Rules template guide

Trading rules for day traders who need guardrails, not more noise

A practical rule set for day traders covering max loss, max trades, cooldowns, cutoffs, and what to measure once the session is over.

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Who this guide is for

Discretionary day traders trading fast intraday sessions.

Core problem

Day trading compresses feedback loops. Good rules need to be short, visible, and hard to reinterpret under stress.

Why traders fall into it

Fast sessions leave no room for vague limits that depend on mood or memory.
A trader can go from focused to emotionally compromised in a few minutes.
Without enforced cutoffs, even one rough hour can bleed into the full day.

What it usually costs

Small violations compound quickly because there are more decision points per session.
A solid morning can still turn into a red day if you keep trading after the edge is gone.
The more intraday decisions you make, the more important it is to limit low-quality ones.

Rules to set first

Max daily loss
Max trades per day
Cooldown after loss
Max consecutive losses
No trading after a chosen time

What to measure in your own data

Trade count by session and by hour.
P&L before and after your usual cutoff time.
Average result of trades taken after your second loss of the day.

How to enforce it with SEIGYO

Turns your day-trading rules into live warnings and block-level overlays.

Shows next-trade triggers so you know what you are about to violate before you do it.

Builds session summaries around broker-tracked sessions instead of vague daily notes.

A practical guide to spotting revenge trading, setting rules that interrupt it, and enforcing those rules with paper trading, cooldowns, and live thresholds.