Ch 21 | ITM Sanity Handbook

You already know what to do. The problem is remembering to do it when it counts.
Markets don’t just test your strategy – they test your discipline, your patience, and your ability to ignore noise when it’s loudest.

These checklists are your reset button. Download them, keep them within reach, and use them to stay aligned with the strategy.

Market Detector Checklists

Bubble Reality

Bubble Hype

Correction Vs Bear

Bear Market

Reality check before calling a bubble.

Filter headlines from facts.

Know the difference before reacting.

Confirm it’s a bear – not noise.

Sanity Checks

Check whether the problem is the market – or you.

Trade Discipline Checklists

Trading

Stay in the Game

Are you trading – or entertaining yourself?

Your final anchor before every trade.

Emotional Control Checklists

FOMO

Panic

Euphoria

Doomsday

Stops reckless buying when euphoria hits

The emotional fire extinguisher.

When markets rise and logic disappears.

When everything suddenly feels like the end.

Filtering Noise Checklists

GURU Filter

Sanity Saver

How to ignore confident nonsense.

Reset your thinking when it drifts.

Perspective Checklist

Bear Guilt Antidote

You didn’t cause it — you don’t need to feel bad.