Quote from NoDoji:
Bob, it's just a minor loss in a majorly MAJOR month, and I think you absolutely did the right thing. How many times have we as traders started risking a more of a loss only to keep edging it until, as you say, it "gets away" from us? I sure have.
My pre-market NTES issue was similar. I thought "Well, I could risk my disaster loss amount of $500 and maybe it would turn around. But at the time there was no way of knowing, and the information I had available to me indicated more downside than upside potential, so I stuck with my $250 rule, before it became a possible $500 disaster loss.
After the fact, it's easy to say "coulda shoulda", but you made the right decision when it really mattered.