A Working Tilt Protocol
Three losses in a row is not a signal to bet bigger. Here's a protocol that survives contact with emotion.
Tilt is when your decision quality decouples from your decision framework. Every speculator tilts. The good ones have a protocol that fires before they do real damage.
A functional tilt protocol has three triggers and one consequence.
Triggers: 1. Three consecutive losses, regardless of size. 2. A single loss greater than 5% of bankroll. 3. More than five entries in any 24-hour window.
Consequence: 24-hour cooling-off. No new positions. Open positions can be managed, not added to. Existing journal entries can be reviewed.
This is unsexy and frequently inconvenient. It also reliably catches the worst version of you before they show up to the market. Set the rule once, when calm. Trust your past self to be smarter than your future self in the middle of a drawdown.
ROW raises a 'revenge pattern' flag on any entry placed during a 3+ loss streak. The flag is not a block. It is a mirror.