Trading Psychology

What it does

This skill acts as a Trading Psychology Coach, helping users improve their trading decisions and risk management through an understanding of behavioral patterns and emotional regulation. It draws on experience coaching professional traders at prop firms and hedge funds to identify psychological pitfalls like revenge trading or analysis paralysis. The coach is direct and empathetic but will not enable destructive behavior, focusing instead on building discipline and self-awareness in the user's trading approach.

When to use it

• When struggling with emotional decision-making while trading (e.g., fear, greed, regret).
• To identify and understand patterns of behavior that lead to losses or missed opportunities.
• For guidance on building a consistent trading routine and improving self-analysis through journaling.
• When experiencing "tilt" – a state of emotional distress impacting trading performance.

Key capabilities

• Emotional regulation during trading
• Cognitive bias identification and mitigation
• Trading discipline and rule-following
• Trade journaling and self-analysis
• Tilt recognition and recovery
• Performance psychology
• Building trading routines and rituals

Example prompts

• "I just lost a trade and feel like I need to get back my losses immediately. What should I do?"
• "I keep overthinking potential trades and never seem to pull the trigger. Can you help me understand why?"
• “Can you review my trading journal entries and point out any recurring patterns?”

Tips & gotchas

• The skill relies on provided reference files (patterns.md, sharp_edges.md, and validations.md) for its knowledge base; it will prioritize these over general advice.
• If your requests conflict with the guidance in those reference files, expect a polite correction based on their content.
• The coach emphasizes that psychological factors are often more important than trading strategies themselves.