The Trader's Mind Under Pressure
Why traders break their own rules, and how to build a system that stops it: moving stops, revenge trading, FOMO, biases, strategy hopping, overtrading, demo vs live, and coming back from a blown account.
14 downloadable guides
- 3 months to complete, counted from the day you buy
- Your lessons unlock one by one as you finish them
- You can download each lesson's materials once you complete it
The course closes after the period above, whether you've finished or not, and we don't renew it, so please download what you want to keep before then.
About this course
Most traders know what they should do. They move the stop anyway, revenge trade after two losses, chase a move they missed, or jump to a new strategy after a bad week. This isn't a book of motivational quotes. Each of its 14 lessons takes one behaviour, explains why it happens, and gives you a practical system that prevents it.
What you'll learn
- Loss aversion: why traders move stops and cut winners, and how those two habits turned a +0.20R strategy into a −0.48R one in our example
- Revenge trading, tilt and "doubling up" after losses; overconfidence and FOMO after wins
- The biases that distort your analysis, and why a rule-breaking win is the most dangerous trade
- Why 10 trades tell you almost nothing, and how to stop strategy hopping
- Dopamine, gambling and overtrading, with how to recognise problem gambling and where to get help
- Stress, fatigue and the trades you shouldn't take
- Demo vs live: why real money changes you, and a step-by-step live-trading ladder
- If-then rules, routines and the two-minute post-trade review
- Coming back from a big loss or a blown account
Templates included
A triggers map, if-then rules, a state check, a post-trade review, your personal trading rulebook and a 30-day behaviour plan. Every system is built into your Laxarr journal: the pre-trade plan, the post-trade review, "obeyed all rules" and mistake tags.
Who it's for
Any trader who knows the rules and still breaks them. It draws on well-established research (Kahneman and Tversky, Odean, Barber and Odean, Gollwitzer), explained in plain language.
How self-paced works
One lesson at a time
The next lesson opens once you've watched every video in the one before it, all the way through.
Keep what you finish
As soon as you complete a lesson, you can download its videos and guides.
A clear deadline
You have 3 months from the day you buy. After that the course closes, whether you've finished or not.
Lessons
- 1
Knowing vs Doing
Most traders know what they should do. The problem is doing it under pressure. This lesson explains why willpower isn't enough, and introduces the idea behind this whole guide: build systems that make the right action the easy one.
- Knowing vs DoingGuide
- 2
Loss Aversion: Moving Stops and Cutting Winners
Losses hurt about twice as much as equal gains feel good. That one fact explains the two most expensive habits in trading: holding losers by moving the stop, and grabbing winners too early.
- Loss Aversion: Moving Stops and Cutting WinnersGuide
- 3
After a Loss: Revenge, Tilt and Raising Risk
One loss is part of trading. What you do after it decides whether it stays small. Revenge trading, tilt and "doubling up" turn ordinary losses into account-ending ones. Here's how to stop the spiral before it starts.
- After a Loss: Revenge, Tilt and Raising RiskGuide
- 4
After a Win: Overconfidence and FOMO
Winning streaks feel safe, and that's what makes them dangerous. Overconfidence, sizing up and the fear of missing out quietly undo good runs. Here's how to keep winning without giving it back.
- After a Win: Overconfidence and FOMOGuide
- 5
The Biases That Distort Your Analysis
Your brain takes shortcuts that work well in daily life and badly on a chart. Learn the six biases that distort trading analysis most, and the simple habits that keep them in check.
- The Biases That Distort Your AnalysisGuide
- 6
Analysis Paralysis and Strategy Hopping
Some traders can't pull the trigger; others change strategy every few weeks. Both come from the same misunderstanding of how randomness works. A little arithmetic, and a commitment rule, fix both.
- Analysis Paralysis and Strategy HoppingGuide
- 7
Dopamine, Gambling and Overtrading
Trading can be exciting in exactly the way gambling is exciting, and that excitement drives overtrading. Learn how reward and uncertainty hook the brain, how to tell trading from gambling, and when to get help.
- Dopamine, Gambling and OvertradingGuide
- 8
Stress, Fatigue and Decision Quality
The same trader makes different decisions rested and exhausted, calm and stressed. Your state shapes your trades more than most strategies do. Learn to check it, and to know when not to trade.
- Stress, Fatigue and Decision QualityGuide
- 9
Demo vs Live: Why Real Money Changes You
Many traders win on demo and lose live with the same strategy. The difference isn't the market; it's the money, and what it does to decisions. Here's how to close the gap with a step-by-step ladder.
- Demo vs Live: Why Real Money Changes YouGuide
- 10
If-Then Rules and Pre-Commitment
The best time to decide what to do after two losses is before the first one. If-then rules turn your plan into automatic responses, and pre-commitment removes the decisions you make worst under pressure.
- If-Then Rules and Pre-CommitmentGuide
- 11
Mechanical Processes and Routines
Routines turn good intentions into the same actions every day, so you don't have to rely on how you feel. Build a pre-market routine, an execution routine and an end-of-day routine, and use your tools to support them.
- Mechanical Processes and RoutinesGuide
- 12
The Psychological Post-Trade Review
A two-minute review after every trade, focused on process and emotions rather than profit, is how you find the patterns that cost you most, and prove to yourself that your systems are working.
- The Psychological Post-Trade ReviewGuide
- 13
Coming Back From a Big Loss or a Blown Account
A blown account hurts, and the days after it are when the worst decisions get made. Here's how to stop the spiral, find what really went wrong, and come back step by step, on evidence rather than hope.
- Coming Back From a Big Loss or a Blown AccountGuide
- 14
Your Personal Trading Rulebook
Everything in this guide becomes one document: your triggers, your if-then rules, your routines and your review, plus a 30-day plan to change one behaviour at a time.
- Your Personal Trading RulebookGuide