Confirmation Bias: The Silent Saboteur in Your Trading
What Confirmation Bias Does to Your Trades Imagine you have put on a trade you believe in. Maybe you are convinced a certain stock is the next big winner. Suddenly, every news headline or tweet that supports your bullish view jumps out at you. It feels great to see “evidence” that you are right. Meanwhile, any negative […]
Master Your Focus: The Real Key to Peak Trading Performance
Let’s cut the crap: Most traders are obsessed with all the wrong things. You might think the next hot stock or a lucky streak will make you a winner. You might keep replaying that last big loss in your head, or feel anxious if you’re not in every big market move. This mindset is exactly […]
Emotional Flexibility Is the New Edge in This Market
In today’s volatile market environment, traders face a pressure cooker of rapid changes and uncertainty. All the data and strategies in the world can falter if a trader falls prey to emotional extremes. I’ve seen it firsthand on Wall Street: one unexpected headline or a sudden price spike can send even experienced traders into panic […]
How to Stop Overtrading When Every Part of You Wants to Keep Going
Every trader knows the feeling in trading: You’ve hit your profit target or daily loss limit, yet some force inside urges, “One more trade… keep going.” This is overtrading – the compulsive need to keep trading even when it’s against your best interest. As a mental performance coach with decades on Wall Street, I’ve seen […]
Here’s how high performers train their minds to reset, reframe, and stay effective under pressure
Last week, I laid the foundation for understanding emotional flexibility in trading. I explained how our nervous system is built to protect, not perform. I shared why emotional reactivity like fear, impulsivity, and overconfidence can hijack even the most technically sound traders. This week, I want to move from insight to implementation. Because awareness alone […]
FOMO in Trading: Master It or It Masters You
As a mental performance coach for high-performance traders, I’ve seen firsthand how the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) can derail even the most seasoned professionals. In trading, FOMO refers to the nagging anxiety that you’re missing a lucrative opportunity that others are capitalizing on. It’s that voice in your head urging you to jump into a soaring […]
Regret in Trading: What Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis Say About It
Every trader has felt it – that sting in your gut after closing a trade too early or holding on too long. Regret is a natural part of trading, but if left unchecked it can derail your performance. Let’s explore what regret looks like in real-world trading, what’s happening in your brain when you feel […]
Overcoming Regret in Trading
Last week I talked about regret in trading and what neuroscience and psychoanalysis say about it. This week we will look into practical strategies to manage and reduce regret. Practical Strategies to Manage and Reduce Regret Regret may be a fact of life in trading, but you can absolutely manage its impact. The goal is to […]
Why Rushing the Trade Is Costing You the Win
Impatience is one of the most common yet underestimated emotional killers in trading. It doesn’t show up as obviously as fear or greed. It doesn’t announce itself with a loud internal voice. But it drives countless bad decisions. Every trader has felt it. The twitchy urge to enter a trade just because they haven’t placed […]
The Psychology of Overtrading: Why Knowing More Isn’t Always Better
In trading, knowledge is power—until it isn’t. The modern trader has access to endless streams of data: charts, price action, breaking news, analyst opinions, macro events, tweets, Discord threads, subreddits, and real-time order flows. All of this creates the illusion that more information equals better decisions. But in reality, there’s a tipping point. And beyond […]