Trading Psychology Journal with AI to Stop Emotional Trading
Most traders don’t blow up because of their strategy — they blow up because of emotions. Plancana helps you see fear, greed, FOMO, and revenge trading as data, not drama — and build rules that protect you from yourself.
Built For
Revenge traders & overtraders
Focus
Psychology rules over perfect setups
Edge
AI that flags emotional patterns
Live Session Snapshot
Emotions TrackingToday's Trades
6 positions · -1.2R
Fear ↑ after 2nd loss
Rule: stop after 2 losses
AI Observation
You increased size on the last 2 trades after a loss. This matches your past revenge trading pattern. Consider pausing or switching to review mode.
What is Trading Psychology?
Trading psychology is the mental and emotional side of trading that decides whether you actually follow your plan when real money is on the line. It is the gap between the strategy you write down and the trades you execute when the market starts moving.
Fear makes you hesitate. Greed makes you oversize. Revenge trading makes you chase losses. These are not random mistakes or character flaws — they are repeatable emotional patterns that can be tracked, understood, and corrected with the right structure.
3 Emotions Destroying Your Account
You can have a solid edge on paper and still blow up if you let emotions run your sessions. Plancana treats those emotions like any other data stream — something to measure, visualise, and build rules around.
Fear
Fear makes you skip valid setups, cut winners too early, and avoid trades that match your plan. Over time it erodes your edge — not because your strategy is broken, but because you cannot execute it consistently.
How Plancana Addresses This
The AI looks for hesitation patterns in your history — skipped setups, early exits, sudden size reductions — and highlights where fear is quietly costing you profit.
Greed & FOMO
After a winning streak, greed pushes you to increase size, overtrade, and chase every move. FOMO makes you enter trades that do not match your rules, just because you are afraid of missing out.
How Plancana Addresses This
Plancana monitors position size spikes, low‑quality entries after wins, and trade frequency. When your behaviour drifts from your normal plan, the app flags it as emotion‑driven so you can cool down before damage compounds.
Revenge Trading
After a loss, the urge to “make it back” tempts you into impulsive trades with bigger size, poor entries, and broken rules. This single pattern has blown more accounts than any bad indicator.
How Plancana Addresses This
The journal detects loss‑chasing sequences, increased size after drawdowns, and rapid re‑entries. It surfaces these patterns in your analytics and nudges you toward a reset routine instead of another tilt session.
Turn Emotional Noise into Clear Rules
Plancana is built as a trading psychology journal first, analytics tool second. It gives you a structured way to capture how you feel, what you did, and why — then turns that into rules, guardrails, and AI insights you can actually follow.
Instead of just logging numbers in a spreadsheet, you see how specific emotions, times of day, markets, and patterns affect your decisions — and what to change next.
Get the Trading Psychology AppTools Built for Trading Psychology, Not Just P&L
Plancana combines mood tracking, psychology rules, and AI insights into one simple workflow, so you can stop emotional trading at the source — not after the damage is done.
Mood & Emotion Tracking for Every Trade
Log your emotional state before, during, and after each trade so you can see exactly when discipline slips.
- Tag trades with emotions like fear, greed, FOMO, or tilt.
- Spot patterns — such as specific times, assets, or setups that trigger you.
- Review sessions where your mindset helped or hurt performance.
Psychology Rules & Guardrails
Turn lessons into rules you actually follow — so revenge trading, overtrading, and rule-breaking become harder to slip into.
- Set non‑negotiable rules like “stop after two losses” or “no trading after midnight.”
- Define personal red flags and auto‑review them before each session.
- Align psychology rules with your risk and strategy rules in one place.
AI Insights into Emotional Patterns
Let an unbiased AI mentor point out where emotions quietly cost you money — and what to adjust.
- See how often you break rules after a loss or win streak.
- Get summaries of your strongest and weakest psychological habits.
- Receive simple, practical suggestions to trade with more discipline.
Journaling & Post-Trade Reflection
Document your thought process so you can learn from each session instead of repeating the same emotional mistakes.
- Write quick notes about what you felt and why you acted.
- Attach screenshots to see the market context behind emotional trades.
- Review previous revenge or FOMO trades to prevent future blow‑ups.
Trusted by Traders Working on Their Mindset, Not Just Their Strategy
Plancana is built for traders who know psychology is the real edge. Here’s what they say about discipline, emotions, and using the app daily.
“Before Plancana I’d give back a whole week of gains in one emotional session. Now my rules are front and center and I stop when I’m tilted.”
— Swing trader, UK
“The mood tracking sounds simple, but seeing ‘angry’ tagged on my worst trades was the slap in the face I needed to finally change my routine.”
— Forex day trader, EU
“I used to focus only on setups. This is the first app that made me treat psychology like part of the system, not an afterthought.”
— Crypto trader, US
Join thousands of traders improving their discipline with Plancana’s AI‑powered trading psychology journal.
Trading Psychology & Plancana FAQ
Get clear on how Plancana fits into your trading psychology work and what to expect when you start journaling with AI.
Do I need a full trading strategy before working on psychology?
No. In fact, working on your psychology early makes it easier to build and test a strategy properly. Plancana helps you stay disciplined with whatever approach you’re using now, and gives you a clear record of what’s working so you can refine your plan over time.
Can Plancana help if I overtrade or revenge trade?
Yes. That’s exactly what it’s built for. By tracking your emotions, enforcing pre‑defined rules, and showing you how often you break those rules after losses or wins, Plancana makes overtrading and revenge trading visible — and therefore fixable.
How long does it take to see results in my trading mindset?
Most traders notice changes in awareness within a couple of weeks of consistent journaling. Real mindset shifts — fewer emotional blow‑ups, more disciplined execution — usually show up over a period of months as you build a habit and stick to your rules.
Is Plancana only for Forex, or can I use it for stocks and crypto?
You can use Plancana across Forex, crypto, stocks, indices, and more. Emotional patterns like revenge trading, FOMO, and fear look the same across markets — and the app helps you manage them everywhere you trade.
Ready to Trade with a Stronger Mindset?
Stop letting fear, greed, and revenge trades control your results. Start using Plancana as your trading psychology journal and build the discipline that profitable traders rely on.