{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Markets and Mindsets","title":"Are You Trading for Thrills or Returns?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1224,"description":"Want to be on the show? Send us a question, a voice note or a quick video to marketsandmindsets@ig.com\n\nHow much risk can you genuinely afford to take and how much loss can you emotionally tolerate?\n\nIn Episode 13 of Markets and Mindsets, the team is joined by Jimmy, an investor with around a decade of experience who is beginning to explore more active trading, technical analysis and a more structured approach to the markets.\n\nJimmy shares his enjoyment of gambling and risk-taking, and asks how to preserve the fun of trading without getting carried away. The conversation explores the difference between risk capacity and risk tolerance, why a widely quoted percentage is not automatically the right target, and how position sizing should reflect both your wider finances and your emotional response to loss.\n\nThe team also examines the difference between trading for recreation and trading for return, why being right can feel as rewarding as making money, and how community, transparency and a supportive process can turn short-term excitement into more sustainable motivation.\n\nIn this episode:\nWhy understanding risk is essential to both trading success and enjoyment\nHow life stage, liquidity needs and the cost of living can affect risk decisions\nThe difference between risk capacity and risk tolerance\nWhy a commonly quoted 2% risk limit is a ceiling rather than a target\nHow to translate percentages into a real monetary loss you can understand\nWhy trading for recreation requires a different mindset from trading for return\nHow limiting account funding and position size can keep recreational trading controlled\nWhy return-focused trading requires a repeatable process and careful review\nWhy the consequences of a loss matter more than the number alone\nWhy stepping away is the right choice when trading stops feeling sustainable\n\nChapters\n00:00 – Introduction: Knowing Your Risk\n01:20 – Meet Jimmy: Investing, Trading and Risk-Taking\n02:11 – Gambling, Enjoyment and the Appeal of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nRmI07Ibb48zG4ULgc0yTWrcrrZdbDciQPE7Pkeijz8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84MDM5/MjU5MzQ4NWU4YWM5/Yzg5OTg4ZGU5NThj/YzllMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}