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Oct 24, 2026 5 min read

Trading Psychology: How to Reduce Impulsive Decisions

Trading psychology advice usually asks the trader to feel differently; this guide asks them to arrange things differently. Impulsive trades follow a predictable loop, a trigger, an urge, a fast action with no friction in between, and the loop is broken by adding friction at the action step, not by willpower at the urge. It covers the four triggers that produce most impulsive decisions, the friction rules that interrupt each one, and how to measure whether they are working.

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