Everyone thinks winning at trading means mastering chart patterns, predicting Fed moves, or nailing every macro trend. Wrong.

You can study price action until your eyes bleed. Memorize every candlestick formation. Track institutional flows like a hawk. Still blow up your account.

The real game? It's fought inside your head.

Greed whispers "add more leverage" when you're up. Fear screams "exit now" at the worst possible moment. Ego convinces you that losing streak was just bad luck.

Most traders lose money not because their strategy sucks—they lose because they can't sit with discomfort. Can't handle being wrong. Can't resist the dopamine hit of overtrading.

Master your psychology, and the markets become negotiable. Ignore it, and even the best system won't save you.