The Sin Bin Strategy: Stop Tilt Trading
How to Regain Control
When Your Trading Discipline Breaks Down
Ever had one of those trading days where flipping a coin would’ve given better results?
Yep, we’ve all been there…
You start thinking, “How the f can I be worse than random!?”
It starts with a sound plan… then you take an early loss, which annoys you. Then another. A small revenge trade sneaks in, another loss piles on, and before you know it… you’re spiraling.
Enter, the Sin Bin Strategy – your emergency plan to save your b*tt from a tilt day, week, or worse…
SIN BIN STRATEGY
In some sports, players who break rules get a timeout in the sin bin to cool down.
Traders need something similar when discipline goes off the rails.
Overtrading? → Sin bin. Breaking your rules? → Sin bin. Chasing moves out of FOMO? → Sin bin.
Step away. Reset. Let the market breathe without you forcing trades.
Most traders think they need to trade through the chaos to “get back” what they lost. (We’ve all been there…)
That’s the trap. The ones who last know when to pause.
So… if you’re feeling out of sync with the market, take a step back. No charts. No trades. Just give yourself time to reset.
The market will still be here tomorrow or next week.
I dive deeper into the Sin Bin Strategy in my latest podcast episode:
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