I am kind of in the same boat and lost about 1 . 5 k shorting usdjpy because I thought it was too much too fast and it had been trading In a zone for the last few days . still ahead by a few hundred bucks when I closed the trade and have made half of it back already . Keeping the trade open like that wrecks your mind and you won ' t be able to take the next opportunity , and it sucks up capital you could be using to grow to make up your loss . Right after I closed , I felt a lot better . Yeah it sucked but I was able to move on and have made up almost half my losses already . Next time I will utilize proper risk management . <| sep |> I ' m not a very big fan of the holidays either . I used to LOVE them when I was young , but now them I ' m older I see them as full of uncomfortable obligations , judgement and tons of money spent . However , they ' re important to people I love , and in the end it ' s really only s couple days out of the year being pulled from your comfort zone . I focus on the positives and before I know it I ' m home again and it ' s all over for another year .