CUT THE TRADE

🎙️ Episode Title: CUT THE TRADE
Description:
In trading, you set a stop loss to protect your capital.
In life? Most people ignore it — and bleed emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

In this raw and unfiltered episode of UNCHARTED, Lisa N Edwards breaks down what it really means to “cut the trade.” From the discipline of walking away from bad positions to the deeper cost of self-abandonment in trading, relationships, and mindset — this is your call to stop justifying the losses and start protecting your most valuable asset: you.

If you're tired of holding on to what’s already failed to honour your rules, your values, or your worth — this episode is your exit signal.

🎯 Trading.
 🧠 Psychology.
 🔥 Real talk.
 Let’s cut the trade and move forward.
 UNCHARTED.

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Transcript

 UNCHARTED  "CUT THE TRADE" EPISODE 6

Welcome back to Uncharted. We are at episode six. I'm so excited you're still here with me. Now let's get started. This one is called Cut the Trade. So what if I told you that the same rules you use to protect your portfolio. Should be protecting your peace. So this episode isn't just about trading.

It's about knowing when to walk away from anything and anyone that hits your metaphorical stop-loss. Your values are your strategy, your boundaries are your risk management. And when something no longer aligns, it's time to cut the trade literally. So I always love referencing Kenny Rogers the gambler.

It often suits life and trading situations, and it helps people understand. So it's a song. You know, when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run. So that's what we're talking about today. We're talking about cutting the trade.

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 Is it just me? I really love that music. I'm looking for a woman in finance. That's me anyway. Welcome to Uncharted, the podcast that rips a map right out of your hands and rewrites the rules on money trading, psychology and power. I'm Lisa N Edwards, a crypto trader, investor and entrepreneur, and ex Aussie talent agent turned film and film producer and writer.

So I've got 25 years in traditional markets and. 10 plus years in crypto. Five multimillion dollar businesses built from the ground up, and I've survived bull runs, bear markets scams and system crashes, both in finance and in life. So this show goes beyond the charts. We unpack the psychology behind wealth.

Expose the games, the system plays, and give you the tools to trade, invest, and live on your terms. So if you ready to ditch the lies, drop the limits, and go off script, you're exactly where you need to be. This is uncharted. Let's get started.

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 There's a moment in trading where your stop-loss hits and that's it. The trade is closed automatically. No emotions. You protected yourself. You followed the rules, and yet in life we ignore the stop-loss. We justify the losses. We let it bleed. We wait for the bounce, that bounce back. That never happens.

And today's episode is about one thing. Cutting the trade, and I don't just mean on the chart, I mean in life, how many times have you held onto someone or something? A relationship, a habit, a job, a friendship way past your metaphorical stop loss. You knew it didn't align with your values it doesn't meet your expectations, is violating your boundaries, but you stayed.

Why? Because deep down you were hoping it would turn around you were trading on hope, and let's be clear, I believe hope is a powerful asset. It can carry you through storms. It can keep you going when others give up. It can be the only light that you have left in a very, very dark place. But what happens when hope isn't enough?

When it becomes the thing that's keeping you stuck? When it binds you to the losses you are taking emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, that's when hope unchecked turns from an asset into a liability. And you need to ask yourself, am I holding onto hope because I believe in this, or am I afraid to let go?

You see every single one of us. Has a set of personal trading rules, whether they're conscious or whether they're not your values. Have a think of what your values are. Do you prioritize people that show up in your life? Do you like trust and honesty? They're your values. So that's your strategy for life.

So your boundaries, that's your risk management, your self worth. That's your portfolio. So when we analyze trading to Life, it slips in seamlessly. But if you are not cutting the trade, if you're ignoring the signs, letting your emotional equity get drained, you're not taking a loss. You are blowing up your entire account.

So now let's talk fundamentals. Because the most consistent traders in the world, they never enter a trade without a stop-loss. It's not a suggestion, it's a rule. It's a foundation of capital protection, and in life it's no different. You must define your non-negotiables. You must commit to your rules, and above all, you must stop self abandoning just to keep someone or something that's costing you in your life

what is it costing you? Is it costing you peace? Is it causing you stress? Why is it there? So every time you ignore your gut to please someone else, every time you override your limits to avoid conflict, every time you betray your values to belong, you're breaking your own trading plan. You're throwing away your stop-loss.

