Glossary / Psychology
Overtrading
Definition
Taking more trades than your plan justifies.
Why it matters
Journals expose it clearly: P&L per trade falls as trade count rises, and the extra trades cluster in the same low-quality hour.
Example
Your plan allows 3 A-setups a day; the journal shows 11 trades on Tuesday, and trades 4-11 lost $840 of the $300 the first three made.
How to track it in a journal
TradeStack calculates the core performance numbers — win rate, average win and loss, profit factor, expectancy, drawdown and consistency — automatically from imported trades, so overtrading stops being something you estimate and becomes something you read.
Related terms
Revenge trading
Taking a trade to recover a loss rather than because the setup appeared.
FOMO
Entering late because a move is already running without you.
Tilt
Trading while emotionally compromised after a loss or a big win.
Trading discipline
Executing your plan the same way whether the last trade won or lost.
Questions that use this term
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