You mean stop trading, because of drawdown? Read my post 02-10-12 12:05 AM. I knew what I'm getting into when I decided what risk I'll be trading with. There is no guarantee that I will make a new equity high, but I will not stop trading just because I'm getting into predicted (accepted) drawdown.
Never say die, huh? You need to double NAV to breakeven. 250K isn't chump change. What's your 9 to 5 job, if you don't mind me asking?
Money to burn. A lot of decent single and dual candle setups lend to automation that will generate positive returns...
I love long term trading, but get my signals off weekly bars, then refine on the dailies for commodities. I have a similar spreadsheet of DD and when I get to 90% of the extremes, I do the cardinal sin of doubling up volume. So the only way for you to go is now up. Usually for me, I have one outstanding year, then two years of so so profits. Two years of chop, LOL. Good luck.
Closed GbpUsd with loss -2605 Closed EurJpy with loss -4100 Account Value 214k. I wonder how much longer it will go on...