Every serious trader remembers the beginning. The clarity of purpose, the hunger to learn, the hours spent on charts that did not feel like work because the drive behind them was genuine and strong. T
The position has been red for three weeks. The thesis you had when you entered — the catalyst, the setup, the fundamental or technical case — has not played out. Price has moved against you steadily,
They are often mentioned in the same breath. Trading communities treat them as variations of the same problem. Risk management advice addresses them with the same prescription — slow down, follow your
Most traders discover they were on tilt in retrospect. The session ends, the damage is done, and somewhere in the post-session review — looking at the sequence of trades, the position sizes that crept
Every trader believes they are being objective. In the moment — sitting in front of the screen, watching price move, making the decision to enter or exit — it does not feel like emotion. It feels like
There is a reason you remember your losing trades more vividly than your winning ones. A reason you hold a losing position longer than you should, hoping it comes back, while cutting your winning posi
