Chat With Traders · Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Alex Temiz explains that if a trader's heart is racing or hands are sweaty, it indicates they have failed to plan their entry, exit, stop, or target. He recommends using post-it notes on trading screens to maintain strict adherence to a pre-planned strategy.
“If you are nervous in a trade, meaning you enter a trade, your heart is racing, your hands are sweaty, that means that you have not planned one of four things, your entry, your exit, your stop, or your target.”
“So what I did is I would take a post-it note for every single stock that I was interested in and write my entry, my exit, my stop, my target, post-it note it on my screen in front of the chart that I was looking to trade.”