Washed Out Neuroscientist on Why Prop Firms Are a Dopamine Death Trap

Ever wonder why tilt can get so bad when trading? Sometimes when the limbic system takes over it can feel as though you are no longer in the driver seat.

For those who dont know — I was (and still am at heart) a neuroscientist turned trader—although my studies primarily focused on inflammatory signaling in the brain (i.e. interleukins) I am still very familiar with these other pathways.