Short YouTube monologue by Kosta Ouzas arguing that emotional carryover from previous trades harms decision quality. The speaker explains an algorithmic approach that fully resets after every trade—no leftover positions or untriggered orders—so each trade is evaluated independently, improving stability and execution. The piece emphasizes human psychological bias toward seeing patterns and the value of a blank-slate system.
Did you know that the most dangerous thing that you can carry into a new trade is actually the last one? If you've just had a win, you'll want to press your luck. If you just had a loss, you want to make it back fast. Both are emotional distortions that lead to bad execution. Our algorithm avoids this trap by fully resetting after every trade. This means no leftover positions, no untriggered orders, no emotional residue. A clean reset forces each trade to be judged entirely on its own merits, without the shadow of the past. For human traders, this is hard. The mind loves patterns, even false ones, and will try to connect trades that have nothing to do with each other. But when the system resets, there is nothing to connect. It's a blank slate every time. This not only improves decision quality, but also keeps performance more stable over time. Without resets, you're not trading a strategy. You're just improvising with whatever emotional baggage that you're carrying with you.
