Why do so many investors sell their winning trades too soon, while holding onto losing positions for far too long? In Episode 3 of Markets and Mindsets, the team are joined by experienced trader David to explore one of the most common psychological traps in investing: knowing when to let your winners run.
From managing emotions after a string of losses to building trading strategies that remove impulsive decision-making, this episode dives into the habits that separate disciplined investors from emotional ones. Whether you're just starting out or have years of experience, the conversation offers practical techniques to help you build confidence, trust your process and make better decisions over the long term.
In this episode:
- Why investors often cut winning trades too early
- The psychology behind holding onto losing positions
- How previous losses can influence future decisions
- Why position sizing can reduce emotional decision-making
- The importance of defining your exit strategy before entering a trade
- How stop losses and profit targets can help build discipline
- Why journaling your trades improves long-term performance
- How experienced traders recover after difficult periods
- The role routines and mindset play in better decision-making
- Why successful investing is about consistency, not perfection
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
01:14 – David's trading dilemma: exiting winners too early
02:36 – Why investors bank profits too quickly
05:12 – Stop losses, scaling out and protecting gains
06:16 – Do experienced traders ever stop struggling?
07:35 – Trading journals and building a strategy
09:04 – Position sizing and managing emotions
11:34 – Learning without reinforcing bad habits
13:32 – Practical ways to build better trading discipline
15:58 – Creating routines for better decisions
16:38 – Final thoughts
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What is Markets and Mindsets?
Markets & Mindsets. Most trading content is about charts and setups. Markets & Mindsets is about something more important: you.
Hosted by Isar Bhattacharjee, Paul Cooper & Emma Binns: this is the podcast that flips the lens from the trade to the trader. Each week, real traders and investors join as guests, send voice notes, or call in to unpack the psychological side of the markets: the confidence, discipline, and mindset that actually separate consistent performers from everyone else.
Boredom trades. Revenge trading. FOMO. Overtrading. Sticking to a plan when everything in you wants to break it. These are the conversations most trading content skips and the ones that make the biggest difference to long-term success. No jargon. No shame. Just honest, direct conversation about the mental game of trading and investing. The hosts share practical ways to trade smarter, safer, and with a better relationship to the markets. New episodes every Monday and Wednesday.