Phase 04 of 04
Facing yourself
The phase most people skip and most people need. Emotional traps, the behavioural patterns that show up in your own record, and the drills that build the read rather than describe it.
8 modules
4A to 4H
Overall
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Phase 04 / 8 of 8 live
The phase most people skip and most people need. Emotional traps, the behavioural patterns that show up in your own record, and the drills that build the read rather than describe it.
Phase 4 works on your own documentation. Without a record of what you actually did, it has nothing to operate on, which is why the write-up starts on day one rather than here.
- 4A
Emotional traps: fear, greed, revenge trading and the gambler's fallacyOver-trying, the four fears and what each one produces, performance anxiety, revenge trading and the gambler's fallacy in its emotional form. Module 4A of the FFT curriculum.The chase What your record shows you - 4B
Behavioural weaknesses: perfectionism, analysis paralysis and self-destructionPerfectionism, analysis paralysis, the know problem, the four triad imbalances, and why relapse is a checkpoint rather than a failure. Module 4B of the FFT curriculum.The trade you did not take What your record shows you - 4C
Performance psychology: process, flow state and letting go of outcomesThe three phases of a trade, rehearsal, Douglas's five fundamental truths, what flow actually is, and the difference between telling and letting. Module 4C of the FFT curriculum.Adherence against P&L What your record shows you - 4D
The journaling system: write-up and post-trade reviewWhy a journal is not a diary, the three analysis blocks that close a session, and why the absence of self-monitoring predicts failure better than anything else. Module 4D of the FFT curriculum.The performance journal What your record shows you - 4E
Aggregated journal review: finding your behavioural patternThe four questions that turn a journal into intelligence, the behavioural pattern log, and why this module cannot be run until you have thirty sessions. Module 4E of the FFT curriculum.Read in aggregate What your record shows you - 4F
Psychology practice drillsFive repeatable drills for the psychological skills that decide execution: the confirmed no-trade, the held stop, the held target, the post-loss reset and bias invalidation. Module 4F.The drill, one rep What your record shows you - 4G
Technical reading drills: training the flow readSix predict-then-verify drills that build the flow read: absorption, delta divergence, compression versus transit, auction state, opening type and path assessment. Module 4G.Read the flow What the market shows you - 4H
The live trading transition: what to expectWhen to go live, how to know, and what actually happens when you do. The self-gate, the four stages of the crossing, and the honest default. Module 4H, the final module.Replay against live What your record shows you