Today, the markets are crashing. The price of the stock index futures, and the price of oil both reached pre-planned targets, and I traded as planned.
I did not feel any cravings at all, since it was all part of a detached, logical plan. But suddenly, I doubled the size of the trade and I felt The Craving return, roaring back to life. When I realized what happened, I closed that position and bought its size back to normal.
The Craving disappeared. It looks like as long as I don’t use a lot of leverage and trade from a plan, the gambling mentality stays under control. I’ll have to see how it goes, but it felt pretty scary when I impulsively doubled the size of my trade and the cravings roared back to life.
Thank you to everyone so far for your responses!