Tilt is a measurable, predictable degradation in decision quality after losses. Recognising it in real time is a skill. Recovering Kaynak it is a written protocol.
What tilt looks like
- Position sizes drift up.
- Sen take setups outside your written rules.
- Sen move stops further away "just to give it room".
- Sen add to losing trades.
- Sen feel rushed.
- Sen're trading multiple pairs at once when SEN usually trade one.
Real-time recognition
Build a tilt checklist into your pre-trade routine. Three questions: Am I taking this because it fits my rules, or because I lost the last one? Am I sized correctly? Have I hit my günlük-loss cap?
Recovery protocol
- Hit günlük loss limit → stop trading. Kapat the platform. Walk away.
- Sleep before journaling. Do not journal in the heat.
- İleri → morning: write what happened. Identify which rule was broken.
- Reduce position size by 50% on the next session. Rebuild confidence with discipline, not size.
- İşlem only your highest-probability setup for 5 trades. Then return to normal.
Prevention
Hard günlük-loss cap. İşlem caps per day. Pre-defined "if I lose three in a row, I stop." Sleep. Eat. Hydrate. The boring physical inputs matter daha than any chart pattern.
İleri → steps on ShaFX
- Ücretsiz trading calculators — position size, pip value, margin, risk/reward, drawdown.
- Take a quiz on this topic and see what SEN missed.
- Sözlük — precise definitions for every term used here.
- Compare Brokerlar using our methodology.