Enhance your trading mindset with Maverick Trading’s articles on trading psychology. Learn techniques to manage emotions, build discipline, and improve decision-making for successful trading.
Anchoring in Trading: How to Break the Price Trap What is the Anchoring Bias? Have you ever held onto a losing trade because you were waiting for the price to return to your entry point? If so, you have experienced Anchoring in Trading. This cognitive bias happens when you fixate on a specific number, such…
Trading and News Cycles: Navigating the Information Storm The Illusion of the Perfect Fit Have you ever noticed that the daily news always perfectly fits the size of the newspaper? In our digital age, this trend has become even more aggressive. The 24-hour news cycle is a machine that never stops eating. For a trader,…
Note: This post is a direct follow-up to our deep dive into Managing Adrenaline in Trading. While adrenaline governs the immediate “rush” of a trade, today we explore the long-term hormonal shifts that dictate your career’s longevity. The Biology of Risk Taking The Science of the “Hour Between Dog and Wolf” In the world of…
Managing Adrenaline in Trading The Chemical Surge Behind the Cursor It begins the moment a high-stakes trade is entered. Your heart rate spikes, your breathing becomes shallow, and you feel a sudden, electric jolt through your nervous system. This is a surge of epinephrine, more commonly known as adrenaline. While this survival mechanism kept our…
Master Greed in Trading: The Professional Psychology Guide In the high-stakes environment of proprietary trading, the most dangerous variable is never the market itself—it is the person behind the terminal. Among the various emotional hurdles a trader must clear, the need to master greed in trading is the most pervasive and destructive. It is a…
Avoid Collective Trading Stupidity Trading Psychology: When the Crowd Loses Its Mind In the volatile landscape of financial markets, we often talk about individual biases—fear, greed, recency bias, and overconfidence. But what happens when these individual irrationalities combine, amplify, and sweep through the market like a contagion? This phenomenon is what we might starkly call…
Avoid Trading Herd Mentality Trading Psychology: Are You a Sheep? In the chaotic arena of the financial markets, it is often said that only two types of participants exist: the sheep and the shepherds. The shepherds are the institutions and the disciplined few who set the trends; the sheep are the vast majority who follow,…
Confirmation Bias: Master Trading Psychology In the volatile world of financial markets, Confirmation Bias: Master Trading Psychology covers how confirmatino bias prevents traders from reacting objectively to new data. For example, a trader who is long on a stock actively seeks out bullish headlines and ignores bearish earnings warnings. This selective filtering creates an echo…
