Choppy markets don't necessarily liquidate traders overnight—they test something far more fragile: composure.

When price oscillates without direction, forecasting crumbles. The mind interprets this uncertainty as a threat, frustration builds, and suddenly traders are compulsively executing trades just to regain some sense of control. It's muscle memory disguised as strategy.

Ranges aren't just technical formations. They're psychological battlegrounds. Without a clear trend to follow, the nervous system searches for any signal—any reason to act. That's when discipline matters most.