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Vland RS style taillights + SWA auto rear diffuser. Did I make the right move?

Hey guys,

I’m 19, trading small-cap momentum. Started studying around August last year and went live late January.

I’m honestly just frustrated right now.

My situation outside of trading is actually fine — I have 2 jobs, no debt, good family/friends — so I know this isn’t some external pressure thing. It’s just me.

My biggest problems are:

• overtrading
• oversizing (especially on worse setups)
• taking trades I literally know I shouldn’t take
• and sometimes revenge trading after losses

The weird part is I know what’s wrong while I’m doing it.

Like I’ll look at a chart and think: "this doesn't look clean" then I take it anyway

Then it loses and I’m like yeah, obviously.

So it’s not like I don’t understand setups or anything. It’s more like I just can’t get myself to follow what I already know.

I think part of it is I still have that mindset of needing to “do something” every day. Sitting there and not trading feels wrong, even though I know that’s literally part of the game.

Right now I’m in a losing streak and my confidence/discipline are pretty low. My losses are also bigger than my wins overall, mainly because of oversizing when I shouldn’t.

I’ve tried:

• writing rules
• journaling
• limiting trades (in theory)

but in the moment I still break them.

I feel like I’m stuck in that phase where I know exactly what I need to do, objectively, its simple, I’m just not doing it consistently.

For people who’ve been through this:

• how did you actually fix overtrading?
• how did you get comfortable with no-trade days?
• did you use hard limits (max trades, size caps, etc)?
• when did discipline actually start to stick?

Not even focused on profits right now, I just want to get consistent with my behavior.

Appreciate any real advice.