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1-2-1 Trader Mindset Coaching
Courses DHP MAPHP(Acc.) Mentor & Advisor. He has been helping people achieve their goals ever since.

Keith Tunstall is a BWRT Professional Therapist & Mindset Coach, Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist, Anxiety Therapist MIBWRT(Acc.) Keith has been in the world of therapy since 2000, he trained at the Essex Institute of Clinical Hypnosis and received a Diploma with Honours in Clinical Hypnotherapy in 2001. He is also an Accredited Member of The Institute of BrainWorking Recursive Therapy MIBWRT(Acc.) and holds Full Membership of The Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy MAPHP(Acc.). Keith was featured in the 'Anxiety' article in Luton Today and the media article 'From Black Belt to BrainWorking - Keith Tunstall on the Transformative Power of BWRT®' and in the interview with top financial trader Charlie Burton on mindset. Keith specialises in dealing with limiting behaviours such as anxiety, low self esteem, intrusive thoughts, lack of confidence, procrastination, avoidance, phobias, panic attacks, health anxiety.... These issues can stop life enjoyment and prevent both personal and business goal achievement and success. REMEMBER: NOTHING WILL CHANGE UNLESS YOU DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT CHANGE! So, take the first step and the rest will follow…

17/03/2026

Why Limiting Patterns Keep Repeating...

Traders often say:-
“I know what I should do… I just don’t do it.”

That’s the clearest sign the problem isn’t strategy.
It’s patterning.

The brain constantly asks one question:
Is this safe?

If past experiences linked trading with:-
Stress
Loss
Shame
Pressure
Uncertainty

Then certain situations trigger a protective response automatically.

Examples:-
Account near highs → pressure → mistake
After loss → urgency → revenge trade
Winning streak → tension → rule break
Breakout move → fear of missing → chase entry

These reactions feel different each time.
But the source is the same.

The brain is trying to keep you in familiar territory.
Even if familiar territory means inconsistent results.

Until that automatic response changes,
the behaviour repeats.
Not because you lack discipline.
Because the brain is protecting you from perceived threat.

Rewire Your Mindset — Rewire Your Consistency!

Book your Free 30 minute clarity call to find out more

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16/03/2026

Limiting Beliefs Don’t Look Like Beliefs in Trading...

Many traders think limiting beliefs sound like:-
“I’m not good enough”
“I don’t deserve success”
“I can’t make money”

In trading, they rarely look like that.

They look like behaviour:-
Hesitating on valid setups
Closing trades too early
Not increasing size when the plan says to
Breaking rules after a loss
Losing consistency after progress

Most traders assume this is discipline.

Often, it’s conditioning.
Your brain learns patterns from past experiences:-
Losses
Pressure
Criticism
Failure
Uncertainty

And it stores them as automatic responses, not thoughts.

So when a similar situation appears, the brain reacts before you have time to think.

You don’t decide to hesitate.
Your brain decides it isn’t safe not to.

That’s why knowledge alone rarely fixes inconsistency.
Because the response isn’t logical — it’s learned.

Rewire Your Mindset — Rewire Your Consistency!

Book your Free 30 minute clarity call to find out more

https://www.bwrtuk.co.uk/free-clarity-call/

26/02/2026

How BWRT® for Traders Breaks the Pattern...

Most advice around fear of success focuses on confidence.
But confidence doesn’t fix threat perception.

Fear of success happens before conscious thought.

At the moment performance rises, the brain quickly assesses:-
“Is this safe to maintain?”

If the answer is no, protective behaviour follows automatically.

This is where BWRT® for Traders works differently.

BWRT® targets the brain’s automatic threat response at the recognition stage — before self-sabotage begins.

When that response is changed to a safe reaction:-
Growth feels stable
Higher performance doesn’t trigger pressure
Account highs don’t create internal tension
Success becomes normal

You don’t force consistency.
You remove the internal resistance to it.

Fear of success isn’t a mindset flaw.
It’s a protective response that hasn’t been recalibrated.

When the brain stops perceiving growth as threat, performance compounds naturally.

Rewire Your Mindset — Rewire Your Consistency!

