The why behind the choices.

Most of these questions have been asked by real users. The answers are design decisions, not accidents.

Why can't I write my own rules?

Because rules you author become a nightly self-graded checklist, and a checklist you grade yourself is easy to flatter. Instead, your rules are derived from the method template plus the settings you commit in your playbook, so they stay objective and gradeable — and most of them are checked automatically against what you logged. You still shape them: you do it by composing the playbook, not by editing a rule list.

What's the difference between a trade and the daily review?

A trade is one logged entry — you log each one as you take it. The review is the once-a-day pass after the close: it reads your trades back as the day's Conduct — a verdict word plus the 0–100 execution score — and adds the day-level reflection. Many trades, one review.

Why doesn't Praxis analyze my edge?

Because excellent tools for that already exist, and because the two jobs contaminate each other. The moment an app scores your outcomes, every input you give it bends toward looking profitable. Praxis only works if your answers stay honest, and they only stay honest if the score cannot be flattered by a winning day. The month proves the edge. Praxis minds the trader.

Why doesn't a missed day count as zero?

Because a gap and a failure are different facts, and an engine that conflates them teaches you to fear the log. Absence shows up in exactly one place — the ritual rate, which measures showing up. Every quality metric reads only the days you actually logged. You cannot lower your execution average by skipping a day; you also cannot raise it.

Does a no-trade day change my execution average?

No. A wait day is scored on its own — patience is real discipline — and that score decides whether the day was clean, which feeds your clean rate and ritual. But the execution average measures how you traded, so a day with no trades is never averaged into it. A quiet, disciplined day lifts your standing through clean rate and showing up, not by inflating a number about execution.

Why was my score capped at 40?

You broke a critical rule. The caps — 40 for one, 25 for two, zero beyond — exist because critical rules are the ones that end accounts, and no amount of small virtue offsets that. If the cap feels unfair, check whether the rule deserves its critical flag; if it does, the cap is the lesson.

Do the felt scales change my score?

One does, slightly: marking pride of execution at 4 or 5 adds three points. Everything else — pull, nativeness, repair — is awareness, not performance. They feed the slow habit signal and the patterns engine. You cannot grade your way to a better score by feeling better, and you will never be penalized for telling the truth about a hard day.

Is anything on the Desk tracked?

No. The Desk is awareness-only — the tools you reach for with a position in front of you, not a thing that grades you. Its pre-click checklist resets every time you open it, so it is a gate you pass through, never a record. Nothing on the Desk is saved or scored; when you're ready to record a trade, its "Log this trade" button hands you to the trade form, where the logging actually happens.

Why doesn't admitting repair mode hurt my score?

Because the behaviors that follow repair are already scored through your rules — and punishing the confession itself would teach you to stop confessing. The repair question exists to get the pattern named while it is still a pattern and not yet a habit. Containing the urge is recorded as the win it is.

I'm going on vacation. Will my score decay?

Declare an away period in Settings and the ritual rate will not expect you, the staleness notice will not fire, and no reminder emails will be sent. Forgot to set it beforehand? Add it when you return — retroactive away periods are the intended repair, not a loophole. And logging on an away day still counts; the period only excuses absence, it never blocks practice.

Why hasn't the habit signal said anything yet?

It needs roughly twenty logged entries with felt-state answers before it reads as steady. It is the slowest signal in the app by design — it is trying to measure who you are becoming, and that does not change in a week. Keep answering the scales; it will speak.

Can I be demoted?

Yes. The tier is a thirty-day reading, not a trophy, and it moves both ways. A demotion gets the same ceremony as a promotion — the data read honestly, the new name given. Operators who stop operating stop being Operators. That is what makes the word mean something.

Why is the Sunday letter written by me?

Because you already know what you need to hear — you wrote it down, two to eight weeks ago, and then you forgot it. Praxis resurfaces it without commentary. Advice from an app is easy to dismiss. Your own words, in your own voice, about your own trading, are not.

I forgot to log yesterday. Now what?

Days you logged can be revised any time from Sessions — open the day and choose Revise; every score recomputes when you save. A day you never logged can be back-filled too: from Sessions, choose + Session, pick the date, and log it as that day. Future dates are refused. The record's job is to be true, not to be punctual.

Can I delete my account and start over?

You can delete it — permanently, from Settings, password and the word DELETE required. Everything goes: sessions, scores, patterns, milestones, shared cards. What doesn’t exist is a reset button, and that’s deliberate. Wiping a record to escape a bad stretch is the same move as refusing a stop — repair, aimed at the evidence. A record that shows a dip and a climb is worth more than a spotless one; there’s even a milestone you can only earn by climbing. If the urge to start over is really a bad week talking, the better move is to keep the record that just got more valuable.

Is my data shared with anyone?

No. There is no community, no leaderboard, no benchmarking against other traders. The only thing that ever leaves your account is a share card you explicitly create — tokened, anonymous, and expiring after thirty days. If a link lapses you can renew it on the same URL, delete it whenever you want, and see how many times each card has been opened.

How do I export my data?

Go to Settings → Your data and choose Download my data. You get a single JSON file containing everything you’ve written — sessions, reflections, accounts, rules, milestones, letters, patterns, score snapshots, away periods, and your settings. It is a faithful, read-only copy of your own record: downloading it changes nothing and shares nothing. Your password and login sessions are never part of the file. The record is yours, and it is portable.