The Trading Psychology Podcast
Episodes
Ep99: Debt
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most traders have some form of debt hanging over their heads. This will affect you one way or the other, regardless of how much you have. But what...
Ep98: RobbGPT
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have a special tool for you to use now and for the rest of your trading career. It's your very own personal trading psychologist! Robb develope...
Ep97: Prop Firm Prep
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We go way deeper into what you can expect when it comes to not only choosing a prop firm but the process of joining one and even trading at one. The...
Ep96: Risk Management at a Prop Firm
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So you've made it, you're trading professionally at a prop firm. What is that firm going to be expecting from you? What will they be looking at? ...
Ep95: Fitness and Nutrition Routines
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not a lot of fat traders out there, at least not successful ones. Health and success in any endeavor go hand in hand, and VP and Robb both take thei...
Ep94: Detachment
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Autism is in full effect this episode as VP and Robb go off-script a lot as we drill down to how best to detach and divorce yourself from your results...
Ep93: Decision Fatigue
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is one of the most common issues with traders around the world, and also one of the most misunderstood. VP and Robb break it all down, process ...
Ep92: Planting Bamboo
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Possibly the most important episode we have done to date. Do you guys know the story? You will today, and your survival likely depends on it.  #...
Ep91: Ambition
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Having lots of ambition is great and all, BUT WHERE YOU PUT IT means everything. Sometimes we have so much ambition, we have no idea what to do with...
Ep90: Anger
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anger, when handled correctly, is a superpower. We're not talking about getting angry about losing or making a mistake -- we're talking about being ...
Ep89: Disappointment
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disappointment is absolutely rampant in trading, and hits you at so many different points in your trading career. But we never stop to think WHY it'...
Ep88: Insecurity
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Insecurity is more than just lack of confidence; it's a fear of how others see you and judge you. Almost every (male for sure) trader alive has gone...
Ep87: Mentorship
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of people want to have a mentor in their trading journey to make things easier and less confusing. But some questions need to be answered firs...
Ep86: Scalping vs Swing Trading
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are very separate and specific psychologies for scalpers and swing traders, each with their own struggles and solutions. If you are deciding b...
Ep85: Taking a Break
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robb and I just can't seem to agree on this one. Should you take a break from trading, for any reason, and what do you need to do in the meantime? ...
Ep84: Fantasy Football and Trading
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
That's right traders, there are so many great anecdotes and parallels to trading here, we thought an episode like this right before the Super Bowl wou...
Ep83: New Years Resolutions
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
VP and Robb don't really believe in New Years Resolutions, but if you're going to make a change, some people need to start somewhere, so here we go. ...
Ep82: The ADD Kid
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of you have this and other "afflictions" as well, I already know from the correspondence I've gotten on the No Nonsense Forex YouTube channel. ...
Ep81: The Smart Kid
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This might be you, but even if it's not, you probably possess some traits and experience some of the highs (and many lows) of somebody on the right si...
Ep80: Pet Peeves, Part 2
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
More things we hate about you, including something that will definitely never get you hired at Maverick Trading. VP and Robb finally get it all out ...
Ep79: Pet Peeves, Part 1
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
VP and Robb mention some of the things they hate about you.  #TradingPsychology  Maverick Links  Click Here To Learn More about Maverick Forex T...
Ep78: Election Psychology
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It may be hard to believe at first, but our political biases can and do play a part in our trading. VP and Robb explain how and why, complete with e...
Ep77: Loss Aversion
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to taking losses, there are actually a lot of different categories here. One of them is the fear of taking them in the first place. ...
Ep76: Investing Psychology
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're stepping away from trading for one episode, because we feel it's critically important for everyone to strongly consider investing your cash if y...
Ep75: Action Bias
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it say about somebody who just sits or stands there and does nothing? It's not going to make you too popular, especially amongst people wh...
Ep74: Accountability
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We learned last episode what is actually possible if you have your own trading psychology in order. But if you don't won your own results from the s...
