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It sounds like you lost half of your account on a "major" ommission (and the revenge trade is easy to understand after something like that) , not because of your lack of trading ability.
Doesn't your platform allow using strategies which will automatically create stop/target orders when you enter the market?
Being profitable in the futures market for 10 years sounds like a huge accomplishment to me.
You still have some money so take some time off and make the decision to return or quit when you have a clear head.
Thx for you support. The problem is if you are a trader YOU MUST NOT MAKE A MISTAKE. We are humans and we make mistakes. This is the biggest problem. I also made mistakes like this before but results were not this much bad.
My Software do not allow the automatic things you mentioned. I have to do them manually. But will search for it. Thx for the suggestion. Never heard this was possible.
It sounds like the tool i mentioned above would have avoided this mistake for you. I use Ninja trader but i know other platforms have the same function which consists of creating the stop order and target limit order as soon as you open a position.
I dont use it in Forex because i trade small enough to react manually but when i was trading futures i would never have considered entering a trade without the bracket orders in place.
Thx for your support. You know what it really doesnt matter of how big your account is if you halved your account. It demoralizes you. I could not tell to my inner self what happened even after a few days. Still my inner self is defensive state but it was my mistake completely.
Surely I will be more conservative on trade size after this. Trading tames you. Also when you get older your reactions, your memorization capacity, your responsibilities shadow your skills somehow. I would never do a mistake like this when I was younger.