As Forex traders, we need to be aware of these basic concepts of how our brains work because once we get into the cycle of emotional or “fight or flight” trading, there is really no escape until you lose all or most of your money and “snap” out of the emotional trading cycle. The primary way to avoid trading with the “old” more primitive fight or flight brain structures, and make sure that you trade with the “new” objective thinking frontal lobe part of the brain, is to make 100% certain you plan out your trade before you enter it.