Burnout

Burnout in trading isn’t just tiredness from a long session, it’s the point where more screen time is costing more than it’s earning, and recognising that line is harder than it sounds because trading doesn’t feel like manual work while it’s draining you. Why trading burns you out differently Most jobs that cause burnout do it through sustained effort over long hours. Trading adds something else on top: constant, low-level uncertainty and real financial consequence attached to decisions made under time pressure, often for hours at a stretch with no natural break built into the structure of the day. That combination taxes the same judgement a trader depends on to do the job well, so unlike burnout in many other roles, trading burnout directly damages the very skill the work requires, not just the enthusiasm for doing it. ...