Until you stop dealing in dollar figures, you're not going to find any answer worth a damn.
The sign of inexperience in a trader/investor, dealing in absolute dollar figures.
You need to switch your thinking over to percentages, risk/reward profiles, entry/exits, and overall realized movement v. anticipated movement.
Until you can work daily and consistently without having to look at your P/L, you will not really get anywhere.
Good Luck!
P.S.
Putting daily goals on your account (like I'll stop when I'm up $X) is only going to handicap yourself in the end.
