The most poorly executed trade I’ve done recently. I saw the lobster spike but it didn’t push higher, and I felt itchy, so I shorted at 0.176 with a 10% position size, took a loss. According to my rules, once I lose on a coin that day, I don’t trade it again. But in my head I had this stubborn drive—I refused to believe it couldn’t go down. When it hit 0.18, I shorted again with a 20% position size, and again took a loss. This time I was truly getting emotional. It felt like the lobster slapped me in the face twice. I had to win it back. Then at 0.181 I went long with a 50% position size, the rationale being that since it couldn’t go down, it would make a new high. But this trade should never have been opened under any circumstances—the certainty was far too low. The stop-loss also didn’t have a good placement; it was purely opened out of a heated mindset, just to vent, and with a heavy position. That’s exactly sticking my head out for the market maker to chop—I handed my fate to the market maker to decide. Sure enough, it dipped to as low as 0.174, and I was down 30%. Then I started holding on and resisting the loss, watching the chart for three hours straight. That feeling—one I hate the most—came back: holding an order, staring at the screen, praying, but never actually winning. In the end, after it turned slightly green, I slipped away in a hurry. Emotional trading is absolutely something you can’t do. All this does is repeat the same thing I’ve done hundreds or thousands of times before. Also, you need to be able to lose. A trade where you have a basis but still get stopped out is far better than an emotional trade that turns out profitable.