Your subconscious mind processes 11 million bits of information per second.

Your conscious mind? 

40 bits.

not a typo.

While you're consciously analyzing charts and calculating risk-reward ratios, your subconscious is running programs that determine whether you'll actually execute the trade.

Most traders focus on the 40 bits.

The profitable ones reprogram the 11 million.

Neuroscientists at Stanford discovered something fascinating about human behavior patterns.

Your brain operates like a thermostat - maintaining a set point for everything from body temperature to income levels.

When external conditions push you above or below this set point, your subconscious mind activates corrective mechanisms to bring you back to "normal."

“The brain's primary function is prediction and pattern maintenance, not optimization." 

- Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, neuroscientist

This explains why lottery winners often return to their previous financial state within years.

It explains why traders can have perfect setups but still find ways to sabotage profitable trades.

Your conscious mind wants success. 

Your subconscious mind wants consistency with your existing identity.

Every trader has an internal "wealth thermostat" 

a subconscious belief about how much money they deserve to make.

When your account grows beyond this set point, your brain activates corrective behaviors:

Moving stop losses. Revenge trading. Skipping obvious setups. Taking profits too early.

These aren't character flaws. 

They're neurological responses to exceeding your programmed financial identity.

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anaïs Nin

The market doesn't care about your analysis if your subconscious mind is programmed for a $50k annual income while you're trying to make $500k trading.

Cognitive neuroscience research shows that neural pathways can be restructured through specific repetition patterns.

The process requires three elements: 

visualization, emotional engagement, and consistent repetition.

Most traders visualize profits but maintain emotional associations with struggle.

They see themselves as "trying to become profitable" rather than already being profitable.

Your subconscious mind doesn't distinguish between vividly imagined experiences and actual memories.

When you consistently visualize yourself as a successful trader - with the emotional state of someone who's already achieved that success - you're literally rewiring your neural pathways.

"The brain that changes itself is the brain that survives." - Dr. Norman Doidge

Professional traders don't hope their trades work. They expect them to

This isn't arrogance. 

It's programming.

Their subconscious identity aligns with their conscious goals.

When you see yourself as someone who naturally makes money from markets, your behavior automatically adjusts to match that identity.

You stop second-guessing obvious setups. 

You execute your plan without internal resistance. 

You handle losses as data rather than personal failures.

The shift from "trying to be profitable" to "being profitable" happens at the subconscious level first.

Once your internal thermostat resets, everything changes.

Not just your trading results - your entire relationship with money and opportunity.

You start noticing market inefficiencies you previously missed. 

You develop intuition for timing that seems almost supernatural. 

You make decisions from abundance rather than scarcity.

"Success is not a destination, it's a way of being." - Tony Robbins 

You read this far so i can tell you have it

This isn't about positive thinking or motivation.

This is about neuroplasticity and identity architecture.

The science of becoming who you need to be to achieve what you want to achieve.

And if you need catalyst to help you apply this to your trading

This can help 

Talk soon, 

Atif

P.S. Your current financial results are a perfect reflection of your subconscious programming. If you want different results, you need different programming. The market will always match your internal expectations - make sure those expectations serve your goals, not your fears.