And now that's how we lose ourselves. That's how we get lost in life. You weren't meant to bleed for validation and you were meant to lead with alignment. And that brings us to something even deeper. Something traders and high performers rarely talk about the cost of self abandonment. Because here's the truth.

Every time you ignore your trading plan, every time you widen your stop-loss, just this once, that's what you tell yourself. Just this once things will change. Every time you convince yourself this trade will come back, you are abandoning the most important trader in the room. You, and that becomes a habit.

It doesn't stay on the charts. It leaks into your life It looks like. Breaking your sleep schedule. Chasing one more move, fomo. Overriding logic, chasing setups that don't align with your system. And trading to fill emotional gaps, not financial goals. So in trading it's called emotional execution. And in life it's called self betrayal, and the cost is always higher than you think.

You stop trusting the system, you stop trusting yourself. And suddenly you're not trading the market. You're trading your self worth. It doesn't stop with the charts. Self abandonment shows up when you say yes just to be liked when you downplay the truth to avoid conflict, and when you stay silent so someone else feels comfortable, you trade pieces of yourself for peace that isn't even real.

It looks like burnout. It looks like resentment, and it looks like you're not recognizing the person you've become. So you think you're keeping the peace, you think you're doing the right thing, and you are bleeding internally while smiling at the world, smiling externally. So it's literally eating you alive.

No relationship, no business, no opportunity is worth the slow death of your spirit. So if you've been event abandoning your values, your voice, or your truth, whether in trading or in life, today's your pivot point. If you've come across this podcast today, cut the trade, reclaim the strategy, build the trust, especially with yourself.

How can you trust others if you can't trust yourself? So here's the thing, cutting the trade doesn't make you weak. It makes you disciplined. It makes you wise. It says, I know what I'm worth, and this, this just isn't it. So whether it's a romantic partner who gaslights you, a job that devalues your soul, a friendship that drains you more than it fills you.

Or a belief system that once served you, but no longer fits who you're becoming. So you need to ask yourself, would I enter this trade today? And if the answer is no, cut the trade. It's simple. Cut the trade. This isn't about being cold, it's about being clear. You don't have to hate something to walk away.

You have to love yourself enough to stop bleeding for it. So here's your uncharted challenge this week. Identify one thing in your life that's been holding you back it's past, its stop-loss. Ask yourself, what value is this violating? Then make the decision with clarity, not chaos, to cut the trade.

And I'll tell you something else. The moment you do, you create space for aligned trades, for new expansive positions in your life portfolio. The kind that don't make you question your worth in your sanity, the kind that grow with you. So remember, you don't need to explain the exit to those who never re respected your entry, and you don't need to keep justifying the loss.

You just need to protect the most valuable asset in your life. That's you. You come into this life alone and you leave it alone. You are the most valuable person in your life. You need to love yourself the most, so. Cut the trade and keep moving forward.

So I'm going to  challenge you this week. Make sure you identify that one area in your life or trading where you've been holding past the stop-loss, those positions that should have closed. The relationship you are emotionally averaged into a habit that's no longer serving your goals. Ask yourself what rule, value, boundary?

Am I abandoning here? Am I ignoring my setup, violating my trading plan, or compromising my personal code? Then decide not emotionally, but with intentional strategy, whether it is time to cut the trade. When you cut the trade, you don't just walk away from loss, you walk away with clarity towards strength, towards an aligned high conviction position in trading and in life.

So remember, don't explain the exit to those who never respected the entry. You don't need to keep justifying the red candles. You just need to protect the most valuable asset in your portfolio. And I'll say it again, that's you. You are the most valuable asset in your life. Without you, there's nothing.

So cut the trade, tighten the strategy, keep moving forward. This was uncharted. It was a really quick one today. Thanks for listening. All my links are below if you'd like to come and find me.

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