i kept failing because i was trying to "win the day" instead of trade the plan. the shift was boring: smaller size, hard daily loss cap, and no revenge trades after a red streak. once i treated drawdown as part of the job, my evals got way cleaner. curious how other prop traders handle recovery after 2-3 bad days. do you cut size, stop trading, or just keep taking your a+ setups?
i used to treat every red day like a fire drill and that made things worse. the real lesson for me was this: once i hit max daily loss, the best trade is usually no trade. since then i size down hard after a loss streak and only trade a clean a+ setup. curious how other prop traders recover after a rough week without forcing it back?
i used to think the way out of a drawdown was to "make it back" fast. that just made the hole deeper. the biggest lesson i learned was to cut size first, not chase size. if my daily loss is 2%, i trade like it's 0.5%. less excitement, more survival. curious how other prop traders recover after a bad week without forcing trades?
i've noticed something weird in my prop evals: when i start green, i get tempted to size up "because the market is easy." that usually turns a normal week into a drawdown week. lately i've been keeping risk fixed until the account is actually funded, but it feels almost too conservative. how do you handle size after a strong run without giving it all back?