Even after learning strategies, risk management, psychology etc., I still feel certain mistakes keep repeating in live trading. For me it’s usually exiting winners too early. What’s that one thing you still struggle with consistently?
Same ,but I cut losses too.
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Keeping winners too long until I lose significant profit or go into negative
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Increasing lot size after a winning streak.
Two good days in a row and something shifts mentally —
feels like “I’ve figured it out.” Third day I trade
twice the normal size and give back everything plus more.
The irony is the strategy did not change. The market
did not change. Only the lot size changed — driven by
confidence that was not earned, just lucky timing.
Fixed it by hard-coding a maximum lot size rule that
does not change regardless of how the week is going.
Removing the decision entirely was the only thing that
actually worked. Willpower alone never did.
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Same here. For me the mistake is mostly after entry. Sometimes I exit winners too early, and sometimes I keep holding because I feel “just a little more” is left. I’ve started noting these patterns in EdgeLog after every trade. It is a bit uncomfortable to see the same mistake repeated, but that’s also where the learning is. Strategy is one part, but clean execution is the real test.
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Trusting myself more than a proven strategy.
Not following my own rules with discipline. Not allowing the market enough time to evolve or settle.
When the market moves slower than expected, I start tweaking exposure—adding or cutting positions out of overconfidence.
That’s where things unravel.
Fix: step away from active trading. Place limit orders, log off, and let the market do its job. Come back around 3:15 to review and wind up.
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