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Why Do Bad Habits Take Over When I’m Under Stress From Trading? 😰 Why Do Bad Habits Take Over When I’m Under Stress From Trading? “In stressful moments, we don't rise to our highest level of thinking—we fall to our deepest level of training.” When the pressure's on, we don’t become a new version of ourselves. We revert to who we’ve trained ourselves to be. 🚨 The Trader’s Stress Loop You’re in a losing streak. Your pulse is up. You’re sweating over every tick. And then… you do the one thing you promised yourself you wouldn’t: Chase a bad entry Move your stop Add more risk Overtrade Sound familiar? 🧠 Stress Shrinks the Prefrontal Cortex When you're under stress, your brain shifts control from the prefrontal cortex (logic) to the amygdala (emotion and survival). This is why you: Forget your plan Ignore your risk rules Feel like “I must win it back now” 🔥 Bad Habits Are Comfort M...