Set an alarm first
Pick a duration before you open anything. When the alarm sounds, the session ends regardless of the result.
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Step two / in the moment
A session needs an end time before it starts.
Open-ended sessions get longer and more expensive. Fix a duration and a stop rule so the decision is already made when fatigue arrives.
Flat, not escalating
Keep the stake size constant. Raising it after a loss is chasing wearing a plan's clothing.
Both directions
Agree an upside exit and a downside exit. Hitting either one ends the session — no renegotiation.
Tuesday is not mandatory
Skip days on purpose. A planned break proves the routine is yours and not the platform's.
Signals it is time to stop
- You are checking the balance more often than the event.
- You have moved the stop time "just once" more than once.
- You feel irritated between events rather than entertained.
- You are hiding the amount from someone.
Fatigue is expensive. Long sessions and late nights correlate with bigger, faster stakes and worse judgement. The cheapest way to reduce losses is to reduce session length.
Close the loop
End every session by writing one line: date, stake, result, mood. Over a month those lines tell a truer story than any memory of "roughly break-even".