The Big Short Risk and Assumption Stress-Test Toolkit
An unofficial, independent AI system for finding fragile assumptions, hidden incentives, downside scenarios, and early warning signals before a loss compounds.
Key Capabilities & Features:
- •Uses the source title for discovery while providing an independent risk-management workflow
- •Separates facts, assumptions, incentives, evidence quality, scenarios, and thresholds
- •Turns risk analysis into owned triggers, mitigations, stop rules, and review dates
- •Designed for founders, operators, finance-aware teams, and project leaders
- •Does not recreate film scenes, characters, dialogue, imagery, or screenplay expression
- •Unofficial and independent; no endorsement is claimed
One-time payment • Lifetime access & future updates
What's Inside
8 modules96 promptsEvery module below is included in the single purchase.
- 1
Risk Intake
12 promptsDefine the decision, exposure, dependencies, time horizon, and loss that the stress test is meant to prevent.
- 2
Assumption Ledger
12 promptsList the beliefs carrying the plan, who supplied them, what evidence supports them, and what would disconfirm them.
- 3
Downside Scenarios
12 promptsDescribe plausible failure paths and second-order effects without turning a dramatic story into a probability claim.
- 4
Incentives and Conflicts
12 promptsMap who benefits, who bears the downside, who controls the information, and where incentives can distort the signal.
- 5
Base Rates and Evidence
12 promptsCompare the plan with relevant outside cases and audit whether the available evidence is representative, current, and independent.
- 6
Sensitivity and Stress Tests
12 promptsChange the assumptions that matter most and identify the threshold where the plan stops working.
- 7
Triggers and Mitigations
12 promptsConvert risk awareness into leading indicators, owners, mitigations, stop rules, and escalation paths.
- 8
Decision and Review
12 promptsRecord the decision, confidence, unresolved risks, review dates, and what the outcome teaches about the model.
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Architecture & System Overview
The Big Short Risk and Assumption Stress-Test Toolkit is an unofficial, independent framework for finding fragile assumptions before they become expensive losses.
It is designed for founders, operators, finance-aware teams, and project leaders who need to test a plan's downside, incentives, evidence quality, thresholds, and dependencies before committing more time or capital.
The toolkit produces risk intakes, assumption ledgers, downside scenarios, incentive maps, base-rate comparisons, sensitivity tests, early-warning triggers, mitigation plans, stop rules, decision memos, and calibration reviews. It will not reproduce the film or source book, retell scenes, use character simulations, or copy distinctive wording, examples, or visual structures.
Important boundary: this is general risk and decision-support material, not investment, securities, legal, accounting, or other regulated professional advice. High-impact decisions require appropriate human and professional review. This independent work does not claim affiliation with Adam McKay, Charles Randolph, Michael Lewis, the cast, Paramount Pictures, or any publisher or rights holder.
The full 96-prompt system is available now as an instant digital download after purchase.
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| Formats Included | PDF Prompt Playbook | PDF Prompt Playbook | PDF Swipe File | 64-Page PDF Playbook + 22 Worksheets |
| Lifetime Updates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Creator Rating | PromptWolf (99.2%) | Dr. Lucas Vance (99.2%) | Dr. Lucas Vance (99.2%) | Dr. Lucas Vance (99.2%) |
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The assumption ledger killed our pet project
The assumption ledger killed our pet project in the best possible way — three of the beliefs carrying it had no evidence and one had a cheap disconfirming test that failed on the first run. The downside scenarios module made us price the loss we were refusing to look at. We killed it before committing the next round of capital.
Rigorous, bring your real numbers
Used this with our finance team and the trigger and stop rules work exactly as advertised — they turn risk awareness into owned monitoring. The rigor only works if your inputs are honest; the prompts are clearly built on the assumption that you will not sugarcoat your numbers. We had to redo one stress test because our base case was too rosy.
Early warning signals are concrete
The incentive map showed me who controlled the information flow on a troubled program before the loss compounded. The early-warning triggers were concrete enough to hand to project owners, with owners and dates attached. This is the first risk tool that ended in action instead of a PowerPoint.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this an official The Big Short or Michael Lewis product?
No. It is an unofficial, independent work and does not claim affiliation with Adam McKay, Charles Randolph, Michael Lewis, the cast, Paramount Pictures, or any publisher or rights holder.
Is the full toolkit available now?
Yes. The full 96-prompt system is available now as an instant digital download after purchase.
Does it provide investment or securities advice?
No. It is a general risk and decision-support framework. Investment, securities, legal, accounting, and other regulated matters require appropriate qualified professional review.
What makes it more than a movie analysis?
The deliverables are operational: assumption ledgers, sensitivity tests, triggers, mitigations, stop rules, decision records, and calibration reviews.