Yes, and it never ended well. Every time I increased risk out of frustration, I was trying to solve an emotional problem with a larger position size. Sometimes it worked temporarily, which made the habit even more dangerous. The biggest losses of my trading career came from abandoning my risk plan, not from bad setups.
Exactly. That’s one of the most expensive lessons in trading. Risk rules don’t matter when things are calm they matter when emotions take over. The moment frustration starts driving position size the strategy stops being traded and randomness takes over.
