Fear and greed can make you abandon a perfectly good trading plan. The scary part is that you might not even realize when it’s happening. Let’s talk about it. Fear shows up when you close a trade too early because you’re afraid your profit will disappear. You planned to hold the trade to 3R, but once you reach 1R, you start worrying about losing your profit. You close the trade, only to watch price reach your original target. Greed shows up when you have already reached your profit target but refuse to close the trade because you want more. You planned to take 2R, but now you want 5R. You abandon your plan, price reverses and you give back the profit you could have secured. Sometimes, fear makes you avoid a valid setup after a previous loss. Greed makes you take another trade immediately after a win because you want to make more money. Different emotions. Different behaviours. But they can lead to the same problem: you stop following your trading rules. Here’s what you need to understand. The goal isn’t to become a trader who never feels fear or greed. You’re human and these emotions will show up. The goal is to build a trading process that prevents your emotions from making decisions for you. Define your entry before entering. Know your risk before placing the trade. Have a clear exit plan. And learn to accept that you cannot capture every move the market makes. You don’t need to eliminate your emotions to become a disciplined trader. You need to stop allowing them to control your execution.