Who this is for — When you are no longer yourself in front of the screen: double size, ignored stops, journal skipped. Tilt is the state in which trading becomes gambling disguised as analysis.
Tilt (from poker: playing under emotional stress) is the degradation of decisions after losses, excessive wins, or frustration. It is not a single bad trade — it is a session or a day out of control. Closely related to revenge-trading and panic.
In plain terms — Recognizing tilt means admitting: "right now I cannot trust myself." The professional move at Bronze is to close the platform, not to "get back with one last trade."
Tilt signals
| Signal | What you observe |
|---|---|
| Size | Doubled or "blind" |
| Stops | Moved, removed, ignored |
| Frequency | Sudden overtrading |
| Journal | Skipped or falsified afterwards |
| Language | "It owes me" / "it can't" / "just this once" |
| Body | Tension, racing pulse, anger |
Example — After two stops, you open a third trade with no setup, double size, move the stop three times, close in panic. At end of day the damage comes more from tilt than from the two originally planned stops. A pause after the second stop would have saved the account.
Anti-tilt protocol (Bronze)
- Emotional stop loss — if you recognize yourself in the table above → end session.
- Written rule: after X losses (e.g. 2) or Y% daily → mandatory pause.
- discipline + maximum-loss as external guardrails.
- Cold review in the trading-journal — what triggered the tilt?
See also: psicologia.
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- What it is: emotional state that corrupts the decision-making process.
- When to recognize it: after extreme losses or wins, negotiating with rules.
- Typical mistake: believing you will "refocus" with a bigger trade.
Bronze path — Module: Basic psychology. Part of bronze-path.