Ep73: Does This Crap Even Work?
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One year ago, Robb Reinhold began an experiment on full display in front of the whole trading world. What would happen if you just chose positions a...
Ep72: Jumping Systems
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anyone who has put some real time into trading has that moment where they're not killing it anymore, and they wonder if they should abandon their syst...
Ep71: Will AI Take Over Trading?
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is some fear and overall dread with the idea that Artificial Intelligence will take over the trading world, and there is no sense becoming good ...
Ep70: What It Takes to be Great
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a GREATest hits episode, VP and Robb talk about what it takes to reach the top of your game no matter what it is, after being inspired by a graduat...
Ep69: Bad Position Sizing
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It turns out there are LOTs of reasons why you might deviate from a rational position size when you trade. There has never been a professional trade...
Ep68: Boredom
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The markets aren't always exciting and action-packed. And other endeavors can take its place sometimes. But when you are bored with trading or bor...
Ep67: VP Hater's Club Pt 2 - The Academic
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trading is actually very simple -- but don't tell the Academic this. They'll never believe you. They think the more you know and the deeper you go...
Ep66: Stupid Mistakes
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Even the most experienced traders do really dumb things. Like going long instead of short. Entering the wrong number into your stop loss or take p...
Ep65: Passing It On
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever had a friend/relative/stranger get interested in trading after you tell them about it? It's happened to most of us, and it usually end...
Ep64: VP's Haters Club Part 1 -- The Shortcut Guy
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No Nonsense Forex has had its share of detractors, as you would expect. Some are sillier than others. But two of the biggest have a common theme, ...
Ep63: Will Trading Options Make You a Better Trader?
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Don't think there aren't advantages here -- monetary and psychological. There are disadvantages too, but VP and Robb (mostly Robb) discuss how the m...
Ep62: Validation
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What a great feeling it is to finally be validated for your efforts, your creativity, your ideas, whatever it may be. But depending on WHEN this hap...
Ep61: Perfectionism
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This one affects a lot of you. It's crippling. And it only takes one piece of your personality to fall into this disease. Out of VP and Robb, gu...
Ep60: Trading Stocks -- Should You?
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No matter where you are in the world, you can take your trading talents to your nearest major stock market and do some real damage. There are also m...
Ep59: You're Not THAT Good
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nobody who trades currently ever took a bunch of losses early on, then just kept taking them. You would have quit long ago. You have certainly gon...
Ep58: The Good and Bad of Forex Trading
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WARNING: This is more of a beginner episode, but should still be enjoyable for most of you and definitely has psychological undertones to it if you're...
Important Announcement
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An update on the future of the Trading Psychology Podcast for 2024
Ep57: Ego
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If we didn't all have big egos, we wouldn't have started trading in the first place. But when is it good and when is it harmful to our trading? If...
Ep56: Dealing With The Fed (And Others)
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shot back in mid-December, there are ABSOLUTELY psychological hurdles to deal with when it comes to news events in trading, yet we seldom think about ...
Ep55: What We Would Tell Our Younger Selves
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A lighter one for the holidays. Exactly as it says, VP and Robb give advice to their younger selves at three different and pivotal points in their l...
Ep54: When to Quit
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nobody wants to quit trading, but sometimes it's the correct move, and it's very important to identify the reasons why it may be time to check out for...
Ep53: Desperation Kills
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You may not be in a desperate place now, but what if things change a year or two from now? There are more ways to end up here than you think. VP t...
Ep52: Where To Put Your Earnings
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Strap in, this is a good one. You've made money trading the markets. You now know when to take some profit out of your account. So where do you ...
Ep51: When to Take Your Money Out
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is no one perfect answer to this question, but VP and Robb (mostly Robb) try to give you a blueprint for that magical moment when it's time to r...
Ep50: Why Not Just Automate?
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've all thought about it. With all of these psychological issues that plague traders and blow out their accounts, or at least hold them back a lot...
