Frequently Asked Questions

Mardonic is a confidential self-assessment platform that helps you sort, blend, and chart the sectors of your life — using the same pattern-recognition methods investors use to navigate trillions of dollars in markets.

The first 7–10 days are a learning curve — by design.

Most users start by sugar-coating their answers. "My best version of myself" scoring. That's fine. We predicted it. During this period, your charts reflect aspiration more than reality. Many users will void their early charts after this learning phase (there's a button for that) and start fresh with honest data.

That's when the real value begins.

The questions rotate. They cross-check each other. They're weighted. Prompts sharpen your focus and accuracy — some of this happens subconsciously, most of it happens because charting forces you to pinpoint where you actually are right now in your own personal history. With full attention and honest answers, you're snapping a picture of your real life in this moment.

A trend will emerge. Your chart will consolidate. Stability is good.

But life is filled with what we call rotating uncertainty — shifts happening across every sector, often simultaneously. That is when Mardonic pays off dramatically.

As your trend changes — and as your understanding of the sectors you've prioritized deepens — the program objectively identifies patterns. These are the same patterns that chart trillions in investment decisions. Markets are just people balancing fear and greed. Your life runs on the same motivational forces.

The turning point: you begin to see where your life might go, and how to influence the trajectory. Mardonic provides mental guardrails, warning signs, and directional signposts grounded in your own data.

This isn't for everyone. The platform was designed for a specific type of person — someone with the mental acuity and willingness to take operational control of their actual life progress. The likelihood that anyone's life stays stable for very long is remote. Most people know this.

What you measure is what you manage.

Mardonic is a self-analysis tool that applies the logic of financial technical analysis to your personal life. You answer weighted questions across life sectors you choose — career, health, relationships, and others — and over time your responses generate trendlines.

Those trendlines reveal real patterns: which areas are in uptrends, which are breaking down, and where your goals may be working against each other — and where surprise reversals might be forming.

Therapy is relational and is conducted by a trained professional. Mardonic is analytical. It doesn't interpret your feelings — it tracks your data over time and surfaces patterns you'd never notice in the moment. Think of it as a quantified self-discovery tool with a framework borrowed from market analysis.

It works best alongside other practices, not instead of them. It also exposes you to combinations of choices, with built-in algorithms and safeguards designed to reduce self-deception.

No. The financial pattern framing is the engine, not the interface. Financial markets are just people behaving, aren't they? You don't need to know what a head-and-shoulders formation is — Mardonic will tell you if it detects one in your specific situation.

Your first candle — your first real data snapshot — closes after 7 days. That's enough to see initial trendline direction. Patterns like support levels and goal conflicts typically emerge after 3–6 weeks. The longer you use Mardonic, the more signal it has to work with. Your behavior and values draw the chart.

The impact of the questions themselves may initiate meaningful change quite quickly. Like any quality depiction of your actual life, it may take only a short time — or a longer time — for you to experience the full Mardonic benefit. The chart tracks your passage through time and your values. The more data, the more impactful the chart and its trend and event indicators. Before the chart even flags a triggering trend or event, your awareness will have already started to change.

The recommended rhythm is 4–6 completed check-ins per week. There are 15 questions per recurring session, typically taking about 5–7 minutes. Your baseline check-in is longer so it can establish a clear starting point.

Questions and cross-check guides rotate across those sessions intentionally. This provides varied prompts and a broader longitudinal signal instead of repeating the same questions. If you miss a session or need to pause, pick back up when you are ready — Mardonic adapts to your rhythm.

Gaps in your data are noted, not punished. Mardonic accounts for irregular input — real market data has gaps too. A missed week shows up as a consolidation period in your chart, not a broken record. Pick back up whenever you're ready.

Yes, anytime. You start with 7 sectors (or more) and can adjust as your priorities shift. If your chart is flatlining, that might be a signal to swap in sectors you've been avoiding — and the chart will update to reflect the change. Adding a new sector starts a fresh trendline for that area.

It is recommended for chart continuity that you only change sectors once a quarter. If you need to, you can flex this.

Each question carries a weight based on its sector and its relative importance. Your answers feed into a score for each life sector over time. Those scores are plotted as a time series, and the same pattern-detection logic used in financial charting is applied: trendline slope, breakout detection, support and resistance levels, and pattern formation recognition.

Your chart uses a UUID stored separately from your email, and a profile links that UUID to your account so Mardonic can retrieve the chart. This is data organization, not anonymity: Mardonic collects account details such as your email, session IDs, and browser or device identifiers, and records may be associated with your account. We use page paths, referring sources, and campaign tags to measure where visits and signups come from, not to determine who a person is. Signup attribution may be linked to an account. Meta Pixel separately measures page views, signups, and verified purchases and may process browser or device identifiers.

Payment and other service providers set their own retention practices under their policies; Mardonic cannot specify or control how long they retain information. Read the full Privacy Policy for details on attribution, identifiers, and events.

Start with a 30-day free trial; no credit card is required to start. After the trial, the standard subscription is $9.99/month, billed monthly via Stripe. Your first charge is at the end of the trial; subsequent charges are on the same date each month. You can cancel any time in account settings; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period and you won't be charged again.

Prepaid gifts are optional: 1 month is $9.99, 3 months is $29.97, 6 months is $59.94, and 12 months is $119.88.

See the pricing section or choose a prepaid gift.

Your candlesticks show how your life score moves over each period. Trend direction shows whether a sector is rising, falling, or consolidating. Volume and OBV show engagement and cumulative action balance, while support and resistance mark levels where a pattern may hold or change.

Detected patterns flag analytical signals in the shape and movement of your data. You do not need market expertise to use the chart, and these patterns are not diagnoses or guarantees. They are prompts to look more closely at what your own history may be showing you.

You can cancel at any time from your account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and you will not be charged again.

Your data is retained for 30 days after cancellation so you can reactivate and preserve your history. After 30 days, it is permanently deleted and cannot be recovered.

Partial-month refunds are not offered, except for genuine billing issues handled through support. See the full Terms of Service.

AI-generated interpretations are for general reflection, not diagnosis, treatment, or decisions on your behalf. Mardonic is not therapy, mental-health treatment, or a diagnostic service.

For convenience, Mardonic links to two public-domain self-assessments — the Beck Depression Inventory and the Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory — when a user opt-in path indicates they may be useful.

If you're in crisis, contact 988 — the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988).

Payment and other service providers set their own retention practices. Their handling and retention are governed by their own policies, and Mardonic cannot specify or control how long they retain information.

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