Mindset
Fear and Greed Are Not an Explanation
Two words account for everything and predict nothing. What has been measured about emotion and trading, and why a mechanism is more useful than a label.
5 min read
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Mindset
What actually happens to judgement under pressure, and what the evidence behind the usual explanations is.
Mindset
Revenge Trading: What Happens After a Loss
The hour after a loss is the most studied hour in trading behaviour. What the research found was not anger — it was whether the loss had been booked.
6 min read
Mindset
What Trading Psychology Actually Means
The phrase covers four different subjects, and only some of them have evidence behind them. What has been measured about trader behaviour, and what has not.
7 min read
Mindset
Why Traders Overtrade, and What It Costs
Overtrading is usually described as an emotional failing. In the account data it is an arithmetic one, and the cost has been measured across two whole markets.
6 min read