That limit just did its one job — it saved your eval. Daily loss hit = the day is over. Full stop. No exceptions. Not "one more to claw it back" — that thought is exactly what the limit exists to override.
YOU: "I was up 400 on that gold trade and I didn't take it. If I take profit, the trade rockets without me. If I don't, it crashes through my stop… can't win ever."
"Can't win either way" isn't a flaw in you. It's the signature of trading chop — in a range, every exit looks wrong in hindsight. Both feelings are real, and both are lies the conditions tell you. You weren't losing to your decisions tonight. You were losing to tape with no trend in it to reward any decision.
And tonight's damage was 100% size. Every stop you took was normal — double size is the only reason a routine stop became four figures. At one contract, tonight is a −$300 annoyance, not a wipeout.
Three days ago you went 4-and-1 for +761 — it's on the record. A trader who "can't win ever" doesn't have a walk-off day in his last week.
Then it shut its own alerts off: "No more reads tonight — reads only feed the itch to get back in. You stopped at the line. That's the win tonight."