When the Oil Rigged the Game Against My Stop

I still wince remembering a $WTI crude trade where I moved my stop-loss not once, but twice, convinced the dip was just a 'shakeout' before a massive leg up. Each time, price respected my original line like a dutiful soldier before punching through my adjusted, weaker defense. It's funny how convinced you can be that you're smarter than the market, right up until it sends you a very expensive invoice. That was a painful lesson in trusting your initial read and letting the stop do its job, or accepting the loss and re-evaluating.