The mistake usually isn’t the entry.
It’s the mindset that arrives before it.
Impatience.
The need to participate.
The urge to prove something.
By the time the order is placed, the outcome is already leaning in one direction.
Professional traders pay attention to this pre-trade state. They don’t just ask, “Is this a setup?” They ask, “Why do I want to trade right now?”
If the answer is emotional, they step back.
Execution starts long before the button is pressed.
So do mistakes.
Elite traders win quietly by managing the moment before action —
not just the action itself.