What's your emotional trigger map?

Every trader has triggers — specific situations that reliably produce bad decisions: a gap through your stop, a missed breakout, a third loss in a row. Mapping them in advance is preparation.

What's your emotional trigger map? — support and resistance diagram
Price bouncing between support and resistance

Post yours:

  • the trigger situation
  • the emotion and the bad decision it produces
  • the countermeasure you use
What's your emotional trigger map? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

The revenge trading guide catalogues the common triggers.

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