About Verstrata

Verstrata exists to document and refine a way of thinking about markets.

After years spent diagnosing complex systems—software, organizations, and financial markets—I’ve learned that most failure does not come from a lack of information, but from poor structure, unmanaged risk, and emotional decision-making under pressure.

Markets are not problems to be solved.
They are environments to be navigated.

Verstrata is not about predictions, signals, or shortcuts. It is about understanding how risk compounds, how discipline breaks down, and why sustainable outcomes come from process rather than insight.

The work here focuses on:

• Risk defined before action

• Systems over opinions

• Process over outcomes

• Survival first, opportunity second

This site is a record of observations, principles, and mental models developed through experience. Nothing here is financial advice. Everything here is intended to sharpen thinking.