Ep49: The Grind/Burnout
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Trading is the most exciting thing on Planet Earth -- until it isn't. Then what? It will probably happen to all of you at some point, and it helps...
Ep48: Hesitation
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've touched on it a bit before, but there are so many different ways and reasons why you may "chicken out" or postpone a trade entry or exit, and VP...
Ep47: Familiarity Bias
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"I only trade EUR/USD, GBP/USD, EUR/GBP, and the NASDAQ". WTF, why? You must have Familiarity Bias, and it creeps up in more cases than just this....
Ep46: Feed Your Account
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We thought we would sneak a half money-management/half psychology episode in where we felt it was appropriate. But these tips can make a gigantic di...
Ep45: Don’t Trade To Survive
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most people have the wrong idea about the trading lifestyle when they first start. Then they learn the hard way. Don't learn the hard way, listen ...
Ep44: Survivorship Bias
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever had lucky or unlucky trades? You're lying, no you haven't, and that's the lesson behind Episode 44, because this can and almost certai...
Ep43: Anchoring
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It would be great to trade with a clear head all of the time, but this isn't realistic. Apart form all of the external things we have going on in ou...
Ep42: The Female Advantage
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If women only knew the inherent advantages they have in trading, there would probably be a lot more of them. If men can recognize these advantages a...
Ep41: Envy
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EVERY ONE OF US has experienced this, don't lie. Why do some complete idiots get to have it all while I'm struggling? How can I get to where they ...
Ep40: Trading Your Opinion
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our own opinion about a particular currency or metal or crypto can easily get in the way of our trading, even though we almost never realize it. If ...
Ep39: Limiting Beliefs
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Given the high fail rate of trading, and the misconceptions we have in our heads about the people who DO make it, there can be a lot of self-doubt cas...
Ep38: Contrarianism
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In part 2 of 2 in the "How investing concepts trickle over to trading" series, VP and Robb talk about our heavy contrarian bias, where it comes from, ...
Ep37: Herd Mentality
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us think "Herd Mentality" has more to do with investing than it does trading. Maybe. But you can bridge the two. In Episode 37, Robb and...
Ep36: FOMO
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FOMO in trading is different than investing FOMO, but a lot of the ideas and problems are similar. But does it always have to be a bad thing? VP a...
Ep35: After a Huge Win
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You may have thought we've been over this already, but the swirl of unique emotions that take place after a giant win, especially that first one, are ...
Ep34: Regret
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Regret is a wasted emotion"......or is it? This one can actually go both ways, and if you can figure this out and learn to harness your regret, goo...
Ep33: Missing a Trade
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've all done it, and we're all going to do it again, let's be honest. Our system tells us to go, and we magically find a way to pass on it anyway....
Ep32: Controlling Your Own Brain Chemistry
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The three previous episodes were all about identifying three major chemicals in our brain which can sneak up and destroy our trading without us even k...
Ep31: Cortisol
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you thought adrenaline screws up your trading, wait until you learn about cortisol. Robb and VP dive deeper into the "Flight Chemical" and how it...
Ep30: Adrenaline
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Adrenaline is the #1 killer of Forex accounts for men. This claim is completely unsubstantiated, but after Episode 30 I'm sure you'll agree. How d...
Ep29: Dopamine
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 29, Robb dives into Dopamine, an often misunderstood chemical in our brain, and how it applies to our trading and everyday life. Â A big s...
Ep28: When Your Family Doesn’t Approve
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This one could hit really hard. Traders are not common. It's a game with a very low success rate, but the payoff is financial freedom -- but without a...
Ep27: After You’ve Officially Made It
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Once you've been trading professionally for 5 years are more, it's safe to say most of your psychological issues when it comes to trading have been ma...
Ep26: Prop Firm Green Flags
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an attempt to leave no stone unturned, VP and Robb go over the things you definitely want to see existing in a potential prop firm for you. There...
Ep25: Prop Firms to Avoid
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode has a lot in it. We (Robb) gives you a history of prop firms throughout the ages, the different levels of firms out there, and finally ...
