What if that ill luck you so dread comes on the day you resume trading after your vacation or day off? Well, that's good for you if it's the way you find right to do and protect yourself. As for me, I don't let that type of fear (I tag it fear or losing already made profit) worry me. Instead of wasting a day or days staying off the market for the sake of avoiding losses, I rather stay in the market with already preconceived SL (Stop Loss). I hate to be scared when trading as I've come to recognize the importance of loss in trading. Whether we like to think or assume we're pro-traders or on the average scale, we all aren't protected from incurring losses from time to time.