Consistency: The Real Market Hack Nobody Talks AboutMicro E-mini S&P 500 Index FuturesCME_MINI_DL:MES1!officialjackofalltrades The Real Market Hack Isn't a New Indicator - It's Doing the Same Thing on Purpose Everyone is hunting for the next edge: New signal New model New AI feature But if you look at traders who actually last in this game, they usually have something boring in common: One or a few clear approaches Defined rules Years of showing up and doing the same thing That's not an accident. That's the compounding effect of consistency. --- Why Consistency Beats Constant Optimization When you constantly change: You never see what your edge really is You never gather enough data on any one system You end up chasing whatever just worked last month In the AI era, this gets worse — because tools can generate infinite variations of a strategy in minutes. It's tempting to jump to the "latest best" version every time the equity curve dips. Consistency looks like: Choosing a system that is "good enough" Defining exactly how you size, enter, and exit Letting it play out over 50, 100, 200 trades before judging --- Using AI to Enforce Consistency, Not Break It AI and automation can be your enemy or your ally here. Enemy when: You constantly regenerate new strategies instead of refining one You change parameters after every drawdown Ally when: You codify your rules into a bot and let it execute without emotion You use AI to track execution quality ("Did I actually follow my plan?") You schedule when you’re allowed to review and adjust — not in the middle of pain