Revenge Trading

Why a painful loss can trigger a burst of impulsive trades, how the revenge cycle works, and the circuit breakers that stop one bad trade from becoming a bad month.

Trying to get even

Revenge trading is taking impulsive trades right after a loss to win the money back quickly. The loss feels personal, as if the market owes you, so you jump into the next thing that moves, often with a bigger size and no real setup. It is one of the fastest ways traders turn a normal losing day into real damage.

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