Trader psychology is the internal operating system that decides whether your strategy performs or collapses. Markets don’t move you.
Your reactions do. Most traders lose because they enter setups with unstable internal states, then blame volatility. The market is only a mirror.
Break the process down.
First is self-regulation. You can’t trade if your emotional baseline is unstable. Anger, fear, excitement, pressure, greed each one distorts your perception of risk.
The moment your state shifts, your decision quality drops. That’s why two traders using the same strategy get opposite results. O