September 9, 2026 · Jake Faassen
UFunded Warning: What Traders Should Learn
What the Dutch AFM found, which risks you can spot before paying and why a high entry price changes your decisions under pressure.
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Insights on execution under pressure
Trading psychology without the hype: patterns, execution and training consistency. Written by the coaches at MTA.
August 24, 2026 · Jake Faassen
Why You Fail Your Prop Firm Challenge (and It's Not Your Strategy)
Most prop firm challenges aren't failed on strategy, they're failed on one day when a rule breaks. The pattern behind that one day.
Read more →August 23, 2026 · Edgar Salvador
Process Over PnL: Why You're Watching the Wrong Number
PnL during a trade is a lagging, noisy signal. Why process adherence is the signal that works, and how to measure it.
Read more →August 20, 2026 · Jake Faassen
Feel Emotion Without Acting On It: How Do You Actually Train That?
The Operator's core skill isn't a trait you have or lack, it's trainable. The three steps, and where to actually practice them.
Read more →August 19, 2026 · Edgar Salvador
Loss Aversion in Trading: Why Losing Hurts More Than Winning Feels Good
Loss aversion is why you cut winners short and hold losers too long. Why a loss weighs heavier, and what you can actually train to counter it.
Read more →August 19, 2026 · Jake Faassen
Stop FOMO Trading: Why Missing Out Hurts More Than Losing
A missed move costs you nothing, yet it often feels heavier than a small loss. Why your brain treats missing out like a loss, and the rule that stops the late entry.
Read more →August 19, 2026 · Edgar Salvador
How to Keep a Trading Journal (That Actually Teaches You Something)
Most journals log entries, exits and results, which records what the market did, not what you did. Which five fields to fill in per trade, and what to look for in the weekly review.
Read more →August 19, 2026 · Jake Faassen
Why You Don't Follow Your Trading Plan
Your plan is written by your calm self and has to be executed by you under pressure. Which part breaks first, and how to write a plan that survives Tuesday afternoon.
Read more →August 19, 2026 · Edgar Salvador
Stop Overtrading: Why You Take Too Many Trades
Overtrading isn't about a number, it's about entering without your conditions present. What feeds the urge, and what structure actually brings the number of trades down.
Read more →August 19, 2026 · Jake Faassen
Why Trading Signals Don't Work
Two traders get the same call and walk away with a different result. Why the problem is rarely the signal, and what fixed conditions solve instead.
Read more →August 19, 2026 · Edgar Salvador
Stop Revenge Trading: The Mechanism Underneath It
Within two minutes of a loss you're in an unplanned trade. That's not a lack of discipline, it's a way to discharge tension. The mechanism behind it, and how to actually stop it.
Read more →August 19, 2026 · Edgar Salvador
Why You Break Your Own Trading Rules
You journal the mistake, understand the mistake, and repeat it next week. That's not about your discipline, it's about what the rule-breaking solves for your brain. On patterns and what actually works.
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