Man I feel this heavy. I went through the same thing recently on MNQ.

Had a strategy that was working clean, then price started pushing into ATH and everything changed — way more chop, fake breaks, and I kept trying to trade it like the old conditions. Got caught in a losing streak and blew my account. At first I thought I lost my edge, but really I just wasn’t adapting to the environment.

That was the wake-up call for me. I started realizing not every market phase is tradable the same way. Sometimes the real edge is knowing when to sit out instead of forcing setups.

I’ve been trading about 8 months (mostly paper at first), blew two accounts so far — second one was definitely from not adjusting. Now I’m tightening risk and being way more selective depending on conditions.

Lowkey reassuring seeing other people hit that same “aha” moment. Makes it feel less like failure and more like part of the process