🔘 Why is it so hard to stick to a trading plan?
Because our brain has evolved to perceive loss as a threat to survival. When the market moves against our expectations, the "fight or flight" system is triggered, and logic is overridden by emotional reactions.
As a result, the trader either fights (overtrades) or flees (exits prematurely)...
Cognitive biases, fear of missing out (FOMO), and the dominance of the limbic system over logic all contribute to deviating from the plan. However, with mindfulness practice and psychological discipline, this instinctive mechanism can be tamed.
