By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioral Finance Writer | thewealthmirror.com Somatic markers trading advice divides neatly into two camps, and both have misread the same body of work. One camp says trust your gut, on the grounds that the body knows before the mind does. The other says never trust your gut, on…
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioural Finance Writer | thewealthmirror.com The neuroscience of trading under stress has become the most confidently cited body of science in an industry that rarely reads it. Three claims do most of the work. Your prefrontal cortex shuts down. Your amygdala hijacks the decision in milliseconds. Cortisol makes…
By Sofia Harchich | Trading Psychologist & Behavioral Finance Writer| thewealthmirror.com Why a big trading loss feels personal is a question with a specific answer, and the answer is easier to see across six hours than across six months. What follows is a reconstruction of a single session, built to show why a big trading…
