THE TRADE THAT ALMOST BROKE ME

It started like every other “perfect setup.”

Clean chart. Strong volume. My analysis lined up like a sniper shot.

I went in heavy. Too heavy.

At first, it moved exactly how I wanted.

Green candles stacking. My PnL flashing numbers that made my pulse race.

I told myself I’d take profit at the next level.

Then the next.

Then… it turned.

One red candle.

Then another.

Then the kind of drop that makes your stomach feel hollow.

I froze.

I told myself it would bounce.

It didn’t.

By the time I closed, the win I was chasing had turned into a loss that made me want to shut the screen and disappear.

It wasn’t the money that hurt the most — it was knowing I broke my own rules.

No stop loss. No discipline. Just greed wearing a trader’s mask.

That night, I wrote down every mistake I made.

I promised myself I’d never let a trade own me like that again.

And here’s the truth:

The market didn’t beat me.

I beat myself.

Every trader has that one trade that changes them.

The question is — will it break you, or will it build you?