Do you trade for the thrill?

The adrenaline of a live trade is real, and for some traders it's the actual product — which makes losing streaks, oversized positions and blown accounts make sense. Naming it is the first step.

Do you trade for the thrill? — drawdown and recovery diagram
An equity curve during a drawdown and its recovery

Be honest:

  • what the thrill feels like for you
  • how thrill-seeking shapes your size and frequency
  • what you'd trade for instead
Do you trade for the thrill? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

This thread respects honesty above all. The overtrading guide names the pattern.

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