Every fact is a mirror for the trader. People love to recognize themselves in the weaknesses of others.
📌 1. 80% of traders close profitable trades too early — and hold losing ones too long
This is the effect of emotional equilibrium disruption: the pain of loss is stronger than the joy of profit (loss aversion effect).
👉 Lesson: Learn to lose — in order to start earning.
📌 2. Most traders consider themselves better than average
This is the cognitive distortion of the 'better-than-average effect' — the same illusion that drives beginners to jump into futures on the second day.
👉 Lesson: Ego destroys more deposits than the market.
📌 3. Successful traders are more likely to acknowledge their mistakes than beginners
This is the paradox of adaptive modesty. Market gurus are the least loud, least confident — and the most stable.
👉 Lesson: In trading, flexibility wins over self-confidence.
📌 4. Excessive control over the market causes anxiety and losses
This is an illusion of control: a trader thinks that the number of screens and the volume of charts = control over the outcome.
👉 Lesson: Your control is risk and discipline, not more monitors.
📌 5. Traders risk the most after a series of wins
This is the hot hand effect: the illusion that 'I'm lucky right now' → over-leverage → crash.
👉 Lesson: Never trade under the high of success.
📌 6. Most traders change their strategy immediately after a few losses
This is the trap of short-term thinking — instead of systematic checking, they flee into chaos.
👉 Lesson: The market rewards those who stick to their plan.
📌 7. 'Fear of missing out' is the main reason for impulsive entries
This is FOMO, but with a deep foundation — the fear of being left out of the game, losing the 'opportunity of a lifetime'.
👉 Lesson: No position is also a position.
