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Ticker Three-Strikes Ban

Remove a symbol after repeated losses to stop obsession trading

Traders describe "fighting" a ticker after losses (especially on the same day), repeatedly re-entering to get back what it took. This recipe bans a symbol for the rest of the session after N losses.

House RecipePersonal4 min setup
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INGREDIENTS

🔔Notifications

PROMPT

Create a rule called "Ticker Three-Strikes Ban". Track per-symbol losses intraday. If losses on the same symbol reach 3 within 4 hours, place the symbol on a blocklist for the remainder of the trading day and alert me. If I manually override, require a short justification and a defined stop/invalidation level.

Pain point

Repeated losses on the same symbol can trigger "I need to beat this ticker" behavior.

Triggers

  • Loss count on a symbol reaches strikesPerSymbol (rolling intraday)

Conditions

  • Only if losses occur within a rolling window (minutes) OR same session
  • Optional: only apply to discretionary trades (not pre-planned scaling)

Actions

  • Add symbol to temporary blocklist until endOfDay
  • Alert: "Three strikes — symbol banned today."
  • Prompt: log what kept pulling you back (FOMO, boredom, revenge)

Parameters (defaults)

  • strikesPerSymbol: 3
  • rollingWindowMinutes: 240
  • banDurationMinutes: 480

Examples

  • After 3 red trades on NVDA within 4 hours, ban NVDA for the rest of the NY session.
  • If you override the ban, require a written reason and new defined invalidation level.
Tags:#trading#day-trading#revenge-trading#discipline

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