How do you stay curious instead of desperate?

Beginners who need the money trade from desperation: oversized, overfrequent, overleveraged. Curiosity — genuine interest in how the market works — survives drawdowns; desperation feeds on them.

How do you keep the learning mindset?

• what keeps trading interesting beyond the money
• how you handle the pressure of needing results
• the shift that helped you trade lighter

The psychology category discusses the desperation trap from several angles.