Revenge Trading: The Spiral That Ends Accounts

In the last lesson, you saw how FOMO creates rushed entries based on fear of missing a move. Now we'll look at what happens when the damage from those entries compounds. Nobody sits down at their trading desk and thinks, "I'm going to revenge trade today." It doesn't announce itself. It shows up disguised as logic: "I'll just take one more trade to get back to breakeven." That one trade becomes two, then four, and by the end of the session you've turned a manageable $200 loss into a $1,500 hole. This lesson breaks down what revenge trading actually is, how the tilt spiral escalates, and how to recognize it in yourself before the damage compounds.