Itay Greenberg Quits 8-Year Trading Addiction After £40,000 Losses and ADHD Diagnosis
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Updated · Business Insider · Aug 23
Itay Greenberg Quits 8-Year Trading Addiction After £40,000 Losses and ADHD Diagnosis
1 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Aug 23
Summary
April 8 marked the end of Itay Greenberg’s eight-year day-trading habit, which he said consumed most of his waking hours and left him feeling emotionally drained.
An ADHD diagnosis at 45 and the start of medication helped trigger the break, after he linked his impulsiveness and confidence in trading to deeper stress around money, parenting and depression.
£30,000 to £40,000 went into crypto, trading courses and prop-account resets, much of it hidden on credit cards; he still has about £7,000 in debt to repay over the next year or two.
The first three weeks off trading were the hardest, Greenberg said, so he turned to therapy, music and other offline routines while framing quitting as a temporary break.
Greenberg said he now avoids managing family savings himself and prefers a “boring life,” reflecting a broader warning that compulsive trading can mask underlying mental-health and financial strain.