You just needed an order to win $5,000. Then you found a setup error but decided to take the order anyway. You think Losing $500 is not worth it when you have $5,000 to gain. This is the corresponding reaction.
šø Human psychological mechanism:
The brain judges value not by absolute numbers, but by comparison.
Compared to $5,000, $500 looks tiny. You lose respect for risk.
Conversely, after losing $5,000, a $100 profit seems worthless, so you don't take it, waiting for a big win to recover. Price reverses, you lose again.
šø How to regain a true sense of worth:
After big wins/losses, convert that money into real world items (Car, Salary).
$500 is not 1/10 of $5,000. $500 is a week of groceries. It has real value.
Return your mind to Baseline before trading again.
š¹ Do not let big numbers distort your perception of small numbers. Every dollar is equally valuable.
Do you view money as soulless numbers or actual labor value?
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