Trading psychology

Why it happens

Most traders already know their rules. These pages are about the moment the rules stop being reachable: what is actually happening, the tells before it happens, and what interrupts it. Each one is written from a clinical model built by a psychotherapist who trades.

• Why do I revenge trade?

  Revenge trading is a threat response, not a market read. What happens in the minutes after a loss, why willpower fails there, and what actually interrupts it.

• The revenge trading protocol

  A five-minute protocol for the minutes after a loss. Find which way the loss moved you, run the matching reset, then one test decides whether you trade again.

• Why does FOMO make me chase trades?

  Trading FOMO is an urge with a story attached, and it peaks and passes. What drives the chase, why it feels like decisiveness, and how to let the urge run out.

• Why do I keep moving my stop?

  Moving a stop trades a certain small loss for an uncertain larger one. Why that feels rational in the moment, what it is avoiding, and how to catch it before the hand moves.

• Should I trade today?

  How to tell, before the open, what state you are bringing to the desk. What readiness is made of, why one readiness score cannot tell overcharged from shut down, and what to check instead.

This page is education, not treatment, and not financial advice. If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, contact your local emergency number or a crisis line in your country now.