Sharing some thoughts on trading emotions: The mistakes that most people will make

Emotional trading is deadly, but its importance depends on what stage you are in.

For trading beginners, emotions have no value. All attention should be focused on refining an executable mechanical strategy—clear rules, high-frequency feedback, and absolute discipline. At this stage, feelings will only become a distraction.

In the “overtrading” stage, emotional issues begin to become deadly. Because people at this stage have started to familiarize themselves with market rules but often get led by emotions during the fluctuations of gains and losses. Once emotions spiral out of control, the brain's hormone levels become disrupted, making it impossible to analyze calmly or capture the most critical details in trading progress.

For seasoned traders, emotions are no longer an enemy. They become a part of the strategy, an element of risk control, and at this point, emotions are not suppressed but used as a tool to go with the flow.

Back to the beginning, if someone emphasizes “emotional management” repeatedly in the early stages of trading, it usually only indicates one thing: they have neither money nor a developed strategy.