Thread: Why doesn't anyone talk about operating in fear?

I've been operating for a while and one thing that still seems taboo to me is fear. No one wants to admit it. Everyone talks about "following the plan", "risk management", "emotional control", but what about when you come in trembling because the last three trades were SL followed? What if just that day you had a bad vibe at home? Where is all that control? I would like to open this thread to talk about it: the real fear, not the one that is overcome by reading a PDF. The one that paralyzes, the one that makes you not operate a perfect set-up or close the operation with +3 pips for panic to lose. How do you face it? Do you accept or try to eliminate it?

At last someone says it. Everyone poses cold calculators and in practice we are sweating like chickens. Fear is not eliminated, it is managed... but no one teaches you that.

Fear is what you have to have when you operate without knowing. If you operate with a proven system, fear becomes statistics. If you continue with fear, it is because you don�t trust what you do. It�s that simple.

What if what you're afraid of is trusting? After losing for years, even if you have a system, it's not so easy to believe it. It doesn't all work out with formulas.

I learned to live with him. Literally. I accepted him. I named him "The Crazy Stop." When I hear him in my head, I know I have to check if I'm acting out of fear or data. He seems silly, but he served me.

You know why no one talks about fear? Because if you admit it publicly in this world, you are weak. They will tell you that you are not ready, that you are not serving, that you lack temper. That�s how this works. It�s ridiculous.

I think fear has a protective function, but when it dominates, it becomes counterproductive. What I do is operate it micro when I have days like this. Less pressure, more clarity.

The worst thing is the fear that appears after a winning streak. The one that tells you "you better not operate today, you're going +5% this week, don't ruin it." And that fear is disguised as prudence. That's the trap.

When I'm afraid, I stop operating. I have no problem admitting it. I don't get paid to be in the market every day. I get paid to do it right.

If you feel afraid, put down the lot. Just like that. Fear comes from perceived risk. You lower the risk, lower the fear. But of course, everyone wants to get rich with 1% risk per trade...