Book your Free 30 minute clarity call to find out more

https://www.bwrtuk.co.uk/free-clarity-call/

25/02/2026

Fear of Success

Why the Brain Pulls You Back Down

After a profitable streak, the internal dialogue shifts:-
“Can I maintain this?”
“What if I give it back?”
“Now I have something to lose.”

With higher gains comes higher perceived risk.

The brain’s job is safety — not performance.

If success feels unstable or undeserved, it creates subtle behaviours to reduce exposure:-
Overtrading
Undersizing
Taking impulsive setups
Abandoning structure

From the outside, it looks irrational.
From the brain’s perspective, it restores equilibrium.
This is why some traders feel most uncomfortable at their peak.
Success increases pressure.
Pressure increases threat perception.
Threat changes behaviour.
And the cycle repeats.

Rewire Your Mindset — Rewire Your Consistency!

Book your Free 30 minute clarity call to find out more

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24/02/2026

What Fear of Success Really Is:-

Fear of success is rarely recognised — but it shows up in trading all the time.

It doesn’t look like fear.
It looks like:
Inconsistent sizing after a strong run
Giving profits back
Breaking rules when equity rises
Self-sabotage near new account highs

Most traders assume the issue is greed.
Often, it’s the opposite.

When performance improves, the brain detects something unfamiliar:
Higher visibility.
Higher expectation.
Higher internal pressure.
Success changes identity.

And the brain prefers predictable identity over uncertain growth.
So it quietly restores familiarity.
Not because you don’t want success.
But because your nervous system isn’t calibrated for it yet.

Rewire Your Mindset — Rewire Your Consistency!

Book your Free 30 minute clarity call to find out more

https://www.bwrtuk.co.uk/free-clarity-call/

19/02/2026

Why FOMO Keeps Repeating and How BWRT® Helps!

Most trading psychology tells traders to:
Be patient
Trust the system
Accept missed trades

That advice is correct — but incomplete.

FOMO happens before conscious reasoning.

At the moment price accelerates, the brain quickly classifies:
“Staying out = loss.”

That classification happens in milliseconds.
Which means discipline arrives too late.

This is where BWRT® for Traders works differently.

BWRT® targets the brain’s automatic threat response at the recognition stage — before urgency or emotional pressure builds.

When that response is updated:
Missed trades don’t feel like personal failure
Breakouts don’t create compulsion
Patience feels neutral, not forced

FOMO isn’t eliminated by trying harder.
It disappears when the brain stops misclassifying uncertainty as danger.

That’s when ex*****on becomes calm.
And calm ex*****on compounds.

Rewire Your Mindset — Rewire Your Consistency!

Book your Free 30 minute clarity call to find out more

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18/02/2026

The Hidden Consequences of FOMO

FOMO doesn’t just cause bad entries.

It creates a cascade:
Late entry
Poor risk-to-reward
Quick pullback
Emotional reaction
Either premature exit… or doubling down

And then comes the real damage:
Frustration
Self-criticism
Revenge trades
Hesitation on the next valid setup

FOMO often destroys two trades — not one.
Because the emotional residue lingers.

What makes FOMO powerful is that it feels logical in the moment.
“It’s breaking out.”
“It’s running.”
“This is the move.”

But that urgency isn’t opportunity.
It’s discomfort avoidance.

The brain wants relief from the feeling of being left behind.
And relief is prioritised over process.

Rewire Your Mindset — Rewire Your Consistency!

Book your Free 30 minute clarity call to find out more

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17/02/2026

What FOMO Really Is:-

FOMO in trading isn’t excitement.
It’s threat perception.

When price moves without you, the brain doesn’t think:-
“Opportunity.”

It thinks:-
“I’m missing out.”
“I’m falling behind.”
“I’m wrong.”

That triggers something more than just greed.

It triggers:-

Social comparison
Competence threat
Fear of regret

The brain experiences this as a loss — even though no money has been lost.

And once the brain registers “loss”, behaviour shifts automatically.

That’s when traders:-
Enter late
Ignore position sizing
Abandon confirmation rules
Justify chasing momentum

By the time you realise it’s FOMO, the decision has already been made.

This isn’t lack of discipline.
It’s the brain trying to eliminate the discomfort of “missing out”.

Rewire Your Mindset — Rewire Your Consistency!

