Capitulation? What do you do when you get hit harder than you can handle?

In this week’s episode of Markets Unscripted, Matt and Jason dive straight into the part of trading nobody wants to talk about — the spiral. The drawdowns that hit harder than you expected. The moments when your process cracks. The emotional tailspins that turn small losses into career-ending ones… unless you know how to stop, reassess, and rebuild.Matt opens the show with the question every trader eventually faces: What do you do when you get hit harder than you can handle?Jason answers with brutal clarity — stop trading, confront your assumptions, and get honest about whether your process actually has edge… or whether you’ve been lying to yourself.From there, the conversation widens:Why mental capital matters more than financial capitalHow backtests fool traders — and how to know when the live data exposes youLiving through 5% vs. 15% drawdowns (and why most traders never survive the difference)The hidden lifestyle pressures that quietly destroy portfoliosWhy liquidity — not narratives — is driving the latest market stressCapitulation signals in Bitcoin, AI infrastructure names, and private creditWhy the “yen carry trade blow-up” is just bear-pornHow policymakers prop markets up… and the limits of their controlAI, credit stress, and what the tape is actually saying beneath the noiseTrue to the show’s name, Matt and Jason pull zero punches — challenging the myths, exposing the traps, and reminding traders that longevity is the real measure of success.Whether you're navigating a tough tape or trying to build a career that survives more than one cycle, this episode cuts straight to the truth.