I didn’t figure this out from a winning trade. I figured it out from a bad one.
I had a position that was up nicely, nothing crazy, but solid. Instead of taking profit or sticking to my plan, I started thinking about how much more it *could* make. I held. It pulled back. I told myself it would bounce. It didn’t.
What should’ve been a good trade turned into a loss, and the frustrating part is that nothing “unexpected” happened. The market just did what it always does move both ways.
That’s when it clicked. Losing isn’t always about being wrong on direction. It’s about what you do when things stop going perfectly. Most people don’t lose because they can’t find good trades they lose because they don’t manage them once they’re in.