Logan | Trading Psychology

Most trading problems aren't discipline failures - they're regulation problems.

QQQ | MNQ | Mental Performance Coach

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

I’ve spent years in clinical practice diagnosing and working out why people can’t change behaviour..

Even when they know exactly what they should do.

Traders have the same problem.

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@prrobbins Thanks for sharing @prrobbins

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

FOMO trades are identity based, not a strategy problem

[Sumo @TraderSumo1]

Im going to reveal something interesting about prop firm math that you may not have realized.

Let's assume that everytime you start the eval process, you spend $500

Simplifying.

This could be buying 5 accounts at a time.

Assume everytime you get a payout, it's for 10K (5x2K).

This means that if you got a payout only 5% of the time, you'd be breakeven.

If you're at 25% or more, you're wildly profitable, and probably getting banished from evals, and moved to live.

Ok, but what does this matter?

What matters is what's not being said.

It means that the firm needs traders that are consistently getting payouts less than 5% of the time.

Much less than 5% of the time if they want to run a profitable business.

This means they need to payout only the 1 or 2% of traders.

Once you understand this, everything changes.

You start to understand why they do the things they do.

The incessant discounts.

The absurd leverage to drawdown ratios.

I'll say the quiet part outloud for you.

They're all optimizing for your failure.

They're counting on you to tilt and oversize.

If you stopped doing these two things, you'd put them out of business.

Believe me or dont, but the math doesn't lie.

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

One loss doesn't hurt.. until it does.

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Ever been on a losing streak? This one's for you 👇️

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

I gave back alot of what I earned - here's what I learned

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

@TheAlg0mist Nice one man! Enjoy that weekend

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

Unlike the Spurs yesterday, I know how to win

[AW Trades ♛ @aw_trades_]

rule that saved me: 2 trades a day, max

trade 3 is always me chasing or revenge trading. nothing good has ever come from my third trade of the day like EVER

protecting yourself from yourself is the skill

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

@wannabechamp Psychology for sure

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

Discipline isn't the fix for your trading challenges, despite what social media grind-core bro's might tell you..

because you can't willpower your way out of a emotional regulation problem.
But you can build a system around it.

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

The emotional state tracker:
For 30 days, before each session:

Rate emotional state (1-10 on calm/anxious, energized/flat, frustrated/content)

Track your adherence to your plan that trade

Pattern reveals which states produce best execution.
Adjust session frequency accordingly

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

What are the conversations you have with yourself trading?

Learn the script and you can start interrupting it instead of giving in

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

I've had a few people tell me to post my webinars with @freedomteamTRD

So here we go.

The Trading Plateau That Leads to Overtrading
https://t.co/8rAWvQsLHY

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@Tanner_Trades Let's go man! 🔥🔥🔥

[Peter Robbins @prrobbins]

One of the most expensive lessons I learned as a trader:

Being right and making money are not the same thing.

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

@SJosephBurns @prrobbins - The Trader's Journey

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

You can have perfect analysis and still blow up if you're in an emotional state while the trade is live

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

The pre-trade emotional state check isn't optional for traders.

It's the foundation of consistent execution

[Logan | Trading Psychology @__mentaledge]

The more you do something, the better you’ll get at it.

Think about this next time you hesitate or find yourself unable to execute your trades.

Don’t be perfect, be consistent.