Overtrading

Overtrading means trading more often than your setups actually occur. Short expiries make it effortless: a trade takes one click and resolves in seconds, so the next one is always within reach.

The arithmetic shows why it is so costly. Every fixed-payout trade carries a built-in disadvantage, because a win pays less than a loss costs. If a trade has no real edge, each extra trade adds a small expected loss. Taking 100 low-quality trades instead of 15 planned ones doesn't spread your risk; it repeats a negative bet 100 times.

Typical causes:

• boredom in quiet markets;
• chasing a daily target;
• FOMO and chasing moves;
• trying to recover losses.

Useful limits are concrete: a maximum number of trades per session, trading only in defined hours, and a rule that every trade must match a written setup. Sky Trade allows up to 20 open trades at once — a technical limit, not a recommendation.

Sorting your journal by the number of trades per day often reveals a clear pattern: results get worse on busy days. See overtrading and discipline.