I came to trading psychology the way most people come to it, through watching decisions that had nothing to do with the market.

My own, first. Then the research. Then the pattern became undeniable: most trading problems aren’t technical. They are psychological. And most psychological problems in trading aren’t random, they are structured. Recognisable. Repeating.

I hold a Master’s in Psychology with a focus on human behaviour and decision-making, and I have been trading actively for two years, not as a strategy expert, but as an observer. That position, between the chart and the person looking at it, is where my work lives.

My intellectual framework draws on Carl Jung’s shadow work, António Damásio’s neuroscience of emotion and decision-making, David Hawkins’ map of consciousness, and Eckhart Tolle’s presence-based approach to self-awareness. Not as references, as lenses I actually use.

The Wealth Mirror is where I think out loud. It is a space built on one premise: that your financial decisions are a mirror. They show you your patterns, your fears, your conditioning, things that have very little to do with the market, and everything to do with you.

What your wealth decisions say about you is rarely about wealth.

— Sofia Harchich