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The Mental Edge: Trading Psychology Podcast

Sarah Banwart

18 episodes

The Mental Edge is a trading psychology podcast for traders who want to understand the neuroscience behind their emotional reactions at the charts. Hosted by Sarah, a retired therapist turned trader, each episode breaks down the neuroscience of trading psychology and gives you practical tools to regulate your nervous system, build confidence, and trade from identity instead of impulse. No hustle culture. No shame. Just real science and real solutions.

Episodes

  1. 5 Exercises to Break Out of a Losing Streak in Trading (And Why They Actually Work)

    · 43 min

    In this episode, we go deeper than surface-level trading advice and unpack what a losing streak is actually doing to your nervous system. And it has nothing to do with a lack of discipline. Most traders in a losing…

  2. The Science Behind FOMO in Trading (And How to Gain Control)

    · 1 h 01 min

    In this episode, we go deeper than surface-level trading advice and unpack what FOMO actually is at a nervous system level, and it has nothing to do with a lack of discipline. We're going over what's happening in your…

  3. Why Traders Keep Taking Impulsive Trades (It Has Nothing to Do with Discipline)

    · 52 min

    You keep taking impulsive trades, even when you know they are not in your plan. In this episode, I’m breaking down the real reason that happens, and it’s not because you lack discipline. Most impulsive trading is an…

  4. Why Traders Struggle to Stay Funded After Their First Payout (And What to Do About It)

    · 1 h 14 min

    You finally got your first payout, you proved you can do this, and then a couple days later you blew the account. And now, no matter what you try, you can't get back to where you were. In this episode, I’m breaking…

  5. Why Traders Self-Sabotage Right Before Success (The Finish Line Freeze)

    · 50 min

    Your brain will follow your plan flawlessly… right up until you are about to hit your goal. In this episode, I’m breaking down a pattern I named Finish Line Freeze, and why it has nothing to do with discipline. This…

  6. Why Smart Traders Keep Making the Same Mistakes (And What to Do About It)

    · 45 min

    Your brain is lying to you when you trade in ways that quietly sabotage your edge every single day. You don’t see the chart as it is. You see it through beliefs, emotions, recent experiences, and what your nervous…

  7. How to Overcome the Fear of Losing Money in Trading

    · 35 min

    How to Overcome the Fear of Losing Money in Trading You see a perfect setup, your rules say take it, but you can't pull the trigger. Or maybe you're in a trade and it goes fifty bucks against you, and suddenly your…

  8. Why Most Traders Struggle to Stop Trading After a Loss (The Neuroscience Explained)

    · 46 min

    Why You Can't Control Yourself After a Loss (It's Not Discipline) You take a loss, panic rises, and you know you should stop... but you can't. You take another trade, and another... until the account is blown or…

  9. The 4 Types of Self Sabotage That Destroy Traders (And Exactly How to Stop)

    · 1 h 00 min

    You know what you're supposed to do, you understand your strategy, but when you're sitting at your desk, you can't execute. Maybe you freeze at perfect setups. Maybe you can't stop overtrading. Maybe you take one loss…

  10. Why Getting Your First Payout Is So Hard (And How to Actually Keep It)

    · 1 h 12 min

    Why do capable traders blow their accounts right before their first payout or within days after getting it? In part three of this funded trading series, I break down what happens to your brain when you get close to a…

  11. Why So Many Traders Blow Their Funded Accounts (And Exactly How to Stop It)

    · 1 h 08 min

    If you're struggling to keep your funded account, much more goes into it than being "undisciplined." In part two of this three-part funded trading series, I break down the biological and psychological shift that…

  12. Why Getting Funded Is So Hard: The Trading Psychology Behind Blown Prop Firm Challenges

    · 23 min

    Why do so many capable, intelligent traders keep blowing prop firm challenges right before they pass? In part one of this three-part funded trading series, I break down what’s actually happening in your brain during a…

  13. Why You Can't Stop Revenge Trading (And How to Fix It)

    · 25 min

    You can't just "be more disciplined" after you take a losing trade because your brain sees a loss as a threat to your survival. In this episode, I break down the neuroscience of why revenge trading feels impossible to…

  14. Why You Trade Well on Demo But Fail on Live Accounts

    · 30 min

    Your nervous system completely reorganizes the moment you switch from demo to live trading. What You'll Learn: • Why your brain shifts from pursuit mode to protection mode when you activate a live account • The…

  15. Why You Can't Stay Patient in Trading (Even When You Know Better)

    · 16 min

    Why can't you stay patient in trading even when you know better? Your nervous system is stuck in survival mode. In this episode, I break down the neuroscience behind impatience and the 5 fears disguised as greed in…

  16. Why a $200 Loss Feels Like a Crisis (And How to Fix Your Reaction to It)

    · 19 min

    Why does a $200 loss send you into total panic one day when you could handle a $500 loss just fine last week? It's because of your Window of Tolerance. In this episode, I break down a concept from DBT therapy that…

  17. How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself Right Before You Succeed in Trading

    · 16 min

    Why do you blow your account right before payout? Why does success feel more dangerous than failure? In this episode, I break down Finish Line Freeze. This is the nervous system pattern that makes you sabotage…

  18. What is Trading Psychology? A Complete Guide for Beginners

    · 11 min

    What is trading psychology, and why do smart traders keep breaking their own rules? In this episode, I break down the neuroscience behind emotional trading and why discipline isn't your problem, your dysregulated…

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