[Jungian Psychology × FX] Does your win rate change in 3 minutes before bed? A trading technique to turn your subconscious into an ally?
Hello! This is oukanoakari (All-Mighty) ✨
By the way, have you ever had experiences like these while trading FX?
“I couldn’t cut my losses according to the rules and ended up praying trades…” “I saw others’ huge gains and, in a rush, jumped in with an entry…” “Before bed, I recall today’s losing trades and get irritated and can’t sleep…”
This isn’t because your “willpower is weak.” It’s evidence that your subconscious (unconscious) is being tossed around by the market.
Personally, I pride myself on FX’s strength: the ability to wait overwhelmingly. However, there is a tendency toward perfectionism, and I have been misled by market noise, and I’ve experienced painful failures like “my stop loss was late” several times in the past (I still remember the cold sweat from those times… lol)
Recently, I came across a very deep YouTube video about Jungian psychology and the subconscious. (The video by Hiroshi Uchida, “【Jungian Psychology】Do this before bed and your subconscious will rewrite itself.”)
The moment I watched this video, I felt a thunderbolt-like shock: “This is exactly the mental trap that prevents people from winning in FX!” ⚡️
This time, I will translate the “wisdom of Jungian psychology” from this video into FX trading, and share it as a powerful mental technique to survive in the market’s battlefield!
? Wisdom 1: Carrying losses before sleep distorts tomorrow
In Jungian psychology, the time before sleep is considered a special time when you can access the subconscious most easily.
If you fall asleep at the end of the day still feeling resentful or angry, that negative emotion is etched into your subconscious and will control your actions (your fate) the next day.
?【FX translation】Applied to FX, this directly connects to the habit of reviewing trades before bed (keeping a trade journal).
On the night you lose: “Why did I enter there…” “Tomorrow I will definitely recoup it…!!”
Like this,anger and impatience are left on the chart as you close it and go to sleep. In reality, this is the worst act that strongly imprints “impatience” and a gambling brain into your subconscious.
Before bed, cut off the frustration of a losing trade cleanly. And go to sleep with a positive image (fantasy) of “I will wait calmly tomorrow” and “I will trade by the rules.”
This is the best mental reset technique in FX ✨
?️ Wisdom 2: Use emotion labeling to erase the fear of stopping losses
In the video, as a method to deal with persistent negative emotions, emotion labeling was introduced.
“I am angry right now.” “I am feeling anxious right now.”
?【FX translation】This is exactly the strongest technique you can use at the moment of deciding to cut losses!
When unrealized losses are growing, our brain panics. Perfectionists (like my past self) tend to delay cutting losses unconsciously because they don’t want to admit a loss.
In such times, briefly step away from the mouse and say to yourself:“Ah, I am afraid to admit a loss and am getting impatient.”
Just by observing and labeling your own emotions, your ego’s guard drops, and you can calmly act to cut losses according to the rules.
? Wisdom 3: Accept jealousy (shadow) of others’ huge profits
Jung called the disliked, repressed desires inside yourself the “shadow.”
When you feel abnormally irritated by others’ bragging or noisy behavior, it’s actually your own suppressed desires (shadow) to also want to boast or stand out loudly.
?【FX translation】Have you ever felt oddly irritated or rushed to break your own rules after seeing posts like “Today’s +1,000,000 profit!” on X (formerly Twitter) or similar?
That emotion you want to deny—“That’s just a demo trade!”—that is your shadow.
In truth, you also want to win big and earn quickly. But you suppress that, which is why you get irritated.
What matters is not denying that feeling. By acknowledging, “I also want to win soon, but my weapon is ‘the power to wait’,” you can avoid being swayed by others’ noise and elevate your mind into a stronger, more resilient state.Mindto a robust level.
? Why am I sharing this?
Why do I talk about psychology and mental aspects as well as technical analysis?
Because I strongly wish to prevent the market from becoming mere gambling (a casino).
FX can be the best business to enrich your life if you have the right knowledge and self-discipline. However, most people get engulfed by their subconscious and emotions and lose crucial funds and drop out. I, too, suffered under perfectionism and couldn’t cut losses.
That’s why I’m not chasing hollow “win rate XX% holy grail” phrases, but sincerely working to increase true traders who face the market honestly and can control themselves. and I’m dedicated to this mission.
In conclusion
How was it? ✨
Beyond FX charts, the one there is none other than your own subconscious. From today, try a 3-minute nightly practice to face your own mind before sleep.
If you want to master the “power to wait” and face the market with integrity, please also check out my other articles and daily posts?
Let’s aim to become unwavering, the strongest traders together!?
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