Account Balance ‘Mind Hack’

I want to share with you a trading psychology hack that’s super simple to implement yet highly effective…
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Let’s go.

I call it the “Unusual Balance Mind Hack”
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Have you ever struggled to break a specific balance in your trading account?
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​You’ve become fixated on the P&L, the equity curve, or the account balance and not the trading that got you there…
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If so, here’s a hack.
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Let’s say you have worked your account up close to £100k. But every time you get to £97k, £98k you fall back.
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And it seems to happen again and again…
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You can’t seem to crack that nut. It’s become too meaningful and is impacting your performance.
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There’s a bizarre mental roadblock.
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Try this:
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​Withdraw a random amount of cash from your account.
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​Say £16,745.89
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Now when you look at your account balance it will be much lower than before, and you won’t easily work out where it was at before you made the withdrawal.
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​Doing this removes the £100k milestone staring you in the face all day long. Your balance is a random unfamiliar number, so that £100k level is no longer relevant.
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You can get back to trading well without having the pressure of that meaningful number.
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Now of course your actual P&L doesn’t change.
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You’ve just moved some money to a different location!
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But sometimes little hacks like this can be enough to trick your brain back into the mode you want.
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Consistent trading performance.