Red-flag tags in the journal did more for my news discipline than another indicator.
I tag revenge, FOMO, boredom, and news-chase when I notice them — ideally within the hour, not on Sunday when memory has rewritten the story. The tag is not therapy. It is a sortable column that shows which emotional shortcut actually costs money.
How I use the tags
1. After three of the same flag in a week, size steps down automatically next session.
2. News-chase tags inside blackout windows are treated as process breaks, not "bad luck."
3. I review flags before I review P&L so the green days cannot hide the behaviour.
If a tag never appears, I do not trust the journal yet.
Which red-flag label shows up most in your book, and did naming it change the click rate?
I keep the tag vocabulary small on purpose. Too many labels and Sunday review becomes taxonomy theatre. Four honest flags beat twenty shades of mood that I will never sort.
Red flag tags: revenge, FOMO, boredom, news-chase
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Re: Red flag tags: revenge, FOMO, boredom, news-chase
Boredom, by a distance, and nearly always between about 11:00 and 12:30 London when the morning move is done and the US data is still an hour off.
The small change that made the tags more honest was writing the tag when I enter, not when I close. If I wait for the result, a winning boredom trade magically becomes "patience". The tag field is filled before the order goes in, or the order doesn't go in.
The small change that made the tags more honest was writing the tag when I enter, not when I close. If I wait for the result, a winning boredom trade magically becomes "patience". The tag field is filled before the order goes in, or the order doesn't go in.