Up $2,000. The plan said $6,000.
You saw green. You grabbed it. The trade ran to your target without you.
You left most of it on the table.
The relief feels good. The math doesn’t.
You take the dopamine and skip the discipline.
Realized R keeps coming in under planned R. The gap is your missing income.
The Solution
Trade the target, not the feeling
See what you left behind
Best Exit Analysis shows the trade’s peak against what you took. The cost of the early exit, in dollars.
Plan versus reality, every trade
Planned R against realized R. The gap between the trade you planned and the one fear made you take.
Watch the price, not the P&L
Switch to R-view and stop reacting to dollars flashing green. Let the setup finish.