✅ Revenge Trading: What It Is, Why It Happens, and How to Stop It
😤 Revenge Trading: What It Is, Why It Happens, and How to stop it By pexels You follow your plan, open a trade, but suddenly the price moves against you and hits your stop-loss. Instead of accepting it and waiting for the next good setup, you feel frustrated — and immediately open another trade with a bigger lot size to "get your money back." That is **revenge trading**, and it is the #1 reason most traders fail prop firm challenges and blow their accounts. Let’s break it down clearly so you can avoid this trap 🛑 s ❓ What Exactly Is Revenge Trading? Revenge trading is an **emotional reaction** to a loss. Instead of analyzing what went wrong, you let anger, ego, or stress take control. You stop following your rules and start trading only to recover the lost money as fast as possible. It looks like this: - After losing 1 trade → open a new one right away - Increase lot size to make back the loss in one go - Ignore your strategy, risk rules, and market conditions ...