THE TRADE YOU DIDN’T TAKE

No one talks about the trades they didn’t take.

The ones you watched form, hesitated on, and let slip away.

The ones that ran exactly how you imagined — without you.

It’s a different kind of pain.

Not the sharp sting of a loss,

but the slow burn of knowing you were right… and still missed it.

You tell yourself you’ll catch the next one.

But the next one isn’t the same.

You force it.

You jump in too early.

You chase because you’re trying to make up for the ghost of a trade that never existed.

That’s how traders spiral —

not from bad analysis,

but from trying to rewrite the past.

Here’s the truth:

The trade you didn’t take is gone.

It owes you nothing.

It doesn’t care that you were ready.

It doesn’t care that you were watching.

The only thing that matters is the next clean setup.

The one you can take with a clear head,

without the shadow of regret pulling your trigger for you.

The market will always give you another chance.

The question is — will you be ready,

or will you still be chasing the one that got away?