If You Want to Quit Impulsive Trading, Just Go Out on a Date (Seriously, It Works)
(For married friends, pretend I didn't say this and skip ahead) I accidentally discovered this mental trick. At the time, my trading performance was terrible, and my decisions were basically disaster-level.
After that, 'going on dates' almost became a cheat module in my trading system.
The core reason behind impulsive trading, frankly, has nothing to do with charts or strategies. It's that you're trapped in a mental tunnel fighting against yourself.
Your attention will be firmly locked onto an anchor point, usually the candlestick chart. Then emotions start looping: greed, panic, hope, regret—feeding each other.
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