Who is it for?
Traders who want a defined process before entry Users seeking to reduce rushed or emotional decisions
Trading Behavior
Trading Readiness
Review sleep, stress, recent losses, revenge urge, FOMO, overtrading, stop definition and daily limits before trading.
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Tool guide
What does a trading readiness check measure?
This is not a medical or psychological diagnosis; it is a pre-trade process check. Poor sleep, revenge intent, chasing price or a missing stop can be recorded as execution warnings before entry.
Logic / formula
Hard blockers can force STOP; combinations of behavioral warnings can raise CAUTION.
Read the output
Treat the reasons behind warnings as more important than the color or score.
TT-FT-023 · versioned engine discipline-tracker@2.0.0 · educational/analytical use; not investment advice.
Full guide, examples, and sources
When should you not rely on it?
Using it as a signal or guaranteed permission to trade Completing steps superficially without following the process
Logic, formula and methodology
This is not a medical or psychological diagnosis; it is a pre-trade process check. Poor sleep, revenge intent, chasing price or a missing stop can be recorded as execution warnings before entry. Hard blockers can force STOP; combinations of behavioral warnings can raise CAUTION.
Pre-trade psychological and process check-in using sleep, stress, energy, focus, trade count, daily loss stop, planned risk, setup completeness, stop, size, news, post-loss break, FOMO, chasing, revenge, stop-moving, and overtrading urges. Outputs include READY, CAUTION, or STOP; mandatory blockers; corrective actions; psychology, physical, process, and risk dimensions; local daily history; average score, blocker frequency, seven-record trend, and ready streak.
Worked example
Example
Poor sleep and revenge intent remain serious warnings even with a complete setup
Low sleep and a revenge urge can produce caution or stop even when the setup is complete, depending on the personal policy.
Low sleep and a revenge urge can produce caution or stop even when the setup is complete, depending on the personal policy.
How to read the result
The output reflects process quality, not a certain trade result. A warning means something should be corrected before proceeding.
Do not treat green or READY as permission to enter. Historical trends are more useful for spotting recurring triggers—for example overtrading after a loss—than a single score. Intervention cards should suggest short process actions, not clinical treatment.
What the TupTrader version adds
The value of this version is not cosmetic; the result, assumptions and workflow are connected to the practical capabilities below.
- Sleep/fatigue
- Recent loss
- Revenge urge
- FOMO/chasing
- Overtrading
- Stop defined
- Setup completeness
- News proximity
Turn the result into a workflow
Related tool →Resolve the warning. Check risk and setup with related tools. Record the decision and outcome in the journal.
Common mistakes and limitations
- Using the tool after entry
- Changing answers to obtain a preferred result
- Ignoring plan limits
- Inputs are self-reported and can be biased. The tool is not mental-health diagnosis or treatment and does not predict trade performance.
Frequently asked questions
Why track sleep?
It is recorded as a personal readiness variable so you can review whether it co-occurs with your own mistakes; the tool does not claim a universal causal effect.
Does green mean I should trade?
No. It only means the configured blockers were not detected in the check-in.
How should I record revenge trading?
As an urge to recover a prior loss quickly, ideally before the next entry rather than after the outcome is known.
Sources and research method
This guide combines the tool’s versioned specification, the earlier TupTrader educational page and the authoritative sources below. External sources are used for definitions and scientific boundaries, not for signals.
- Investor.gov — Excessive Trading AlertFrequent trading and fees can conflict with an investor’s goals and risk tolerance.
- FINRA — Guard Against Excessive TradingTrading frequency and transaction costs belong in behavioral/process review.
This tool is for education, scenario analysis and process control. It is not investment advice, a buy/sell signal or a guarantee of future performance.