> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tradealign.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Mindset Tab

> Understand how emotions, readiness, and Game Plan compliance affect your trading outcomes.

The Mindset tab answers: **"How are my emotions affecting my trading?"**

This tab aggregates the emotional state tags you log on each trade and the wellbeing data from your [Game Plans](/game-plan/overview). It reveals patterns that no P\&L chart can show — which feelings cost you money, which emotions trigger mistakes, and whether your pre-session preparation actually improves results.

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## Emotional State Distribution

A donut chart showing the percentage of your trades in each emotional category:

| Category      | Color | Meaning                                                                                |
| ------------- | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Composed**  | Green | Confident, Focused, Patient, Calm — supports disciplined execution                     |
| **Reactive**  | Red   | Anxious, Frustrated, Fearful, Impulsive, Angry, Revenge-driven — likely to break rules |
| **Unsettled** | Amber | Excited, Bored, Uncertain, Distracted, Indifferent — could go either way               |

The legend alongside the chart shows exact counts and percentages per category.

<Tip>
  A high percentage of Composed trades correlates strongly with better [Align Scores](/journal/tradealign-score). If your Reactive percentage is climbing, consider taking fewer trades until the pattern reverses.
</Tip>

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## P\&L by Emotional State

A horizontal bar chart showing the **average P\&L per emotion** — the key chart that changes behavior.

* Each emotion that appears in your trades gets its own bar
* Bars are colored by category (green/red/amber)
* Sorted by average P\&L, highest to lowest
* Hover for trade count

**What to look for:** Statements like *"When I trade Confident, my avg P\&L is +$280. When I trade Anxious, it's -$145."* This is the data that makes emotional awareness actionable.

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## Emotion to Mistake Patterns

A ranked list showing which emotions correlate with which mistakes.

* Shows up to 10 of the strongest correlations
* Each row: emotion (colored by category) → mistake name with count
* Bar width represents relative frequency

This reveals patterns like:

* *"When Anxious → Early Entry (7 times)"*
* *"When Frustrated → Revenge Trading (4 times)"*

<Warning>
  This requires both **emotion tags** and **mistake tags** on your trades. If you only tag one or the other, this section will be empty.
</Warning>

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## Emotional Arc Over Time

A stacked area chart showing the weekly distribution of emotional categories.

* **X-axis:** Weeks. **Y-axis:** Count of emotion occurrences
* Three stacked areas: Composed (green), Unsettled (amber), Reactive (red)

**What to look for:** Is your green (Composed) area growing over time? Is red (Reactive) shrinking? This shows whether your emotional regulation is trending in the right direction.

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## Readiness vs Outcome

Three comparison cards showing how your [Game Plan](/game-plan/overview) readiness score predicts trading outcomes.

For each readiness level (**Green**, **Yellow**, **Red**):

* Average P\&L
* Average Align Score
* Trade count

This answers: *"Does completing the Game Plan and being in a good state actually lead to better execution?"*

<Note>
  This requires completed Game Plans with readiness scores. The more consistently you complete your pre-session check-in, the more meaningful this comparison becomes.
</Note>

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## Game Plan Compliance

A side-by-side comparison table showing outcomes on days **with** a completed Game Plan versus days **without**.

| Metric           | With Game Plan            | Without                   |
| ---------------- | ------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| Sessions         | Count of trading days     | Count of trading days     |
| Avg P\&L         | Average per-trade P\&L    | Average per-trade P\&L    |
| Avg Align Score  | Average execution quality | Average execution quality |
| Trades / Session | Average trades per day    | Average trades per day    |

This shows the tangible benefit of your pre-session ritual. If "With Game Plan" consistently outperforms "Without," you have data-backed motivation to complete it every day.

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<Info>
  Mindset analytics are powered by two data sources: **emotion tags** on your trades ([learn more](/journal/emotions-and-mistakes)) and **Game Plan** data ([learn more](/game-plan/overview)). The more consistently you use both, the richer these insights become.
</Info>