Ep24: If Your First Prop Firm Test is Successful
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most people have no plan for actually succeeding, it's crazy. And then success happens, and they screw it up. Pay close attention to Episode 24, a...
Ep23: If You Fail Your Prop Firm Test
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most people fail their first prop firm test. If it happens to you, the first thing to remember is you're in the majority. But the steps you take a...
Ep22: When To Go Pro
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's a big decision, and a decision most people get wrong, and pay for dearly. This isn't to say you need to wait around forever. Just make sure certa...
Ep21: Trading/Life Balance
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Traders who don't have their lives and their schedules in order are never at their best, and with the tiny margin of success trading brings, you simpl...
Ep20: Revenge Trading
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When you hear "Revenge Trading", what comes to mind? It has more than one definition. At least to VP and Robb it does. Either way, it's an accou...
Ep19: When to Risk More Money
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a very important question to answer. For those of you who are a few years in, or even before that (beware), when to add more money into your a...
Ep18: Experience Matters
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I've made an entire video on experience, but now I have a partner who can add even more depth and color to exactly why and how "you don't know sh*t" y...
Ep17: Systems Over Goals
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most people who want a better life will set goals -- but they're the wrong kind of goals. Then what they don't do, is chart a proper path, daily and b...
Ep16: Weekly, Monthly, Yearly Routines
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The habits you form on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis are crucial to trading, but nobody talks about it. We do. Join VP and Robb a...
Ep15: Daily Routines
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is vastly underrated, whether you trade all day, or do nothing but trade for 10 minutes a day on the daily chart, or have three jobs. Daily rou...
Ep14: Trade Like an Athlete
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
High-level athletes would be great traders if they wanted to be. They have things built inside of them that most of us don't. But that doesn't mea...
Ep13: Handling a String of Wins
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hard to believe, but we have wining streaks too in trading, and a completely different type of psychology comes into play when we do. The moves we m...
Ep12: Recency and Confirmation Bias
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We all have biases. Way too often, they sneak in and ruin our trading psychology without us even realizing it. As always, step one is recognizing thes...
Ep11: From Demo to Live
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is a very big psychological shift that occurs when somebody goes form demo trading fake money to trading their own money. Robb and VP attempt ...
Ep10: Multiple Income Streams
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If trading is your "only way out", you're going to constantly have psychological issues which go far beyond anything we can cover on this podcast. Avo...
Ep9: A Bad Week/Month/Quarter
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes "losing streaks" go beyond simply having a bad run of trades. Sometimes the futility lasts much longer. This is a completely different psych...
Ep8: Dealing With Slumps
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maverick Links  Click Here To Learn More about Maverick Forex Trading: URL: https://maverickfx.com/application-3-a/?utm_source=vpyt  Click Here ...
Ep7: Overconfidence
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you're overly excited about a new system, or just very confident in your own abilities, this market will humble you one way or another. Do n...
Ep6: Undertrading/Hesitation
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most introverts (so most of you) fall into the trap of undertrading or hesitating when your system gives you a perfectly good signal. VP and Robb dive...
Ep5: Overtrading
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It doesn't apply to everyone, but if you have ever been guilty of trading just for the sake of trading, it could be an even deeper issue plaguing you....
Ep4: Changes in Behavior
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maverick Links  Click Here To Learn More about Maverick Forex Trading: URL: https://maverickfx.com/application-3-a/?utm_source=vpyt  Click Here ...
Ep3: Brain Chemistry
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I think this one is going to be painfully relatable. What types of things are you doing before your trading that could be scrambling your own brain ch...
Ep2: Habits -- Good and Bad
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I don't care who you are, I (VP) tell you to trade a certain way regardless of your personality. But that doesn't mean we don't need to identify our o...
Ep1: The Need and the Problem
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If it wasn't obvious already, the need to have your trading psychology locked down is the single most important thing in trading. But did you know we ...