bias info filter
BiasesShort
Confirmation bias filter contrary info
Source: encyclopedia
Cool-off period 24hr rule
StrategyLong
Cool-off 24hr rule before action
Source: encyclopedia
Devil's advocate ritual
StrategyLong
Devil's advocate ritual contrarian
Source: encyclopedia
Disposition + recency bubble
BiasesShort
Disposition + recency drives bubbles
Source: Arxiv
Disposition effect hold losers
BiasesShort
Disposition effect hold losers sell winners
Source: Arxiv
Endowment effect own
BiasesMulti
Endowment effect own = overvalue
Source: encyclopedia
Familiarity home bias
BiasesShort
Home bias familiarity overweight
Source: encyclopedia
Herding follow crowd
BiasesShort
Herding follow crowd bandwagon
Source: encyclopedia
Hindsight bias I knew it
BiasesShort
Hindsight bias rewriting past confidence
Source: encyclopedia
House money effect
BiasesMulti
House money effect winnings risk-on
Source: encyclopedia
Kahneman fast/slow thinking
TheoryLong
Kahneman System 1/2 fast slow thinking
Source: encyclopedia
LLM Smith 1988 replication
IndustryMulti
LLM agents replicate Smith 1988 bubble exp
Source: Arxiv
LLMs exhibit disposition effect
IndustryMulti
LLM agents exhibit disposition effect
Source: Arxiv
LLMs recency-weighted beliefs
IndustryMulti
LLM agents recency-weighted extrapolative
Source: Arxiv
Loss aversion 2:1 ratio
BiasesMulti
Loss aversion 2:1 Kahneman-Tversky
Source: encyclopedia
Lottery paradox skew
BiasesMulti
Lottery paradox skew preference
Source: encyclopedia
Mandelbrot fat tails
TheoryLong
Mandelbrot fat tails fractal markets
Source: encyclopedia
Mental accounting
BiasesShort
Mental accounting compartmentalize money
Source: encyclopedia
Minsky financial instability
TheoryLong
Minsky financial instability moment
Source: encyclopedia
Narrative fallacy story
BiasesShort
Narrative fallacy hindsight story
Source: encyclopedia
Overconfidence trader
BiasesShort
Overconfidence trader excess trading
Source: encyclopedia
Position size systematic
StrategyLong
Position sizing systematic vs gut
Source: encyclopedia
Pre-commitment Ulysses pact
StrategyLong
Pre-commitment Ulysses pact rules-based
Source: encyclopedia
Pre-mortem analysis
StrategyLong
Pre-mortem analysis Klein Kahneman
Source: encyclopedia
Prospect Theory Kahneman 1979
TheoryLong
Prospect Theory Kahneman & Tversky 1979
Source: encyclopedia
Recency bias overweight recent
BiasesShort
Recency bias overweight recent events
Source: Arxiv
Representativeness pattern
BiasesShort
Representativeness pattern matching
Source: encyclopedia
Shiller irrational exuberance
TheoryLong
Shiller irrational exuberance Nobel 2013
Source: encyclopedia
Soros reflexivity
TheoryLong
Soros reflexivity self-reinforcing loops
Source: encyclopedia
Status quo bias inertia
BiasesShort
Status quo bias inertia
Source: encyclopedia
Stop-loss discipline
StrategyLong
Stop-loss discipline counter disposition
Source: encyclopedia
Sunk cost fallacy
BiasesShort
Sunk cost fallacy hold despite logic
Source: encyclopedia
Taleb Black Swan
TheoryLong
Taleb Black Swan tail risk
Source: encyclopedia
Thaler nudge theory
TheoryLong
Thaler nudge theory Nobel 2017
Source: encyclopedia
Trading journal review
StrategyLong
Trading journal review reduce bias
Source: encyclopedia

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