You won't remove emotions, and you don't need to
Fear when a trade goes against you and excitement when it runs are normal human reactions. "Emotionless trading" really means emotions don't change the plan. The fear is still there when gold drops $8 against you. You just don't act on it.
How fear and greed show up in trades
| Emotion | What it makes you do |
|---|---|
| Fear of losing | Close winners early, skip valid setups after a loss |
| Fear of missing out | Chase a move that already ran, enter without a stop |
| Greed | Remove the target, add to a winner beyond your risk plan |
| Hope | Move the stop further away, hold a loser "until it comes back" |
| Anger | Double the size to win back a loss |
Decide everything before you click
Before any order goes in, write five things: entry, stop, target, lot size and the money at risk. If you can't fill all five, you don't have a trade yet. With these fixed, the only job left once the trade is open is to let the orders do their work.
Let the platform hold the plan
Place the stop loss and take profit with the order, not after. In MT5 you can set both in the order window before you send it. Once they are on the server, a sudden spike can't tempt you into a new decision, because the decision is already made.
Trade a size that doesn't make you nervous
If watching a trade makes your heart race, the size is too big for you, whatever your risk rule says. Drop to half size for two weeks. Many traders find their execution improves immediately, because the same price moves no longer feel like threats.
Stop watching every tick
Watching a 1-minute chart while holding a trade planned on the 1-hour chart invites emotional decisions. Once your orders are set, close the lower timeframe or step away. Check again at your planned review time or when an alert fires.
Name the feeling, then follow the rule
When you feel the urge to change a trade, say what it is: "this is fear" or "this is greed". It sounds simple, but naming the emotion creates a pause between the feeling and the click, and in that pause you can check the written plan.
What to do with the emotions afterwards
Write one line in your journal about how you felt during each trade. After a month you will see patterns, such as feeling anxious on gold trades above a certain size, or getting careless after two wins. Those patterns tell you which rules to add.