Book your Free 30 minute clarity call to find out more

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10/02/2026

Why Fear Leads to Rule-Breaking...

Fear doesn’t make traders reckless - It makes them protective.

When the brain detects threat, its goal isn’t profit - It’s safety.

That’s why fear-driven behaviour can lead to:-

Closing trades early
Skipping valid setups
Reducing size inconsistently
Over-managing positions

From the brain’s perspective, these actions make sense because they reduce exposure.

This is why telling traders to “trust the system” doesn’t work.

Rules live in the thinking brain.
Fear lives in the survival brain.

The survival response will always fire up first and so rules are overridden automatically.

BWRT for Traders changes this at source.

By changing the brain’s threat-detection response before emotion activates, rule-following becomes natural.

No forcing.
No self-talk.
No constant discipline.
Just clean ex*****on.

BWRT doesn’t remove risk - It helps traders to change the danger signal reaction that distorts behaviour.

That’s where professional-level consistency actually comes from.

Rewire Your Mindset — Rewire Your Consistency!

Book your Free 30 minute clarity call to find out more

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06/02/2026

Why Fear Increases After a Win

Fear often increases after a win and most traders don’t expect that.

After a profitable trade, many notice:-
Hesitation on the next setup
Over-protective exits
Reduced position size
A sudden urge to “protect” gains

This isn’t lack of confidence - it’s the brain shifting into protection mode.

A win creates a temporary sense of safety.

The brain’s priority becomes:-
“How do I avoid losing this?”

At that point, normal market uncertainty is reclassified as threat. This happens before conscious reasoning — which is why mindset advice fails under pressure.

This is exactly where BWRT® for Traders operates.

BWRT® helps you to change the brain’s automatic threat response at the recognition stage — not after fear shows up.

When that response changes:-
Wins don’t create pressure
Losses don’t create urgency
Ex*****on remains neutral
Consistency stops depending on confidence because the brain no longer feels the need to protect.

Rewire Your Mindset — Rewire Your Consistency!

Book your Free 30 minute clarity call to find out more

https://www.bwrtuk.co.uk/free-clarity-call/

04/02/2026

The Fear of Losing.

The fear of losing isn’t about money.
It’s about how the brain interprets risk.

A losing trade doesn’t just reduce capital.
It can mean:-

Loss of control.
Threat to competence.
Uncertainty about what comes next.

The brain reads this as danger.
And when that happens, behaviour changes before conscious thought.

That’s why the fear of losing can lead to:-

Hesitation at entry.
Cutting winners early.
Avoiding valid setups.
Second-guessing rules you normally trust.

This isn’t emotional weakness.
It’s the brain trying to reduce perceived threat.

Most trading psychology tries to manage fear after it appears.
BWRT® for Traders works earlier than that.

BWRT® targets the moment the brain detects an unwarranted market uncertainty as danger — before fear activates.

When that response is changed:-

Losses feel informational, not personal.
Risk is assessed proportionately.
Ex*****on stays rule-based.
Fear doesn’t need controlling — because it never fires up.

That’s where consistency begins.

Rewire Your Mindset — Rewire Your Consistency!

Book your Free 30 minute clarity call to find out more

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02/02/2026

Revenge trading isn’t about anger.

It’s about the brain trying to restore safety.

After a loss, the brain registers threat:-

Threat to capital
Threat to confidence
Threat to identity as a “competent trader”

At that moment, the emotions take over.
Not to make money — but to remove discomfort.

That’s why revenge trades feel:-
Urgent
Compulsive
“Necessary”
It's why logic and reason disappear.

The emotional effects are predictable:-
Tunnel vision
Distorted risk perception
Over-sized positions
Ignoring rules you normally respect

By the time you realise what’s happening, the brain has already decided.

This is why telling traders to “be disciplined” doesn’t work.

Revenge trading isn’t a discipline problem.
It’s a timing problem.

When the brain mislabels market uncertainty as danger, behaviour follows automatically.

BWRT® stops the irrational response before it can fire — so that the urge never appears.

That’s where real consistency begins.

Rewire Your Mindset — Rewire Your Consistency!

Book your Free 30 minute clarity call to find out more

https://www.bwrtuk.co.uk/free-clarity-call/

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