Fear of missing out isn't really about the money. It cuts deeper—it's fundamentally about social threat.

Here's the thing: your brain treats a missed opportunity the same way it processes social rejection. You don't experience it as being "late." Instead, you feel excluded. Cast out.

And that's precisely when logic vanishes. Watch what happens next: terrible entry points, zero risk management, position sizing driven purely by emotion. The rational part of your brain? Offline.

The antidote isn't complicated. Set a rule upfront: "If I wasn't early enough, I simply don't enter." Simple rule, enormous discipline. Lock it in before the FOMO kicks in.