Revenge Trading Detector monitors your live trading activity and automatically identifies the moments when emotion, not strategy, is driving your decisions. Most traders know what revenge trading feels like. This indicator shows you exactly what it's costing you.
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WHAT IT ANALYSES
The indicator watches your trade history in real time and checks three conditions every time a new position is opened:
- Did the previous trade close at a loss?
- Was the new position opened within 10 minutes of that close?
- Is the new position size larger than the previous one?
When all three conditions are met simultaneously, a revenge trade is flagged. The indicator also scans your full 30-day history to identify every past instance of this pattern.
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SIGNALS AND VISUAL ELEMENTS
Alerts are graded into three severity levels based on the size of the loss, how quickly the new trade was opened, and how much the position size increased:
CAUTION (yellow) - One or more warning signs present. Slow down and review your plan.
WARNING (orange) - Clear revenge trade pattern detected. Step away before continuing.
CRITICAL (red) - High-severity pattern. Close cTrader and return in 30 minutes.
All alerts display directly on the chart. A persistent statistics panel shows:
- Total amount lost to revenge trades over the last 30 days
- Revenge trade win rate vs. normal trade win rate side by side
- Total number of revenge trades as a share of all closed trades
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KEY SETTINGS AND PARAMETERS
Revenge window (minutes) - How quickly a new trade must follow a loss to qualify. Default: 10.
Statistics period (days) - How far back the panel looks. Default: 30.
Min loss to trigger - Ignore small losses below this threshold. Default: 0.
Panel position - Place the stats panel anywhere on the chart (Top/Center/Bottom, Left/Center/Right).
Sound alert - Optional .wav file notification on trigger.
Critical banner - Full-screen banner for the highest severity alerts.
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TYPICAL USE CASES
- Active intraday traders on forex, gold, or indices who experience drawdown streaks
- Traders working through a funded account challenge where one bad session ends the attempt
- Anyone who suspects revenge trading is hurting their results but has no data to confirm it
- Traders using a journal or performance review process who want automated pattern detection
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BEST SUITED FOR
This indicator is designed for active retail traders at any experience level, from beginners learning discipline to experienced traders who want an objective check on their behaviour. It is particularly valuable for prop firm traders where emotional decisions carry outsized consequences.
