I couldn't agree more about not relying on trading to pay your bills, I have an additional income from our family business so that takes the stress away. In my trading plan I set some guidelines. If i lose more than 3% in a week which has happened occasionally, I quit trading on manual charts for the entire week and start fresh the following week. This is to prevent the " got to get my money back today " idea that will just make me open more bad trades.
