When you can, never risk valuable capital. Never. Today you had a perfect example of this: the market owes you nothing, it is not obliged to give you opportunities when you want them. That's why the first real skill of a trader is not making money — it's not losing it. Those who take this job seriously have opportunities ahead of them every day, every week, every month. You are not racing against time. You are not racing against anyone. If today is not clear, if it is not favourable... stay out. Closing 100 trades at breakeven is not a defeat. It is a demonstration of control. It is discipline. It is capital protection. It is respect for your work. Many do not understand this because they think like gamblers: they always want to 'win something', feel the adrenaline rush, feel in action. But the professional trader thinks the opposite way: He does not seek profit. He avoids loss. Because if you avoid losses, profits come naturally when the context is right. Every unnecessary stop you avoid today is capital you will have tomorrow to take advantage of the real opportunity when it comes. Every forced trade you don't make is one less trap to fall into. This is the real edge: knowing how to stay put, knowing how to close at zero, knowing how to protect your capital, knowing how to wait. Because in this business, it's not the one who earns the most today who wins, it's the one who is still here in 5, 10, 20 years....