Tilt is a term from poker that also plays a dangerous role in trading. It describes the state in which emotions take over your decisions. You stop following your plan and trade out of anger, frustration or the need to recover losses quickly.
The 5 warning signs: 1. Increased trading frequency after losses. 2. Larger position sizes. 3. Breaking your own rules (moving your stop-loss). 4. Trading outside planned hours. 5. Revenge trading: Trying to recover the last loss immediately.
The tricky part of tilt: You often do not notice it. In the moment, you feel rational. Only when you look at your journal the next day do you see that you made 12 trades instead of your planned 3. And 9 were losses.
TradeMentorX looks for these patterns in your imported trades: If trading frequency rises after losses, you break rules or your risk rises unexpectedly, it shows you this. On request, it uses in-app alerts, for example for losing streaks or overtrading. It does not monitor your terminal live.
The best strategy against tilt? Awareness. When you know you are entering an emotional spiral, you can respond: Take a break, end the trading day or leave the computer. TradeMentorX gives you the data to make that decision in time.