By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioural Finance Writer | thewealthmirror.com Two small, ordinary instincts. Combined, they can undo weeks of otherwise careful trading. This is loss aversion ego trading account behaviour in its purest form — two ordinary instincts, reinforcing each other until neither backs down. Neither one, alone, is dramatic. Loss aversion…
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioural Finance Writer | thewealthmirror.com A trade that never happened can still cost a night’s sleep. This is FOMO breakout trading psychology in its purest form — a loss that technically never happened, felt as if it had. Gold breaks the level clean, runs for two hundred pips,…
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioural Finance Writer | thewealthmirror.com A trade is not one decision. It’s six, and only one of them happens on purpose. Strategy gets rehearsed. Entry rules, risk parameters, target levels — all decided calmly, in advance, with a clear head. Then the trade actually opens, and somewhere between…
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioural Finance Writer| thewealthmirror.com The plan said wait for confirmation. The account said enter now. Guess which one won. Emotional trading rarely looks like what the word suggests. It doesn’t feel like an outburst — it feels like a decision. A gold position gets entered fifteen minutes early…
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioral Finance Writer thewealthmirror.com The trade was fine four seconds ago. Then it wasn’t — and your finger was already closing the position before your mind had time to ask why. Gold drops thirty pips in under a minute. No warning, no clean explanation yet — just a…
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioural Finance Writer| thewealthmirror.com The trade was working. The exit wasn’t a response to the chart — it was a response to how unbearable it felt to keep holding something that could still be taken away. Exiting trades too early psychology starts with a specific anxiety that shows…
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioural Finance Writer | thewealthmirror.com Watch what FOMO is actually reacting to: not the missed setup, but the feeling of a door closing without you in the room — and that feeling moves faster than any analysis you’d normally trust. Why traders chase the market is one of…
Loss aversion trading is one of the most expensive psychological patterns a trader can carry. Here’s what it actually is, how it shows up in your decisions, and how to work with it.
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioural Finance writer | thewealthmirror.com The two forces that move markets — and two of the most underused sources of trading intelligence. Two words that explain most of what happens in markets. Fear and greed in trading are the two forces that move every market — and two…
