Revenge Trading Is You Trying to Fight the Market With a Bruised Ego.
You took a loss.
Now your brain wants to “get it back.”
That’s not strategy.
That’s a wounded ego looking for a weapon.
Core Truth:
Every revenge trade feels like “this one will fix it.”
But it’s not a setup.
It’s a reaction — and reactions lose money.
The market isn’t your enemy.
Your undisciplined response to loss is.
How Revenge Trading Starts:
- You size up after a red trade to “make it back faster”
- You abandon your criteria to chase “almost” setups
- You ignore stops, thinking “it’ll turn back around”
The Cost:
- Emotional fatigue
- Broken trust in your system
- Fast account drawdown
- The slow death of your edge
How to Kill It:
- Lock yourself out after two trades max (per day).
Even if you’re green. Especially if you’re red. - Journal immediately after a loss.
Not what went wrong — what emotion it triggered. Own it. - Have a recovery ritual.
Step away. Walk. Breathe.
Come back only when you’re neutral again.
Final Hit:
Your job is not to “win back” the market.
Your job is to follow your edge — emotionless, clean, precise.
You don’t fix a red day with rage.
You fix it with patience.
One setup at a time.
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