{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Markets and Mindsets","title":"How to Stop Chasing Your Losses?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2229,"description":"Want to be on the show? Send us a question, a voice note or a quick video to marketsandmindsets@ig.co\n\nHow do you keep trusting your process when several trades in a row go against you, and every instinct tells you to win the money back?\n\nIn Episode 11 of Markets and Mindsets, the team are joined by Luke, who has spent 13 years working closely with active traders and has experienced his own shift from short-term, instinctive trades towards a more structured approach built around the S&P 500, position sizing and risk management.\n\nLuke shares the emotional pull that follows a losing streak, even when the strategy and risk controls are behaving exactly as expected. The conversation explores why losses feel more powerful than gains, how fight-or-flight responses can trigger revenge trading, and why a good process can still produce a bad outcome.\n\nFrom reducing position size and creating clear trading rules to changing your physical environment, speaking to other traders and protecting your sleep, the episode offers practical ways to reset, avoid paralysis and make the next decision on its own merits.\n\nIn this episode:\nHow a string of stopped-out trades can challenge confidence in a good process\nWhy losses often feel more painful than equivalent gains feel rewarding\nWhy anxiety can push traders towards overactivity and revenge trading\nHow reducing position size after a losing streak can limit emotional pressure\nWhy a morning routine and market plan can support slower, clearer thinking\nHow to leave yesterday’s result behind while still learning from it\nThe difference between a good process with a bad outcome and a genuinely bad process\nWhy trading can become isolating and how conversation creates useful challenge\nWhy position size and stop placement should reflect the market’s volatility\nWhy standardised position sizes can reduce inconsistent, emotional decisions\nChapters\n00:00 – Introduction: Loss, Anxiety and the Revenge Trade\n00:23 – Meet Luke: From Vibes-Based...","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}