What's your biggest trading nightmare?

LJ_Kon

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I was thinking, what’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you while trading? Like, that one scenario that still gives you chills.
 
I’m feeling all confident, no stop-loss, thinking I’ve got this trading thing down. I wake up, grab my coffee, check my account... and I nearly spit it out. Half my balance is gone overnight! Turns out, some big news tanked the market while I was happily dreaming
 
Like trading without stop loss on some extremely volatile instrument where it wipes out all capital in 5-10 seconds. I guess this will be a shock for me
 
Have you ever had a moment like that?
Yeah, I’ve had a moment like that. Once got caught in a flash crash while holding a leveraged position—before I could react, it wiped out a huge chunk of my account. Lesson learned the hard way. Risk management is everything
 
Like trading without stop loss on some extremely volatile instrument where it wipes out all capital in 5-10 seconds. I guess this will be a shock for me
Have you ever actually experienced something like that, or is it just a fear? What’s the most brutal loss you've had?
 
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