By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioural Finance Writer | thewealthmirror.com A journal that only records what happened on the chart will tell you what you did. A journal that records what was happening internally will tell you why — and why is the only part that actually changes. Trading journal psychology starts from…
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 & Behavioral Finance Writer | thewealthmirror.com Risk tolerance isn’t a number from a questionnaire. It’s a moving line, shaped by history, nervous system state, and what risk has meant in your life long before it meant anything in the markets. Risk tolerance psychology starts with a simple observation: most…
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioral Finance Writer| thewealthmirror.com The loss already happened. What happens next is being decided right now, in the space between the loss and the next trade. A big loss doesn’t end when the position closes. It continues in the hours and days after — in the hesitation before…
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioral Finance Writer | thewealthmirror.com The platform isn’t neutral. Every blinking number, every red flash, every push notification is a design decision — and some of those decisions are quietly working against your nervous system. Most conversations about choosing the best trading platforms for low emotional pressure focus…
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioural Finance Writer | thewealthmirror.com You didn’t come to the market neutral. You arrived carrying every belief about money that was handed to you before you were old enough to question it. Every trader has a relationship with money that predates any chart. This is the foundation of…
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioural Finance Writer | thewealthmirror.com Every article about trading psychology tells you to control your emotions. This one won’t. Because that premise is wrong — and it’s costing traders more than any bad setup ever will. What is trading psychology? Not what you’ve been told.If you’ve been trading…
Understanding the psychology behind revenge trading — and the only way out of the loop.