Trading is an exercise in managing uncertainty under emotional pressure. When capital is at risk, biological fight-or-flight responses trigger in the brain, impairing the prefrontal cortex where rational risk management decisions take place.
Course 13 · Lesson 02
Trading Psychology Under Pressure
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Stress impairs executive rational thinking - systematize rules so decisions require zero discretionary hesitation.
Treat every individual trade as simply one random outcome in a sample of 1,000 statistical trials.
KEY TERMS
Emotional Equanimity
The state of psychological stability and composure unaffected by trade outcomes.
Recency Bias
The cognitive error of over-weighting the most recent trades over long-term statistical reality.
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