The Trading Behavior Mirror: What It Is (and Isn't)
A trading behavior mirror shows patterns in your trade history, not signals or advice. Here's what retrospective trade analysis actually measures.
What to Actually Measure in Your Trading Behavior (Beyond P&L)
A descriptive tour of trading behavior metrics — holding time, re-entry window, frequency, sizing variance — and the behavioral-finance research behind each.
Even Fund Managers Do It: The V-Shaped Disposition Effect
Research on US mutual fund managers found a V-shaped disposition effect — professionals are more likely to sell both big winners and big losers.
A Worked Example: What a Behavioral Engine Reads in a Trade History
We assembled a trade history out of textbook behavioral patterns and ran a behavior-analytics engine over the raw fills. The footprint each pattern left — and what the engine refused to claim.
Holding Period: Winners vs. Losers — What the Time Gap Reveals
A look at the holding period winners vs losers gap — the disposition effect, Odean's 1998 research, and how the pattern shows up in trade data.
The Disposition Effect in Crypto: What the 2017 Bitcoin Boom-Bust Revealed
A look at the disposition effect in crypto — how Bitcoin investor psychology during the 2017 boom-bust mirrored a pattern first mapped in equity markets.
What Is Trading Behavior Analysis? A Category Explainer
Trading behavior analysis measures how you act — holding time, re-entry, sizing, frequency — not what to trade next. Here's what it is and isn't.
Why Can't I Cut My Losses? The Psychology Behind Holding Losing Trades
Why can't I cut my losses? A look at loss aversion, the paper loss fallacy, and breakeven anchoring — and the footprint they leave in trade data.