Retired Blog
Retired Blog
Notes on calm software, building Retired Today, and using simple tools to live a simpler life.
FOMO trades start with a chart catching your eye, not a setup confirming. Three behavioral fingerprints to spot in your log before you click again.
After three losses in a row, your next trade is exactly as likely to lose as the last one. The math, the psychology, and the trader behaviours it creates.
A $400 month means nothing without knowing how much was risked. Logging in R lets you compare trades across position sizes and instruments — the metric that compounds cleanly.
Five questions that reliably catch a FOMO entry before the order goes in. The neuroscience, the warning signs, and a quick yes-no flow that scores your trade.
Why the same chart shows you exactly what you want to see — and a practical framework for forcing the disconfirming view before you take the trade.
The research-backed recovery window after a trading loss — why "I feel fine" is unreliable for about an hour, and how long to wait before the next trade.
The five cognitive biases — loss aversion, anchoring, confirmation, recency, overconfidence — that cause most trading losses, with a self-assessment.