Do you visualise your trades before taking them?

Some traders mentally rehearse the trade — the entry, the stop, the loss, the win — before it happens. The rehearsal pre-experiences the emotions so they don't ambush later.

Do you visualise your trades before taking them? — central bank rate path diagram
A central bank's policy rate path across recent meetings

What's your practice?

  • whether you visualise and how
  • what you rehearse specifically
  • whether it changes your execution
Do you visualise your trades before taking them? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

The stop-loss guide gives the rehearsal its content.

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