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Common Trading Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

This article highlights frequent pitfalls such as overtrading, ignoring risk rules and strategy hopping—and how structured routines reduce them.

Behaviour traps

Overtrading often follows boredom or revenge impulses. Session limits and checklist gates reduce unnecessary clicks.

Ignoring stops or widening them mid-trade converts controlled losses into uncontrolled ones.

Process fixes

Write entries, exits and invalidation before you trade. Review weekly what broke versus what followed plan.

Strategy hopping destroys sample size—give changes enough trades and similar conditions before judging failure.