How to Stop Revenge Trading in Forex
Revenge trading destroys accounts fast. Learn how to spot the urge, reset your mindset, and follow rules that protect your capital and build discipline.
The Moment After the Loss
You close a losing EUR/USD trade at -1.2R and immediately open a larger position in the opposite direction. Within minutes the market moves further against you. This cycle is called revenge trading, and it is one of the fastest ways young traders blow up accounts.
Mark Douglas wrote that the market is never wrong; your interpretation of it is. Revenge trading happens when you try to prove the market wrong instead of accepting the loss and moving on.