The Emotional Trading Mistake Index

Which trading mistake do you keep repeating?

Every trader has one mistake they keep paying for. We are collecting which ones, by market and experience, into an open report. Add yours below. It takes about three minutes and asks for nothing that identifies you.

What is the Emotional Trading Mistake Index?

The Emotional Trading Mistake Index is an open survey of the emotional trading mistakes traders repeat most, such as revenge trading, FOMO, overtrading, moving stops, and cutting winners too early, segmented by market and experience. Responses are anonymous. The findings are published as a report with the sample size, recruitment method, and dates stated plainly, and they are never presented as representative of all traders.

Add your answer

Anonymous and opt-in. No account, no email, no account data. Your free-text answer may be quoted anonymously in the report.

Do you actively trade? *

This survey is for active traders. If not, no need to continue.

YesNo

What is your primary market? *

How long have you been trading? *

Less than 1 year1 to 3 years3 to 5 years5+ years

What is your style? *

Which mistake do you repeat most? *

Which of these have you done in the last 30 days?

Select all that apply.

When is your discipline most likely to break? *

Have you ever blown up or failed a funded account primarily for emotional rather than strategy reasons?

YesNoPrefer not to say

What do you currently use to manage it?

How often do you follow your own trading plan? *

AlwaysUsuallySometimesRarely

In one sentence: the feeling that usually arrives before you break your plan.

Optional. Your words may be quoted anonymously in the report.

Anonymous. No account, no email, about three minutes.

How the results are used

We publish the Index only after enough traders have answered, with the sample size and method stated. It is a self-selected sample, not a representative panel, and we say so. We never connect a mistake to a profitability claim. The point is recognition: seeing your loop named next to other traders is often the first step to interrupting it.