Why doesn't anyone talk about operating in fear?

The fear I find most difficult is to get in right after a loss. I feel like I have to prove something, and I end up overrunning or pushing the wrong button. It�s brutal how it affects.

I was afraid every time I entered a position until I realized that I was risking more than I could emotionally accept. I lowered the risk to 0.25% per operation. Magic. Fear disappeared.

Is it not that you confuse fear with lack of conviction? Because if you doubt so much, perhaps you should not operate. In this business you have to decide quickly and live with the consequences. This is not for lazy.

I would say that fear is not overcome, it is respected. If it appears to you often, it is a sign that something is wrong in your operation or in your life. Don�t ignore it. Use it as an alert, not as a brake.

This thread is gold. Thank you for opening a theme that we all feel but hardly anyone is encouraged to recognize. Talking about fear does not make you weak, it makes you human. And that, in trading, is also part of the game.

Talking about fear in trading is as important as understanding a strategy. Fear is not an enemy that should be eliminated, but a messenger that tries to warn you something. Many try to suppress it or ignore it, but that repression only intensifies it. Instead, recognizing it, understanding its origin and acting with it present is a much more mature way to deal with it. Operating with fear does not always mean to operate badly; the dangerous thing is to operate without knowing where that fear comes from. In my experience, fear appears when there is inconsistency between the risk assumed and the conviction in the operation. If I am 100% sure of my analysis and I still feel afraid, then there is an internal dissonance that I must solve. We are not robots. If you had a horrible day, if you are stressed by personal issues, if your head is not at peace, you do not expect to operate with serenity. The market is a brutal mirror: it is also to take away from trading.

Thank you for this piece of input. It made me think a lot about how I am sabotaging for not listening to fear.

Interesting prospect, but don't you think that if fear is constant maybe you're just not ready to operate real money?

Thank you, this comment is from those that are kept in favorites. Very useful for those who are starting and we do not want to repeat mistakes from others.

I appreciate the approach, but don't you run the risk of romanticizing fear? In the end, if it paralyzes, something needs to be done more drastic than "listen to it", right?