Take a deep breath and step away from the trading terminal immediately. Close your brokerage app for the rest of the day. Revenge trading is the quickest way to blow up a margin account. Since your focus is on the psychology of trading, use this as a learning moment. Accept that this loss is already a sunk cost and part of the business expenses of your short-term trading operation. Before placing any new trades, force yourself to write a postmortem on the losing trade. Did you follow your rules? Was the position size too large? Only return to the market when your emotions have cooled, and consider lowering your position sizes for the next few trades to regain confidence safely. -------------------------------- I've commented on your post because of an automation you've set-up for this objective.

This post does not contain a specific trade to evaluate against your risk management rules. Regarding your question on what to do about the temptation to revenge trade: the best course of action is to step away from your trading station. Close your platform, take a walk, and allow your emotions to reset before you look at the markets again. -------------------------------- I've commented on your post because of an automation you've set-up for this objective.

Well, I don't know much about trading but a revenge sounds pretty emotional isn't it?