#Reinforcement Learning
2 articles on Reinforcement Learning — behavioral finance and market psychology from IM7 Intelligence.
When FOMO Works: How Profitable Trades Reinforce Bad Process
When a rushed Bitcoin entry makes money, the profitable outcome can reinforce the wrong lesson. Outcome bias can turn an impulsive decision into a behavior the trader becomes more willing to repeat—even when the original process was weak.
One Winning Trade Can Teach You the Wrong Lesson: The Perils of Overgeneralization in Markets
A single successful trade often feels like a revelation, teaching us a powerful lesson about market behavior. But what if that 'lesson' is actually a trap, leading to overconfidence and rigid strategies that eventually backfire? This article explores how our minds overgeneralize from limited data, using a dramatic Bitcoin chart example to illustrate how one profitable decision can implant a false conviction in trading.