Trading Tilt Quiz
Rate your last hour of trading and see whether you are steady, tilting, or should step away.
Rate your last hour
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I traded bigger than my plan allowed.
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I entered without a setup I could name.
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I moved or removed a stop-loss to avoid taking a loss.
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I felt an urge to “win it back” after a loss.
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I felt invincible after a win.
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I checked my open P&L every few seconds.
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I broke a rule I had written down.
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I felt angry, anxious, or euphoric while trading.
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I kept trading after hitting my daily limit.
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I regretted a trade the moment I placed it.
Answer honestly about the last hour — this is a private, in-the-moment check, nothing is saved.
What “tilt” means for traders
The word comes from poker: the degraded mental state after a bad beat — or a big win — where decisions stop following the plan and start chasing feelings. On tilt, traders oversize, abandon stops, and take setups they would normally skip. The danger is that it feels justified in the moment. This quiz is a fast mirror: name the state, and you can interrupt it before it empties the account.