A conversation with a markets Super Intelligence is easy to have and easy to forget. By the afternoon you remember that the flip was “somewhere below” and not much else. A short note fixes that. It also turns a series of answers into something you can look back over.
What to write down
Five fields are enough.
The question, in the words you used. The wording decides what was read, so keep it exact.
The time you asked.
The figures in the answer, each with its age. If the answer said the read was a few minutes old, the note says so too.
The venue or instrument. Which index, which perp book, which contract address.
What the SI said it did not have. A stopped feed, a missing print, a market that does not exist.
That is one line per field. The whole note takes less than a minute.
Why the age goes in the note
A figure copied without its age becomes a fact in your notebook. A week later you will not remember that it was read on a 5-minute cycle, or that the market was shut and the map was resting. The age is what lets you compare two notes honestly.
What the notes are for
They are for your own decisions. Next to each note, add one line about what you did after reading it, including when you did nothing. A decision to stand aside is worth recording, as argued in journaling the trades you did not take.
Over a few weeks the pairs show you something. They show which readings you act on and which you ignore. They show whether you ask before you decide or after. A general approach to this kind of record is in keeping a trading journal.
What the notes are not for
They are not a way to turn readings into predictions after the fact. A markets SI says where a wall is. If price later passed through it, the reading was not wrong. The wall was where he said it was. He never said price would stop.
Keep that straight in the notes. Write what was read. Do not write what you assumed it implied.
Checking with the notes
The notes make checking easier. With the time, the venue and the figure written down, you can set an answer beside the dashboard later and see whether they agreed. The routine is in how to check what a markets SI told you.
If you run your own AI app against the MCP & API, much of this can be captured as you go. Every reading already carries as_of, age_seconds and as_of_kind. What to keep is covered in what to log to check an agent’s market claims.
A note on keeping it short
A log that takes ten minutes will not last the month. Five fields and one line about your decision is the whole format. If an answer was long, note only the figure you cared about.
Dr. NoVo, NoVo’s Financial Markets SI, answers on his own page and through the MCP & API. The notes are yours to keep.