Five detectors that fire on the socket, not in a journal
Revenge trading: 3 or more new orders within 300 seconds of a closed loss. Stop-loss widening: any modify that moves the stop farther from entry, increasing dollar risk mid-trade. Rapid SL/TP modification: 3 or more exit edits on one ticket inside 60 seconds. Adding to losers: a new position on a symbol that already sits in floating drawdown. Position oversizing: a lot more than 2.0 times the rolling average lot.
Prop arithmetic that turns one habit into a breach
FTMO 2-Step: $5,000 daily, $10,000 static max, 4 minimum days. A -$1,000 stop plus three 1.5 percent tickets is $5,500 of named risk. FundingPips: the same cluster plus a 00:00 UTC+3 equity snapshot can raise tomorrow's floor if a leftover winner is still open. Maven funded: a 1 to 2 percent floating cap per idea can trip before the 4 percent daily line. Blue Guardian Shield can flatten you at 1 to 2 percent floating and count a strike. Topstep: a $3,800 NQ day against a $6,000 target fails 50 percent consistency even if you feel disciplined.
Phase 2 is a psychology event. FTMO Phase 2 is a 5 percent target with the same $5,000 daily hole. Traders who sized 1 percent in Phase 1 keep that size, then revenge the smaller remaining target. Cut to 0.25 percent when the remaining target is smaller than two full daily budgets.
FOMO, disposition, and euphoria as R-distribution problems
Each of those has a page in this hub with a worked dollar path on XAUUSD or NAS100. None of them are cured by a motivational quote. They are cured by a blocked order, a flattened book, or a news blackout that starts 30 minutes before the red folder, not 2 minutes.
Put the detector on the same login you can fail
Arm the Behavioral Trade Monitor on the Challenge account, not after you are funded. Set Venasri Equity Guard at 4.25 percent on a 5 percent book so a revenge stack cannot print the official line. After three consecutive losses, the session is over even if the daily cap still shows room.
start free on Venasri and keep 24/7 MT5 Bot Control responsible for stops so your mouse is not the trail manager. The psychology hub is useless if the only copy of the rule lives in a note app while MT5 mobile is unbound.
