How do you stop thinking about trading?

Trading can colonise the mind: checking prices at dinner, replaying trades in bed, planning the next session during family time. The mental off-switch is a skill traders rarely practise.

How do you stop thinking about trading? — trading sessions clock diagram
The four forex trading sessions across a 24-hour day

What works for you?

  • the ritual that closes the trading day mentally
  • how you keep evenings and weekends clear
  • the moment you realised the obsession was hurting
How do you stop thinking about trading? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

The psychology category has several threads on boundaries worth reading.

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