What F&O mistake do you keep repeating that costs you money?

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Fellow F&O traders,

One honest question which mistake do you keep doing again and again, even though you KNOW it’s wrong?

Mine was holding BankNifty PE past 3 PM hoping for a last-minute reversal. Lost money doing this so many times, still did it again.

Is it:

  • Averaging a losing options trade?
  • Revenge trading after a bad morning?
  • Holding expiry day options till they become zero?
  • Entering a trade just because the market “looks strong”?

No judgement here. We’ve all been there.

Dropping a reply really helps , I’m collecting these patterns .

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This three plus also like even after target achieved not closing the position.

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Underlying factor is “loss aversion” - or acknowledging that the decision you made is wrong or that you made a mistake. It’s human nature to want to be right.

While mathematically even with a win rate of <20% you can be profitable overall it’s humanely impossible. This is why win rate is still very important for your sanity, if you’re trading manually.

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Mine problem was very simple, not accepting the loss/negotiating it, which leads to spiral of wrong trades. I know my strategy works, but it never fully gets to show its results because compulsive/greedy trading overcomes. I recognised the problem over large experience/data. I recognised that compulsive trading never brings the success. After that, controlling compulsive behaviour already become easy. But it needs framework, I made simple rules like every trade with hard sl, immediate termination of session if one compulsive trade or emotional mode shift, never averaging the loss, trading termination for a day if 3 back to back losses. Building Trading psychology not means you don’t having compulsive thought, it is your recognition over it, and responce not reaction.