Trading Psychology & Journaling

Discipline, bias, tilt control and reviewing your own data.

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1. 00:00Trading Psychology & Journaling. Discipline, bias, tilt control and reviewing your own data.
2. 00:05Revenge trading — sizing up after a loss to get it back.
3. 00:10FOMO — chasing a move after the entry has passed.
4. 00:15Confirmation bias — only reading analysis that agrees with your position.
5. 00:20Loss aversion — moving or removing a stop to avoid being wrong.
6. 00:25Overtrading — taking setups that are not in your plan out of boredom.
7. 00:30The antidote is process: a written plan, a fixed risk unit, a session routine and a journal.
8. 00:37Log every trade with screenshot, reason, R risked, outcome and an honest note about your state of mind.
9. 00:44Reference table: Journal field, Why.
10. 00:49Note: A losing trade that followed your rules is a good trade. A winning trade that broke them is a warning.

• Revenge trading — sizing up after a loss to get it back.
• FOMO — chasing a move after the entry has passed.
• Confirmation bias — only reading analysis that agrees with your position.
• Loss aversion — moving or removing a stop to avoid being wrong.
• Overtrading — taking setups that are not in your plan out of boredom.

The antidote is process: a written plan, a fixed risk unit, a session routine and a journal. Log every trade with screenshot, reason, R risked, outcome and an honest note about your state of mind.