Trading insights & updates

Most traders believe their emotions affect their trading but have no data showing exactly how. This guide covers which six emotional states are worth tracking, how to tag them fast enough to survive a real trading session, how to analyze the resulting data by win rate and profit factor, and how to turn a costly pattern into a specific structural rule rather than just an insight that fades by the next session.

Greed rarely announces itself. It shows up disguised as conviction, as momentum, as "the trade is clearly still working, why would I exit now." Ten specific, recognizable signs that greed rather than genuine edge is driving a decision: moved targets, unplanned adds, sizing up after a winning streak, ignoring a daily profit target, and more, plus why greed is harder to catch in the moment than fear-based mistakes like revenge trading.

Ranked by typical dollar cost, not just frequency: moving stop losses, revenge trading, FOMO entries, overtrading, exiting winners too early, having no clear plan, oversized positions on certain trades, trading outside your edge window, ignoring fees, and skipping your pre-session routine. Each entry covers why it happens and the specific structural fix, plus how these mistakes compound with each other in a typical bad session.

Revenge trading turns a bad morning into a blown session and a losing week into a damaging month. This guide covers what it is, the psychology driving it, five signals to recognise it before it escalates, and six structural approaches to stop it — including why a daily loss limit is the most effective single tool available.

FOMO trading — entering a trade out of fear of missing a move rather than because the setup is valid — is one of the most common and costly emotional mistakes retail traders make. This guide covers the psychology behind why it happens, five signals to catch it before you act, and a structured set of approaches to manage it using data from your trading journal.