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The rush of dopamine is something my doctor mentioned, and what prompted me to put more emphasis on meditation. And more waiting. The right moments are easier to see when there is more space between them.
Back to this; It might seem like a weird thing to post in a trading journal, but I have noticed that all kinds of things outside of trading have the potential to have an effect on trading. Being in shape or not, eating well or not, sleep patterns, exhaustion, drinking, emotional states, level of calmness, financial stress, etc. In the "had something in common" comment, have you experienced anything similar?
It turns out I was way off target as what the issue of the day would be. It was not the stop loss, but the inability to stop worrying about my position. FOMC day weirds me out some, even when I deny that it has any impact, and I knew that going into the day. It brought more scalping, less confidence, more anxiety. I could not trade with the calm that I would prefer.
In a short trade for about 3 hours now. My trade desk is set up in the main area of the house. Several times I have walked by, sat down, stared at it, considered moving my stop to + anything, or closing the trade, or moving the stop higher. That energy is not good.
