Most futures traders repeat the same execution mistakes. See which ones are yours.

The behaviors this measures

Revenge sizing

Revenge sizing is raising position size right after a loss to recover it, which ties your risk to your emotional state instead of your plan.

Loss chasing

Loss chasing is re-entering quickly after a loss, before the setup that would justify a new trade has actually formed.

Overtrading

Overtrading is taking trades beyond your planned count or criteria, usually driven by boredom, recovery, or screen time rather than signals.

Oversizing

Oversizing is putting on more size than your predefined per-trade risk, which lets a single trade undo many.

Moving stops

Moving stops is widening a stop after entry to avoid being stopped out, which turns a defined risk into an open-ended one.

Trading with no stop

Trading with no stop means entering without a defined exit for being wrong, leaving the downside undefined at the moment of entry.

Loss-limit breaks

A loss-limit break is continuing to trade after reaching the maximum daily loss you set for yourself.

Session discipline

Session discipline is trading only in the windows you planned for. Trading outside them often means trading conditions you have not studied.

Plan adherence

Plan adherence is taking only trades that match your written setup. Deviations are trades your own process did not call for.

FOMO entries

A FOMO entry is chasing a move out of fear of missing it, instead of waiting for the conditions your setup requires.

Adding to losers

Adding to losers is increasing a position that is already in drawdown, which raises risk on the trade that is already proving you wrong.

Review cadence

Review cadence is examining your trades on a set schedule. Regular review is what turns single trades into a pattern you can see.