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Expert articles on trading psychology, risk management, and structured recovery plans. Everything you need to come back stronger after a setback.

Recovery

How to Recover from a Trading Blowup

A step-by-step guide to recovering from a significant trading loss. Learn the psychology behind blowups and build a structured recovery plan.

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Psychology

Revenge Trading: Why You Do It and How to Stop

Revenge trading destroys accounts. Understand the psychology behind it and learn proven techniques to break the cycle before your next loss spirals.

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Psychology

Trading Tilt: Recognizing and Breaking the Cycle

Borrowed from poker, 'tilt' describes emotional decision-making that destroys trading performance. Learn to recognize it and break the cycle.

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Risk Management

Position Sizing After a Big Loss

After a significant drawdown, your position sizing approach matters more than ever. Learn the math and psychology of sizing during recovery.

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Recovery

Building a Trading Recovery Plan

A complete blueprint for creating your personalized trading recovery plan, from initial assessment through progressive rebuilding over 6 weeks.

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Psychology

The Psychology Behind Overtrading

Overtrading silently destroys accounts through commissions, spread costs, and poor decision quality. Understand why you do it and how to stop.

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Trading Rules

How to Set Effective Trading Rules

Vague trading rules fail when you need them most. Learn to create specific, measurable, enforceable rules that actually protect your capital.

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Risk Management

Risk Management Strategies That Actually Work

Most traders know they need risk management but apply it inconsistently. Here are battle-tested strategies that survive real market conditions.

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Journaling

Trading Journal Best Practices for Recovery

A trading journal is your most powerful recovery tool — but only if you use it right. Learn what to track and how to extract actionable insights.

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Psychology

How to Stop Emotional Trading

Emotions are unavoidable in trading. The goal isn't to eliminate them — it's to build systems that prevent them from driving your decisions.

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Psychology

FOMO Trading: Breaking the Fear of Missing Out

FOMO drives traders into positions too late, too large, and too emotional. Learn the psychology behind it and practical strategies to break the pattern.

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Risk Management

Why Most Day Traders Lose Money

Studies consistently show that 70-90% of day traders lose money. Understanding why is the first step to being in the profitable minority.

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Trading Rules

Trading Circuit Breakers: Protecting Yourself from Yourself

Circuit breakers are automated rules that halt your trading when things go wrong. Learn how to design personal circuit breakers that prevent blowups.

6 min read·
Psychology

The Cost of Revenge Trading: A Data-Driven Analysis

What does revenge trading actually cost in dollars? We analyze the data patterns that turn manageable losses into account-destroying blowups.

6 min read·
Recovery

From Blown Account to Consistent Trader

The journey from account blowup to consistent profitability is difficult but well-documented. Here's the roadmap followed by traders who made it.

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