- Jumping into unplanned trades because you fear being left out
- Hesitate in pulling the trigger because you fear the prospects of a loss
- Cut winners short in fear of giving prof its back, affected by noise
- Hang on to losing trades because you fear taking the real loss
- Feeling helpless about trading results
- Fear of missing out on trade
- Afraid to pull the trigger on a tradeFeeling paralyzed once in a trade
- Living in denial about results
- Rationalizing poor results
- Chasing big moves only to find you bought top and sold low
- Not taking stops
- Take small gains to “catch up”, market leaves you behind
- Winners turn to losers and then you get out
- Wanting to get back at market
- Experiencing large mood swings; big highs, deep lows, anger and /or depression