A clinical instrument for traders.
The trade that costs you the most starts as a feeling.
Check your state before the next trade. In seconds, Steadied gives you a reading and the next step: trade, reset first, or stop.
A self-paced trading psychology course and live execution tools beside your charts. Learn the skills in Training, use them during your session in Trading, and review the patterns in your readings and decisions.
One trade, checked
“I need to win it back.”
Your stop just got hit. You’re about to go again at twice your planned size.
A fictional trader. No account needed. Nothing you tap is saved. See the window of tolerance
Ballast · AI interpretation, not AI coaching
Ballast helps make sense of your readings.
Ballast is Steadied's clinical system. It uses AI to interpret the state checks, scans, and on-plan or off-plan decisions you record, within the app's clinical framework.
A single check tells you where you are. Readings built over time can show how your state relates to staying on plan and when off-plan decisions cluster, giving you something specific to notice or practice in the next session.
It is named for the weight low in a hull that keeps a vessel steady in weather. The clinical framework, the measurements, and the boundaries give Ballast its purpose. AI helps turn that record into a read you can examine.
Ballast was created by Sean of Sound Performance Psychology, a psychotherapist with over two decades of clinical practice and years at the trading screen, who set its clinical framework and boundaries. Ballast receives structured measurements, rather than your written notes or questions. When the record cannot support an interpretation, it should say less.
Ballast reads are currently limited to a small pilot and reviewed by a mental health professional before delivery. They are not yet included for every account.
AI interprets the measurements you record. There is no chat, market prediction, trade signal, or diagnosis.
Time to see what your off-plan trades are costing you.
No more telling yourself it was only one trade. Steadied helps you see the truth, in your own numbers.
Honesty with yourself is the first edge you build.
Those trades usually start in a few familiar moments:
Steadied checks your state in those moments. Over weeks, your readings show which states those trades came from.
What the off-plan trades cost
Example: a fictional trader's month, 34 trades. Totals count only the trades with an amount entered.
- On-plan wins
- +$2,18011 of 12 trades with an amount
- Off-plan wins
- +$4103 of 4 trades with an amount
- On-plan losses
- -$1,2608 of 9 trades with an amount
- Off-plan losses
- -$2,3407 of 9 trades with an amount
From the first traders
“It's mostly the space it creates between me and the market.”
“I feel more confident because I don't feel so alone anymore when I freak out. I know now that the app helps me, so when my emotions rise, I know I can use the app and interrupt it.”
“I have a market edge. Steadied is my personal edge; it keeps me in the driver's seat.”
“I'm an emotional person, so I'm an emotional trader. Climbing out of the fog to say ‘WTF just happened?’ after realizing the damage to my account is a painful, humbling experience I'm far too familiar with. While interacting with Steadied, I use my emotions and physical cues as a strength to detect potential hijacking. I can drive the bus or be a passenger.”
“I used it for 2 weeks so far and it's like having a new trading partner with really good habits that rub off on you!”
“It has helped slow me down which was annoying at first but when it slows you down it's helping you feel things and put words to what I am feeling and it has got me taking better trades and not feeling like I am missing every opportunity. It has its quirks but you can tell it was made by someone who understands this stuff.”
Understand the moment before the trade.
Steadied is one instrument with four parts, each built for a different point in your trading day:
Before the open
The pre-market scan. A body-level read of your distress, taken cold before the first chart. The day starts with a measurement instead of a mood.
Before the trade
The state check. Where you are right now on a signed scale from Overcharged through Centered to Shut Down, with a zone and a verdict attached: trade, reset first, or stop.
Underneath all of it
The pattern map. An assessment that suggests patterns from your answers, with examples of how they may show up in trading. Your state and on-plan checks show what you actually report at the screen.
After the trade
The outcome check. Rule adherence, trade by trade: each trade is measured against your plan, on it or off it, and the broken rule is named rather than described.
Three of the four run before the trade. The outcome check connects each decision to what happened next.
How the method works, in fullYour edge, on the screen.
Steadied floats above your platform for the whole session. Your current state and your plan sit beside the chart, with a photo of the people you trade for, right where each decision gets made. Think of it as a risk manager for the person clicking the button.
Hard to bullshit yourself with that looking back at you.
Steadied opens as its own window above your platform, as a column, a strip or a tile.
Tall. Steadied sits as a column beside your platform, in its own slice of the screen, while the position is open. The photo is yours: whoever you trade for.
For the floating trading widget, we recommend desktop Chrome. When staying on top is unavailable, you can open a regular popup or use the full dashboard. Keep the Steadied tab open while you use the widget.
A reading, and what to do with it.
Create an accountKeep the map
The State Map, on one page.
Seventeen states, what each one means, and the decision the app makes at each. One email. No account.
Frequently asked questions
What is Steadied?
Steadied is a trading psychology app for independent traders. It checks your state before the open, while a position is open, and after the close, and gives you the next step for the state you are in. It is built on a clinical model from a psychotherapist who trades.
How is Steadied different from a journal?
A journal records the trade. Steadied measures the trader. A journal can also capture how you felt. Steadied prompts you to check your state before and during a decision, while there is still a choice to make.
Does Steadied import my trades?
No, by design. Steadied measures the trader, not the trades. What it tracks (your state, the urge, the body tells, whether a trade was on plan) is not in a broker file, and the manual check-in puts a deliberate pause between the feeling and the click.
Does it work with my trading platform?
Steadied opens as its own window. In desktop Chrome or Edge it stays on top of your platform, as a column, a strip, or a tile. In other browsers it opens as an ordinary window. Your readings sync to your phone. It does not connect to your broker or platform.
Does Steadied give trade signals or financial advice?
No. Steadied does not give market opinions, signals, or financial advice, and it is not a replacement for therapy. When a feature uses AI, the AI only interprets your readings inside the clinical model. There is no chat and no coaching.
Is there a free version?
No. You can try the State Map example without an account. Using the app takes a Standard membership. See the pricing page for current plans.
How we handle your data
Steadied stores the check-ins and reflections you choose to enter so it can show your history, identify possible patterns, and provide the features you request. Your information is encrypted in transit and stored on managed cloud infrastructure. Your entries are not routinely reviewed by people.
Steadied does not sell your personal information, use it for advertising, or share it with employers, brokers, or trading platforms.
When a feature uses Anthropic's API, only the information needed to provide that feature is sent for processing. By default, Anthropic does not use API data to train its models. The AI has one job there: interpret those measurements and report what your readings show. There is no chat and no coaching.
You can turn off reminders, request a copy of your information, or delete your account and entries from Settings. If they exist, certain safety-event records and billing records required for tax and accounting are retained, as explained in the full Privacy Notice. Read the full Privacy Notice →