{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Markets and Mindsets","title":"Can Trading Less Make You Better?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":926,"description":"Want to be on the show? Send us a question, a voice note or a quick video to marketsandmindsets@ig.co\n\nCan placing fewer trades actually help you learn more and become a more disciplined trader?\n\nIn Episode 8 of Markets and Mindsets, Paul and Isar are joined by Aoife, an experienced investor preparing to move into active trading. After noticing how easily she overtrades on a demo account, Aoife asks how to build better habits before real money is on the line.\n\nThe conversation explores why demo trading cannot fully recreate the emotional weight of a live position, how the urge to stay busy can create an illusion of productivity, and why making fewer, smaller trades may actually help you learn faster. The team also explain the difference between open-loop and closed-loop learning, and how structured reflection can turn each trade into useful feedback.\n\nFrom journaling and voice notes to alarms, quarterly letters and clearer time horizons, the episode shares practical ways to reduce impulsive decisions and build a repeatable process before pressing the button.\n\nIn this episode:\nWhy demo accounts are useful for mechanics but limited for understanding emotion\nHow using very small amounts of real money can make decisions feel more meaningful\nWhy traders often mistake activity for productivity\nHow boredom and a bias toward action can lead to unnecessary trades\nThe difference between open-loop and closed-loop learning\nWhy trading less can sometimes help you learn faster\nHow time horizons should shape the way you manage investments and trades\nHow journaling before and after a trade builds self-awareness\nHow alarms and written reminders can create a pause before acting\nHow smaller positions can provide realistic experience without creating major consequences\nChapters:\n00:00 – Introduction: The Overtrading Trap\n00:14 – Meet Aoife: Moving from Investing into Trading\n01:01 – Why Demo Accounts Can Encourage Overtrading\n03:23 – Starting Small with Real Money\n03:53 – The...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/10i-aNB17zTtjs8K_P1vcCsZlVm3kw0IUhW_KFegQ4I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80MTAz/NTM2MWIwNTg3NGQ5/Yzg3ZGYyNGIxZjll/NGE4Mi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}