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Confidence about 70%.", "Risk: if the kill on the daily brief fires, flatten the Polymarket sleeve.", "Fuel only: the other four pulp chairs stay off the home desk.", "CTA: Through the Ordoliberal lens, the evidence-aligned move is to hike Yes ~9% is not a packed jury — wait on a fresh duration bet until the crowd." ], "note": "8 X-length beats from Skin in the game." }, { "id": "buyer-narrative", "title": "Buyer narrative", "job": "150–300 word LinkedIn-style", "source": "template", "status": "ok", "narrative": "Most buyers opened today’s tape hunting a hero trade. Under Skin in the game, the quieter story is the one that actually moves money. Here is the complete call, not a teaser: Through the Ordoliberal lens, the evidence-aligned move is to hike Yes ~9% is not a packed jury — wait on a fresh duration bet until the crowd commits. The tension is simple. Headlines argue. The instruments already voting are Polymarket, TLT. Stance is wait, direction down, horizon into the next Fed print. Confidence sits near 70% because Crowd with skin: Will the Fed increase interest rates by 50+ bps after the December 2026 Yes=9%. Prefer paid odds over the loud headline. Lesson: size the sleeve to the evidence you can name, not the story you wish were true. If you cannot write the kill switch in one sentence, you are not ready to add risk. Framework: (1) Stay inside Skin in the game — do not average five chairs into mush. (2) Prefer Polymarket, TLT over narrative FOMO. (3) Confirm before you scale. (4) Flatten when the next print contradicts today’s chips — name the miss; do not paper it with a louder hook. Soft CTA: save this rule, run it against your book tonight, and only press when confirmation shows up. 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