Evening desk checklist before leverage

Evening sessions in Korea often start after a full workday. Attention is thinner; the temptation to “make the night count” pushes leverage up and stops in.

Keep a paper checklist beside the keyboard:

1. Current equity (not yesterday’s high-water mark).
2. Risk unit for tonight — lower if you already took a full loss earlier.
3. Stop level marked, with noise band checked.
4. Size computed from unit and distance — then leverage as a result, not a starting goal.
5. Open book scan: anything already pointing the same way?

If step 4 produces a size you dislike, do not raise the unit to feel bold. Skip the trade or wait for a structure that allows a closer invalidation. The calculator on your PC will accept any numbers you type; the checklist is what keeps those numbers adult.

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