# FibLab Anki Decks — Import Guide

Spaced-repetition companion to the FibLab Method Training Academy. Drill the vocabulary, the visual patterns, and the discrimination calls on your phone while you're away from the chart.

## What's in here — three decks

| File | Cards | Format | What it drills |
|------|-------|--------|----------------|
| `fiblab-vocab.csv`  | **44** | text → text  | Term → peer-tone definition + "how to spot it on a chart" sentence + source citation. |
| `fiblab-visual.csv` | **35** | image → text | Inline-SVG chart pattern → concept name + definition. Same color palette as the site glyphs (yellow accumulation, blue distribution, emerald hold, rose break, amber origin, violet BUT/reverse-hold). |
| `fiblab-mcq.csv`    | **36** | MCQ → text   | 4-option multiple choice (1 target + 3 deliberately confusable distractors) → answer letter + explanation. Sourced directly from the Discrimination Gym rounds + edge-case extras. |

`fiblab-deck.csv` (original 30-row deck) is kept in the repo for backward compatibility but is **superseded by `fiblab-vocab.csv`** (broader coverage, tighter wording, source citations on every card). Either delete the old import in Anki or just leave it — Anki dedupes on question text where there's overlap.

## Quick import (2 minutes per deck)

1. **Install Anki** (free, ~80 MB): [apps.ankiweb.net](https://apps.ankiweb.net/) — desktop or AnkiMobile/AnkiDroid for phone.
2. **Open Anki desktop**.
3. **File → Import** → select one of the CSVs.
4. In the import dialog (everything below is auto-detected from the `#` directives at the top of each file, but verify):
   - **Type:** Basic
   - **Deck:** auto-set per file (`FibLab Method::Vocab`, `::Visual`, or `::MCQ`)
   - **Field separator:** Tab
   - **Allow HTML in fields:** ✓ checked (REQUIRED — the visual deck and MCQ deck both rely on inline HTML / SVG)
   - **Update existing notes:** leave as-is for first import
5. Click **Import**. Repeat for the other two CSVs.
6. Sync to AnkiWeb to get the decks on your phone.

## Notes per deck

### `fiblab-vocab.csv` — Vocabulary (text → text)
- 44 cards covering every load-bearing term in the glossary: 14 level-family primitives (hold, break, origin, range, pure/non-pure, BUT, reverse hold, range-hit-origin, singularity, polarized, failed-support-flip, accumulation, distribution, engulfment), 5 trend types, 7 method primitives (first-touch, FHAO, refinement, greedy entry, fractal, HTF bias, time-and-levels), 5 execution primitives (TP cascade, stop placement, leverage, averaging-in, sweep), plus liquidity / trap / native candle / scalping / weekend / prime day.
- Every card cites its SRT source video and timestamp.
- Tagged `fiblab vocabulary <family>` so you can filter by family inside Anki.

### `fiblab-visual.csv` — Visual pattern (image → text)
- 35 cards using **inline SVG** in the front field — no external image files, no media folder setup. Anki renders the SVG directly when "Allow HTML in fields" is checked at import time.
- Each glyph is a 320×160 px chart sketch with the same vocabulary as the site's `shared/glyphs.svg`: yellow `#fbbf24` accumulation candles, blue `#3b82f6` distribution candles, emerald dashed hold lines, rose dashed break lines, amber dashed origin lines, violet dashed BUT levels, violet dotted reverse-holds.
- If the SVG appears tiny in the Anki preview, increase the card font size in your card-template settings — the SVG width/height is fixed.

### `fiblab-mcq.csv` — Multiple choice (self-graded)
- 36 cards. The first 25 are taken directly from the on-site Discrimination Gym (`Site/shared/discrimination.js`) — 1 target + 3 corpus-attested distractors per round.
- The remaining 11 are edge-case MCQs covering hold-failure cascade, the time-and-levels rule in execution, stop placement, post-TP1 discipline, leverage purpose, liquidity-as-timer, trend-break candle type, prime-day mechanics, and Origin Bot color-coding.
- Anki doesn't natively support MCQ; the front field includes the prompt + 4 lettered options separated by `<br>`, and the back field reveals the correct letter + explanation. Self-grade after answering.

## Suggested study schedule

- **20 new cards/day** (Anki default) until you've seen each deck once. ~6 days for all three.
- After that, ~15 review cards/day across all three decks keeps everything warm. ~5-7 minutes a day.
- Trigger reviews while waiting for a fill at the chart, on the train, in line for coffee. The cards are short.

## Card format (TSV)

All three CSVs share the same column layout (tab-separated):
```
Front | Back | Tags | Note Type | Deck
```

Anki picks these up automatically from the `#separator:tab`, `#html:true`, and `#deck column:5` directives at the top of each file. The note type is `Basic` for all three decks; only the deck name differs.

## Why spaced repetition for trading vocabulary

Because mid-trade isn't the time to recall what a "range hit origin" is or whether a "non-pure" level needs higher-TF confirmation. The terminology has to be automatic — the same way a doctor doesn't pause to think "what's a systolic measurement again?" before reading a BP cuff. SR makes that happen with the least effort.

The visual deck is where chart-reading speed comes from: training the eye to map a pattern → a name in under a second is what lets you see structure in real-time rather than reverse-engineer it after the fact. The MCQ deck drills the discriminations — the near-twin pairs that get traders into trouble (sweep vs break, hold vs reverse-hold, normal-trend retest vs range-trend retest, polarized vs failed-support, origin vs singularity).

The web-based Discrimination Gym (`practice/discriminate.html`) is still the canonical drilling tool — randomized, streak-tracked, with progress saved across sessions. Use the Anki MCQ deck on mobile when offline; use the Gym on desktop when in front of charts.