First post — my overtrading lesson, nearly blew up a small account

Hey everyone, just joined. Been trading for about three years now, mostly equities and some FX. My biggest lesson, learned the hard way in my first year, was definitely overtrading. I had a small account, started with about $5k, and thought I could scalpel my way to a fortune. I'd be in and out of $TSLA, $NVDA, $SPY multiple times a day, sometimes on 1-minute charts, chasing every little move. I'd have a decent win, then immediately re-enter thinking it would keep going, only to give it all back, plus some. One particular week, I went from being up a few hundred to being down $1.5k, almost 30% of the account. It wasn't even about moving stops, it was just constant churn and commission bleed, compounded by the emotional exhaustion that led to terrible decision-making. Stepped back for a month, re-evaluated, and focused on fewer, higher-conviction trades with proper sizing. Account has been slowly but steadily growing since. It's a cliché for a reason: less is often more.