The move took off without you
You saw it run. You jumped in. The top was already in.
You bought the exact moment the smart money sold.
One chase turns into five trades
You missed the play, so you hunt for the next one.
Then boredom trades. Then revenge trades. The first chase was small. The spiral wasn’t.
The Solution
There’s always another trade
Put a number on it
Tag your FOMO trades. See what they cost. When chasing costs you $2,000 a month, you stop chasing.
Catch yourself mid-chase
Intraday check-ins ask one question: is this my setup, or am I chasing? The pause breaks the spiral.
Log the one you missed
Write down the trade you didn’t take. Let it go. Stop paying for it with three bad ones.