I lost $48,000 in one afternoon. So I built GuardRail.
April 2nd. STOUSDT had been in a clear distribution pattern for three weeks. The thesis was solid: overextended rally, weakening volume, obvious target. I shorted 1,000 units and it moved against me.
So I added. Then added again. Then again. By the time I was stopped out I was short 96,000 units — 96x my original position — at exactly the wrong price. The thesis was right. The sizing was suicidal.
The market eventually reversed exactly where I thought it would. I just wasn't in the trade anymore. I had averaged down into a liquidation because there was nothing between me and my own worst instincts.
I spent the next six months building the guardrails I needed that day. Hard limits that can't be overridden in the heat of a trade. An AI that tells me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear. Automated execution that removes my hands from the keyboard when the system is running.
If you've had your own version of that afternoon, you're not broken. You just need better infrastructure.
— Yaseen, Founder