When you trade with anxiety, anger, or a tight stomach, the problem isn't the market itself…it's that you're trying to force something that doesn't exist. This means you're over-risking, taking on more risk than you can handle, and you're not truly prepared to accept losses. These emotions don't arise when your risk management is robust and reliable. Trading triggers a stop-loss? That's part of trading. Prices move against you? That's perfectly normal. You remain calm because your trade size doesn't threaten your capital or your clarity of thought. But if you find yourself tense, frustrated, or agitated, it means you're trying to force the market to prove you right. When you become too fixated on your own ideas, you start adjusting stop-loss levels, increasing positions to "cover," or entering trades without a plan, and that's where all the problems begin. The market shouldn't be able to shake your emotional balance. If this happens, it clearly indicates a problem with your risk management and that your perspective is too rigid. Skilled traders sense unease even before anomalies appear on the charts. They adjust their position sizing, risk management, and trading mindset before pressing the "buy" or "sell" button.