Fear, greed and FOMO: why your feelings trade for you
Why fear, greed and FOMO push traders to buy high and sell low, and what the real loss rates of retail traders tell us.
Trading looks like a numbers game. In practice, it is mostly a feelings game. Prices move fast, money is on the line, and your brain reacts the same way it would to danger or to a prize. Understanding these reactions is the first step to controlling them.
Greed is the urge to get more, faster. It makes you buy bigger positions than planned, or hold a winning trade too long hoping it will double. Fear is the urge to escape pain. It makes you sell in a panic after a sharp drop, often near the bottom, or skip a well-planned trade because the last one lost.
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