Blame Is Killing Your Trading Psychology – Here’s What to Do
Blame is a short-term psychological painkiller. It’s a coping mechanism, plain and simple. Something went wrong? Must’ve been something outside of me. And just like that, your ego gets a warm hug.
But trading doesn’t care about your ego. The market is indifferent. Ruthless, even. As Louise Bedford says:
“The stock market is the great equalizer. It doesn’t care about your age, gender, socio-economic background or education.”
It also doesn’t care whose fault you think it is.
Here’s the problem with blame: it reinforces the belief that you don’t have control. And once you start believing you don’t have control, you stop learning. You stop adjusting. You stop improving.
You pause your growth the moment you start pointing fingers.
