The Mistake That Quietly Destroys Most Traders

You enter as a momentum trader. The stock falls. Suddenly, you’re a long-term investor talking about valuation.That’s strategy drift—and it can quietly unravel your trading process.In this episode of Markets Unscripted, Matt Caruso and Jason Shapiro discuss why traders abandon their rules, chase whichever strategy is working, and turn manageable losses into something much bigger. Matt shares a mistake he’s made himself, while Jason explains why knowing your edge also means knowing when that edge is gone.They also break down the pressure on AI stocks, strength emerging in healthcare, and why expecting another V-shaped recovery could be a dangerous assumption.In this episode:• The difference between trading momentum and being attached to AI stocks• Why chasing the hottest strategy keeps putting you in the wrong place• What crowded positioning can—and can’t—tell you• Lessons from the sideways markets of the 1960s and 1970s• Buy and hold, dollar-cost averaging, and building different return streams• The corn reversal Jason flagged but personally missed—and how his process would have managed the exit• Why a great business story doesn’t automatically mean a great stock returnTwo different approaches. The same emphasis on process, self-awareness, and respecting the market.Subscribe for weekly conversations with Matt and Jason, and tell us in the comments: Have you ever changed your reason for holding a trade after it went against you?Connect with Matt Caruso:https://www.carusoinsights.comConnect with Jason Shapiro:https://www.crowdedmarketreport.comFor educational and informational purposes only. Nothing discussed constitutes investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument. Trading involves risk.#MarketsUnscripted #TradingPsychology #StockMarket