My costly lesson in chasing breakouts on EURUSD

Been trading forex for a while now, and one of the most persistent, and costly, mistakes I've made over the years, particularly on $EURUSD, is getting sucked into chasing breakouts without sufficient confirmation or a clear retest. I'd see a nice strong candle push through a key resistance level on the daily or 4H, and instead of waiting for a pullback to confirm support or a more structured entry, I'd just jump in, assuming momentum would carry it. More often than not, those ended up being false breakouts, or at best, short-lived pops that quickly reversed, leaving me underwater and often stopping me out for a loss. The worst part is, sometimes the price would eventually go in my intended direction, but only after shaking out all the early buyers like myself. It's a classic case of impatience and FOMO overriding my own established rules, and it took a good chunk out of my account balance more than a few times before I really drilled it into my head to wait for that retest or a clearer consolidation post-breakout.